Six Plays by Henrik Ibsen (Barnes & Noble Classics ...
 Worth finding: I somehow doubt this book will suddenly pop up brand-new again, but if it does? Go for it. Most editions of Ibsen plays don't give much. Three plays if the publisher's enjoying ripping people off, and generally four. Barnes and Noble [... more]
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Mansfield Park (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Didn't like the paper quality and presentation: I bought them (all the Barnes & Noble Classics) to complete my Jane Austen's collection, and honestly, didn't like the paper quality, it seems like they didn't even care for the presentation of them; it [... more]
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My Antonia (Barnes & Noble Classics)
When women went west: The narrator of this story makes a point of mentioning that the name of the heroine is pronounced with a stress on the first syllable, like the male name 'Anthony', with an 'a' on the end. This is not an insignificant choice by the [... more]
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The Inferno (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
A powerful translation of a masterpiece: There have been several excellent translations of Dante in the past few years, all worth reading in their own right. But I retain a special affection for John Ciardi's version, as it's the first one I ever read, [... more]
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Swann's Way (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Notes on this particular edition: Obviously Swanns Way is an undisputed classic, but there are a few problems with the "Barnes and Noble Classics" edition. First, there is of course the issue of translation. B & N use the somewhat [... more]
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Daniel Deronda (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Great style: 'Daniel Deronda' is witty, descriptive, and romantic. Before there was Scarlett O'Hara, willful Gwendolyn Harleth schemed to get her way in a society that offered security only to the rich. The author offers fascinating glimpses of mid 1800' [... more]
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Dead Souls (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Not bad...: ...but certainly not what I would call a classic. The satire in this novel is oversold and thinly veiled, first of all. While I was told that it was about the different kinds of crazy people in the Russian gentry, I think that it is more [... more]
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The Return of the Native (Barnes & Noble Classics)
My First Hardy Novel: I don't know much about Thomas Hardy's writing so I won't even try to disect too much about THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE. I've been buying and reading the Barnes & Noble Classics Series for the past year and enjoying all the extras [... more]
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The Canterbury Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Canterbury Tales: The Barnes & Noble Classics collection is an excellent set of books. The books in this set as seen with this one, include a well organized set of commentaries, footnotes, timetables, and similiar articles that describe the [... more]
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Anna Karenina (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Sense of Self: Sense of Self "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" - Leo Tolstoy from Anna Karenina Anna Karenina is a beautifully written novel about three families: the Oblonskys, the Levins, and the [... more]
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Emma (Barnes & Noble Classics)
EMMA: Emma (Barnes & Noble Classics) Great Book if you like the classics as I do. Quality of the pages is very good (acid free should you wish to keep it and, smooth texture). Author: Jane Austen Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7 EAN: 97 [... more]
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Emma (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Didn't like the paper quality and presentation: I bought them (all the Barnes & Noble Classics) to complete my Jane Austen's collection, and honestly, didn't like the paper quality, it seems like they didn't even care for the presentation of them; it [... more]
$7.95
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