From the back cover: Cathy—Her love is so great it trascends even death. Heathcliff—His burning passion destroys two generations. These are two of the most unforgettable lovers of all time, driven to a tragic fate by wild, intense emotion and strange imagination. Wuthering Heights has been called "the most haunting love story in the English language." Review: Here is an … [Read more...] about Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë: A-
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Dracula by Bram Stoker: C+
From the back cover: When Dracula first appeared, it fascinated and terrified readers. A vivid tale of evil forces, unspeakable desires, and imperiled innocence, Stoker's work quickly earned a reputation as one of the first psychological thrillers of its day. This haunting, unabridged reading, from the original 1897 text, recounts with mounting suspense the nocturnal travels … [Read more...] about Dracula by Bram Stoker: C+
Light in August by William Faulkner: B
From the back cover: Light in August is one of the most brilliantly conceived, cleanly structured, and efficiently expressed novels in the Faulkner canon. With the timing, climax, and resolution of a great symphony, Faulkner's seventh novel is a eulogy to the outsider: Lena Grove, a guileless pregnant woman who walks from Alabama to Mississippi in search of the father of her … [Read more...] about Light in August by William Faulkner: B
A Separate Peace by John Knowles: B
From the back cover: Set in an exclusive boys' school in the summer of '42, A Separate Peace offers a quietly told story of the relationship between two boys. Under the surface though, violent thoughts and feelings lurk, mirroring events in the outside world. It is these deeper levels of meaning that have made the novel an enduring classic of American literature. Through … [Read more...] about A Separate Peace by John Knowles: B
To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee: A+
From the back cover: Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill a Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior—to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. This regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as … [Read more...] about To Kill a Mockinbird by Harper Lee: A+