From the back cover: Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man’s nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious—during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil, inner persona—the loathsome, … [Read more...] about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: B+
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My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse: B-
Book description: My Man Jeeves, first published in 1919, introduced the world to affable, indolent Bertie Wooster and his precise, capable valet, Jeeves. Some of the finest examples of humorous writing found in English literature are woven around the relationship between these two men of very different classes and temperaments. Where Bertie is impetuous and feeble, Jeeves is … [Read more...] about My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse: B-
Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: A
From the back cover: A celebrated playwright and poet, Oscar Wilde also penned incomparable nonfiction and fiction—and lovely gem-like fairy tales. Filled with princes and nightingales, mermaids, giants, and kings, his tales carry the mark of his signature irony and subtle eroticism. This volume brings together all the stories found in Wilde's two collections, The Happy Prince … [Read more...] about Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: A
Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris: B-
From the back cover: Cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is on a streak of bad luck. First, her coworker is murdered and no one seems to care. Then she's face-to-face with a beastly creature that gives her a painful and poisonous lashing. Enter the vampires, who graciously suck the poison from her veins (like they didn't enjoy it). Point is, they saved her life. So when … [Read more...] about Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris: B-
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham: A
From the back cover: Lionized by literary society, Edward Driffield is married to his second wife, a woman of iron will, indisputable rectitude and great charm. Her request to Alroy Kear, lightweight novelist, to write a biography of her husband seems both flattering and agreeable. But on delving into Driffield's past Kear revives the spectre of his first wife, Rosie, … [Read more...] about Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham: A