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num ratings 483
date pub 1895
date pub edition Feb 01, 2001
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Someone who I respect greatly somehow thinks this is miles greater than The Wind in the Willows, but there's a reason why it's largely been forgotten�
Someone who I respect greatly somehow thinks this is miles greater than The Wind in the Willows, but there's a reason why it's largely been forgotten—it's just kind of boring and forgettable, not even all that charming or distinctive as a memoir.
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avg rating 4.16
num ratings 916
date pub 1881
date pub edition Dec 28, 2004
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Maupassant may not have the poetic penetration of Chekhov or the imagination of Hawthorne or Poe, but he is fully worthy of inclusion in the center ci
Maupassant may not have the poetic penetration of Chekhov or the imagination of Hawthorne or Poe, but he is fully worthy of inclusion in the center circle of those other great 19th-century masters of the short story. These are perfect little marvels of distilled irony, disciplined prose, and melancholy humor. Tolle lege.
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avg rating 4.31
num ratings 821,041
date pub Aug 12, 1960
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avg rating 4.26
num ratings 44,995
date pub Apr 26, 1972
date pub edition Mar 06, 1999
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avg rating 4.38
num ratings 243,894
date pub Jan 01, 1986
date pub edition Sep 01, 1995
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461
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avg rating 3.85
num ratings 1,943
date pub Jan 01, 2014
date pub edition Mar 04, 2014
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Decent popularizing work, but meh overall.
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 3,425
date pub Apr 2003
date pub edition Jan 01, 2004
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Good insofar as it dismantles the misconception that pure democracy is good. Uneven insofar as it anticipates the current neoliberal order's withering
Good insofar as it dismantles the misconception that pure democracy is good. Uneven insofar as it anticipates the current neoliberal order's withering disdain for "populism."
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avg rating 4.11
num ratings 80,437
date pub 1970
date pub edition 2000
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avg rating 4.28
num ratings 308,244
date pub 180
date pub edition Apr 27, 2006
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319
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avg rating 4.34
num ratings 1,138,740
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80
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avg rating 4.24
num ratings 92,314
date pub 1902
date pub edition Dec 28, 2006
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280
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avg rating 4.06
num ratings 4,431
date pub 1850
date pub edition Aug 22, 2003
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it was amazing
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Sweet after showers, ambrosial air, Sweet after showers, ambrosial air, ...more
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160
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avg rating 4.36
num ratings 9,299
date pub Sep 1972
date pub edition Jan 01, 1997
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num pages
107
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avg rating 4.02
num ratings 10,267
date pub Mar 1954
date pub edition 1954
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Really more of a verbal symphony than a real story. Thomas was undoubtedly a wordsmith of the highest order, but I think his linguistic pyrotechnics m
Really more of a verbal symphony than a real story. Thomas was undoubtedly a wordsmith of the highest order, but I think his linguistic pyrotechnics may have become more disciplined and reined-back if he had lived longer.
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858
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avg rating 4.32
num ratings 22
date pub 1941
date pub edition 1955
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Known as "God's own hymnal" by many. Whoever needs more than one setting of the Divine Service?
Known as "God's own hymnal" by many. Whoever needs more than one setting of the Divine Service?
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1,027
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avg rating 4.62
num ratings 80
date pub Mar 20, 2015
date pub edition Mar 20, 2015
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really liked it
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Very excellent, but a few absolutely head-scratching decisions mean that I prefer the old TLH and the ELH.
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date pub Nov 25, 2008
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336
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avg rating 3.82
num ratings 340,011
date pub Sep 1929
date pub edition 2003
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I've been a pretty excoriating critic of Hemingway in the past, but this one finally forced me to admit that he was a darned talented writer. At its b
I've been a pretty excoriating critic of Hemingway in the past, but this one finally forced me to admit that he was a darned talented writer. At its best, at it is consistently here, his trenchant prose is capable of bringing a scene to life in a few quick sketches as vividly and naturally as a cinematic frame, and his finest dialogues and descriptive passages strike one as perfect compositions of words. His bluntness doesn't come across as shallow here, as his use of metaphors and concrete details is wonderfully engaging. Ultimately, I found this novel most convincing in its two main war scenes—the rapid, rolling tide of helter-skelter battle caught with overwhelming immediacy. But more often than not, I found his style to be ill-suited to the romantic subject matter; even cliché-ridden. Some of the dialogues between Henry and Catherine sound like an awkward parody of young love ("I want us to be all mixed up. I don't want you to go away. I just said that. You go if you want to. But hurry right back. Why, darling, I don't live at all when I'm not with you." Eye roll.... ) So for as much as I can admire the skill and discipline that went into the crafting of the novel, the icy coldness of Hemingway (and I'm pretty sure that's not what "iceberg theory" is supposed to mean) leaves me utterly indifferent to the fates of his self-absorbed characters. I heard someone say once to think of Hemingway as a Stoic. But there's not even a hint of the unshakable divine image within, which was after all the main point of classic Stoicism. Even the religious subtexts seem utterly drained of life and interest. Hemingway's stories feel like they're populated by gray, lifeless characters living in a world that is so much more beautiful than they will ever give it credit for—characters who can't even see any mystery or wonder in the birth of a child.
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avg rating 4.00
num ratings 8
date pub Dec 31, 1982
date pub edition Jan 01, 1982
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avg rating 4.25
num ratings 743
date pub Oct 20, 2012
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