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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: 4 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: 22 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: 44 words : 900

The Great Gatsby

(7 Ratings)

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald   Review: PreciousSanders

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Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 Visits: 65 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: 6 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: 50 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: 38 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: 53 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: 20 words : 600

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Summary of Lycidas by John Milton

(36 Ratings)

Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

Lycidas was written following the death by drowning of Edward King, Milton's former fellow student at Cambridge, in 1637.

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Published: Thursday, June 10, 2010 Visits: 6310 words : 900

Summary of Anita Desai’S, “a Devoted Son”

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Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

The son’s Sterling personality and character now underwent a curious sea change.

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Published: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Visits: 6116 words : 900

David Copperfield

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Author: Charles Dickens   Review: InspiredPen

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Published: Thursday, January 24, 2008 Visits: 5843 words : 300

Summary of Rupert Brook's-'the Soldier'

(30 Ratings)

Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

This is a summary of the poem 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brook.

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Published: Monday, January 25, 2010 Visits: 5650 words : 300

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

(40 Ratings)

Author: Thomas Hardy   Review: Orlando

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Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Visits: 5622 words : 600

The White Devil

(33 Ratings)

Author: John Webster   Review: Moth

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Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Visits: 5553 words : 600

Summary of James Joyce’S “Araby”

(21 Ratings)

Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

The story looks upon sexual awareness as a part of the process of growing up from adolescence to adulthood.

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Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Visits: 5551 words : 600

Kidnapped

(59 Ratings)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson   Review: MarkAskeda

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Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Visits: 5535 words : 600

Summary of Anton Chekov’S “a Marriage Proposal”

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Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

The scene of the play is a Russian Village.

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Published: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 Visits: 5515 words : 900

Summary of John Masefield's Sea Fever

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Author: Andy Kester Sawian   Review: akso6o175

This a short summary of the poem, 'Sea Fever' by John Masefield.

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Published: Monday, January 18, 2010 Visits: 5471 words : 600

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The Great Gatsby

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Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald   Review: PreciousSanders

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Published: Saturday, May 11, 2013 Visits: 64 words : 900

The Merchant of Venice: Protagonist and Antagonist = Hero and Villain?

(5 Ratings)

Author: Ricky D Rodrigues   Review: RickyRodrigues

Overview of the role of the two main characters of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

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Published: Saturday, October 16, 2010 Visits: 636 words : 900

Number One

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Review: SarwendahPD

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Published: Saturday, July 17, 2010 Visits: 184 words : 300

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