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Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes (1911)by Joseph ConradOverall rating: 5 out of 5 stars By his comrades at the St. Petersburg University, Kirylo Sidorovitch Razumov, third year’s student in philosophy, was looked upon as a strong nature—an altogether trustworthy man. This, in a country where an opinion may be a legal crime visited by death or sometimes… Read more >>
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Round the Red Lamp
Round the Red Lamp, Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Lifeby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMy overall rating: 5 out of 5 stars Round the Red Lamp is not a novel, but a collection of short stories. Each is somehow connected with doctors and their work, of the late Victorian era; but beyond that, they hold… Read more >>
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Eugene Onegin
Eugene Oneginby Alexander PushkinEdition: Oxford World’s Classics, paperback My overall rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Bored by the dissipation and drama of his youthful life, Eugene Onegin withdraws from society to his inherited estate in the Russian countryside. His only friend is Vladimir Lensky, a young, romantic poet who is engaged to Olga Larin. … Read more >>
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The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romanceby Nathaniel HawthorneEdition: Oxford World’s Classics, paperback.My overall rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 19th century New England. A group of men and women set out to establish “Blithedale”, a community of farmers whose aim is to set an example to the world of their peaceful, profitable, and simpler life. Blithedale is led… Read more >>
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