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War and Peace
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For the first time reader, Brigg's translation is the one to get. I just taught an adult Lifelong Learning class on this novel and neither my class nor I had read it before. The Briggs' translation has an elegant straightforwardness that helps make this novel a pleasure to read.
War & Peace is difficult to read because of its length and n... »
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The Portable Chekhov (Viking Portable Library)
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The outstanding review of Fr.Kurt Messick on this site is a very good introduction to the life of Chekhov, and to this particular collection of his writings.
In this review I would like to think a bit about why Chekhov is as I believe a great writer , and just what makes his writing , for me especially in the stories, so powerful.
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The Karamazov Brothers (Oxford World's Classics)
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I read as far as page 574 (of 974) and would have given up a lot sooner if I wasn't reading it for a bookgroup discussion. The concepts and plot of this book would be interesting but the writing style made me nauseous. There is just too much unnecessary detail and irrelevant addition to make it interesting. It also makes it confusing and interferes wit... »
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The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
Arguably the best book of short stories published in 2001, The Complete Works of Isaac Babel, expertly translated by Peter Constantine, should affi... »
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The Eye
This is Nabokov's shortest novel, and I think one of the most exquisitely structured books ever. Each word and sentence is carefully crafted, polished and... »
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The Foundation Pit (European Classics)
A grim and jagged dystopian novel of the early Soviet Union, The Foundation Pit is a scathing indictment of the brutal and anti-intellectual soviet... »
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