signalnine rated The shape of things to come: 4 stars
The shape of things to come by H. G. Wells, John Clute (Penguin classics)
A futuristic novel in which Wells predicts, along with the Second World War, an eventual rise of a World State …
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signalnine rated The invisible man: 5 stars
The invisible man by H. G. Wells (The Modern Library Classics)
This book is the story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a serum to render himself invisible, and his descent …
signalnine rated The World Set Free: 5 stars
signalnine rated The New World Order: 5 stars
signalnine rated The time machine: 5 stars
The time machine by H. G. Wells (Enriched classic)
The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited …
signalnine rated Nostromo: 4 stars
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad (Dover thrift editions)
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs …
signalnine rated If: A Father's Advice to His Son: 5 stars
signalnine rated War Stories and Poems (Oxford World's Classics): 4 stars
signalnine rated Kim: 4 stars
Kim by Rudyard Kipling (Dover thrift editions)
Kim is Rudyard Kipling's story of an orphan born in colonial India and torn between love for his native India …
signalnine rated Just So Stories: 4 stars
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered …
signalnine rated Swann's way: 4 stars
Swann's way by Marcel Proust (Vintage international)
Monty Python paid hommage to Proust's novel in a sketch first broadcast on November 16th, 1972, called The All-England Summarize …
signalnine rated Four Complete Novels: 3 stars
Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain
Mark Twain once defined a classic as "a book which people praise and don't read, a humorous definition that has …
signalnine rated Personal recollections of Joan of Arc: 2 stars
Mark Twain: Personal recollections of Joan of Arc (1995, Gramercy Books)
Personal recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain
Joan of Arc lived a life of almost unbelievable deeds. Martyred when a teenager for saving France from the British. …
signalnine rated Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: 4 stars
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a …
