Books I haven't read, but probably should have
Classics Public
Created by Aaron
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Don't Tell Alfred by Nancy Mitford
3 stars
"I believe it would have been normal for me to have paid a visit to the outgoing ambassadress. However, the …
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The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by 三島由紀夫, Yukio Mishima
4 stars
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who …
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The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
5 stars
The outstanding Japanese novelist of the century...The Makioka Sisters is his greatest book' Edmund White, New York Times Book ReviewTanizaki's …
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My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (Jeeves, #1)
4 stars
My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom in …
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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
4 stars
The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari, pronounced [ɡeɲdʑi monoɡaꜜtaɾi]) is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the …
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The sagas of Icelanders by Robert Kellogg, Jane Smiley (World of the sagas)
5 stars
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, …
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The Heptameron by Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre, Marguerite Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre (Penguin classics)
3 stars
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La Princesse De Cleves by Madame de Lafayette
3 stars
La Princesse de Clèves is a French novel which was published anonymously in March 1678. It is regarded by many …
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Oroonoko by Aphra Behn (Penguin classics)
3 stars
Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave is a work of prose fiction by Aphra Behn (1640–1689), published in 1688 by William …
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Roxana, the fortunate mistress, or, A history of the life and vast variety of fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, afterwards called the Countess de Wintselsheim in Germany, being the person known by the name of the Lady Roxana in the time of Charles II by Daniel Defoe (G.K. Hall large print perennial bestseller series)
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History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding by Henry Fielding
4 stars
The foundling Tom Jones is found on the property of a benevolent, wealthy landowner. Tom grows up to be a …
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The female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox, Amanda Gilroy, Wil Verhoeven (Penguin classics)
2 stars
The Female Quixote completely inverts the adventures of Don Quixote. While the latter mistook himself for the hero of a …
