Ulysses is extremely long. Much of it is obscure if not entirely unintelligible, and I found it paralyzingly boring. I did read the entire book, if only to secure bragging rights, since I have not yet discovered an acquaintance who has read it. It strikes me as a book that professors of literature inflict on their students, whom they can impress ( Read more... )

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston: 1973
336 pages

Before I read Fear of Flying I heard it described as (1) a mere piece of pornography and (2) a woman’s liberation tract. It is both of those things, but neither of those elements is what keeps the book going. It is amusing to read because of the sparkling brilliance of the writing. It is full ( Read more... )

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Title: What Maisie Knew
Author: Henry James
Publication Date: 1897
Edition: Project Gutenberg Ebook

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"What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in the Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later in the same year. The story of the sensitive daughter of ( Read more... )

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