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The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar

Author: Edgar POE   Review: Prolix

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Published: Friday, May 17, 2013 Visits: 6 words : 300

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Author: Oscar Wilde   Review: PreciousSanders

Summary of Oscar Wilde's novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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Published: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Visits: 25 words : 900

The Old Man and the Sea

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Author: Ernest Hemingway   Review: PreciousSanders

Summary of Ernest Hemingway's short novel, The Old Man and the Sea.

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Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 Visits: 48 words : 900

The Great Gatsby

(8 Ratings)

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald   Review: PreciousSanders

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Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 Visits: 67 words : 900

Travels of Marco Polo

Author: Marco Polo   Review: SURY

The book, Travels of Marco Polo is a very interesting record of perhaps the greatest traveller of ancient times.

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Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 Visits: 9 words : 600

Crime AND PUNISHMENT

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Author: Fiódor Dostoiévsk   Review: LudeMoraes

Critical view of the literary work of Dostoevsky''''s Crime and Punishment, which addresses the complexity, confusion and frailty of the human soul, but.

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Published: Friday, April 05, 2013 Visits: 52 words : 600

Kidnapped

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Author: stevenson   Review: pjthayil

review of the classic novel by r.l. stevenson- KIDNAPPED.

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Published: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Visits: 40 words : 600

A Tale of Two Cities

Author: Charles Dickens   Review: VickieB

A Tale of Two Cities takes place in London and Paris in the time spanning the beginning and ending of the French Revolution.

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Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Visits: 54 words : 600

Lord of the Flies

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Author: William Golding   Review: VickieB

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is filled with symbolism. Nearly every object and character represents a deeper ideal.

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Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Visits: 58 words : 600

Captains Coureagous

Author: Rudyard Kipling   Review: ddaluz

Harvey, a youngster, only son of a wealthy New York family, traveled to Europe to complete what his parents considered a refined education.

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Published: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Visits: 21 words : 600

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Summary of Saki (H.H. Munro)’S “the Open Window”

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Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

‘A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid imminent collision.’.

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Published: Monday, March 21, 2011 Visits: 8354 words : 600

The Character of Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire"

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Author: Tennessee Williams   Review: Moreno132

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Published: Saturday, October 27, 2007 Visits: 8339 words : 900

Summary of t.s.eliot’S-'Journey of the Magi’

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Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

In 1922 T.S.Eliot’s great poem ‘The Waste-Land’, expressed his discontent with the modern world; his later works are mostly on Christian themes.

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Published: Monday, June 28, 2010 Visits: 8310 words : 900

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The Old Man and the Sea

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Author: Ernest Hemingway   Review: PreciousSanders

Summary of Ernest Hemingway's short novel, The Old Man and the Sea.

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Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 Visits: 48 words : 900

THE CANTERBURY TALES – THE PHYSICIAN’S TALE

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Author: GEOFFREY CHAUCER   Review: arthurchappell

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Published: Monday, October 01, 2007 Visits: 688 words : 600

Codex Hammer

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Author: Leonardo do Vinci   Review: zoyakhalid

The Codex Hammer ,previously called the Codex Leicester was sold in New York in 1994 for $28 800 000.It was bought by Bill Gates the founder of.

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Published: Friday, January 07, 2011 Visits: 184 words : 300

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