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signalnine rated The Spanish Tragedy: 4 stars

Thomas Kyd: The Spanish Tragedy (Paperback, 2005, Dodo Press)

The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd

signalnine rated The city of God: 5 stars

Augustine of Hippo: The city of God (2000, Modern Library)

The city of God by Augustine of Hippo

signalnine rated The everlasting man: 4 stars

G. K. Chesterton: The everlasting man (1993, Ignatius Press)

The everlasting man by G. K. Chesterton

signalnine rated The Island of Dr. Moreau (Bantam Classics): 5 stars

H. G. Wells: The Island of Dr. Moreau (Bantam Classics) (1994)

The Island of Dr. Moreau (Bantam Classics) by H. G. Wells

signalnine rated The Innocents Abroad: 4 stars

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, …

signalnine rated Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway: 4 stars

No cover — Ernest Hemingway: Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway (2021, Independently Published)

Death in the Afternoon Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway

signalnine rated The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories: 4 stars

Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel: The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories (Paperback, 2000, Scribner Paperback Fiction)

The metamorphosis, In the penal colony, and other stories by Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel

signalnine rated Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics): 5 stars

Herman Melville: Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics) (2005, Penguin Audio)

Moby-Dick (Penguin Classics) by Herman Melville

"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …

signalnine reviewed The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon: The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (2004)

Review of 'The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

If you're like me, and I know I am, then you'll love Gibbon's definitive 5-volume history of the Roman Empire. Don't pussy out and read an abridged version. Abridged versions are for horse-thieving, mud-eating, ballcap-wearing turd farmers.

signalnine rated Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (Oxford English Texts): 4 stars

John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (Oxford English Texts) (1975, Oxford Univ Pr (Txt))

Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (Oxford English Texts) by John Bunyan

Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward …

signalnine rated Jane Eyre: 1 star

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre ( AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. …

signalnine rated The sound and the fury: 4 stars

The sound and the fury by William Faulkner (William Faulkner manuscripts ;)

In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates …

signalnine rated Lysistrata: 5 stars

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

signalnine rated Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals: 5 stars

Robert M. Pirsig: Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals (1992)

Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals by Robert M. Pirsig

signalnine rated Second foundation: 4 stars

Isaac Asimov: Second foundation (2004, Bantam Books)

Second foundation by Isaac Asimov

After years of struggle, the Foundation lay in ruins -- destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But …