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"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is an excellent classic romance book. I usually don't like romance books. They usually seems flat and uninteresting to me. However, Austen is an author I love to read. Not only does this book handle Elizabeth's and Mr. Darcy's character growth into lovers. Austen handles themes of class differences, gender roles, and family connections. This novel is more than just a one dimensional romance story. This is a story about the interactions of people and how they handle those interactions. "Pride and Prejudice" is a novel that I highly recommend.
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is an excellent classic romance book. I usually don't like romance books. They usually seems flat and uninteresting to me. However, Austen is an author I love to read. Not only does this book handle Elizabeth's and Mr. Darcy's character growth into lovers. Austen handles themes of class differences, gender roles, and family connections. This novel is more than just a one dimensional romance story. This is a story about the interactions of people and how they handle those interactions. "Pride and Prejudice" is a novel that I highly recommend.
A good short gothic horror story for October. The story centers on a young woman who is having to deal with a female vampire. As with all vampire stories there is sexuality in their encounter. This leads to topics of the loss of innocence, love and lust, and female sexuality. The sexuality is more blatant than in Dracula. (Be warned if you don't want to avoid this topic.)
Overall, it is a nice read.
A good short gothic horror story for October. The story centers on a young woman who is having to deal with a female vampire. As with all vampire stories there is sexuality in their encounter. This leads to topics of the loss of innocence, love and lust, and female sexuality. The sexuality is more blatant than in Dracula. (Be warned if you don't want to avoid this topic.)
Overall, it is a nice read.
A good classic book written in the 1800's by Mary Shelly. It explores questions about secrecy, knowledge, ambition, and monstrosities. While reading this book, one needs to question who is really the monster; the creature or the creator/humanity? Also, ask how far one can be pushed and ostracized before they crack and do horrible things to those around them.
It is a book that should be read by everyone and explore the questions asked.
A good classic book written in the 1800's by Mary Shelly. It explores questions about secrecy, knowledge, ambition, and monstrosities. While reading this book, one needs to question who is really the monster; the creature or the creator/humanity? Also, ask how far one can be pushed and ostracized before they crack and do horrible things to those around them.
It is a book that should be read by everyone and explore the questions asked.
An excellent classic book with many movie adaptions. It goes over the state of the soul, vanity, corruption, and beauty. The main character, Dorian Gray, keeps putting the blame of his actions and state onto the picture of himself that has been cursed. He believes that if you have beauty, you have everything no matter how decadent, vile, or corrupt you are. He keeps forgetting that he placed the curse and he is doing the actions that are being placed on the picture. He values his beauty more than his soul.
An excellent classic book with many movie adaptions. It goes over the state of the soul, vanity, corruption, and beauty. The main character, Dorian Gray, keeps putting the blame of his actions and state onto the picture of himself that has been cursed. He believes that if you have beauty, you have everything no matter how decadent, vile, or corrupt you are. He keeps forgetting that he placed the curse and he is doing the actions that are being placed on the picture. He values his beauty more than his soul.
A fictional account of a correspondence between two demons on how to influence humans. This book shows the Christian perspective on evil and how it affects humans. The influence is not overt. It's a little bit here and a little bit there that really gets most of us in this end.
A fictional account of a correspondence between two demons on how to influence humans. This book shows the Christian perspective on evil and how it affects humans. The influence is not overt. It's a little bit here and a little bit there that really gets most of us in this end.
An enjoyable book for every age. The Secret Garden is a story of how two neglected, feral, and spoiled children becoming healthy and happy by companionship, friendship, good food, and people just being nice to them (with a little from a secret garden).
Mary and Colin, two of the main characters, have had a rough start in life. Neither of the children were wanted by their families. So, in a way, they make their own family with the help of Dickon and a few adults who care for them.
A delightful story of how our outlook, human companionship, and our own surroundings affect us as people. A bad environment can have bad results on us. A good environment can have good results on us. 4.5 stars
An enjoyable book for every age. The Secret Garden is a story of how two neglected, feral, and spoiled children becoming healthy and happy by companionship, friendship, good food, and people just being nice to them (with a little from a secret garden).
Mary and Colin, two of the main characters, have had a rough start in life. Neither of the children were wanted by their families. So, in a way, they make their own family with the help of Dickon and a few adults who care for them.
A delightful story of how our outlook, human companionship, and our own surroundings affect us as people. A bad environment can have bad results on us. A good environment can have good results on us. 4.5 stars
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This is a foundational work in the science fiction genre. It expresses topics of progress, human identity, politics, and decay. Progress is not inevitable and the future is not guaranteed to be positive.
The Time Traveler goes to the year 802,701 and finds two species that have split off from the current human race, the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi, descendants of the elite, seem to live in an idyllic garden, but the Traveler soon learns about the relationship between the Eloi and the underground dwellers, the Morlocks who are the descendants of the working poor. It is a relationship of farmer to livestock. The farmer is the Morlocks and the livestock is the Eloi. Society has flipped.
The Traveler has many misadventures. One of which is setting a large forest fire as a means of escaping the Morlocks. The Traveler eventually returns to his home time and tells his story to his companions.
This novella is quite enjoyable. Lessons can be learned from this work.
This is a foundational work in the science fiction genre. It expresses topics of progress, human identity, politics, and decay. Progress is not inevitable and the future is not guaranteed to be positive.
The Time Traveler goes to the year 802,701 and finds two species that have split off from the current human race, the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi, descendants of the elite, seem to live in an idyllic garden, but the Traveler soon learns about the relationship between the Eloi and the underground dwellers, the Morlocks who are the descendants of the working poor. It is a relationship of farmer to livestock. The farmer is the Morlocks and the livestock is the Eloi. Society has flipped.
The Traveler has many misadventures. One of which is setting a large forest fire as a means of escaping the Morlocks. The Traveler eventually returns to his home time and tells his story to his companions.
This novella is quite enjoyable. Lessons can be learned from this work.
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The author puts forth a great deal of data (again and again and again). This book could have been half its current length and still put forth the author's ideas. I found this book informative, but very dry and not able to keep my attention.
The author puts forth a great deal of data (again and again and again). This book could have been half its current length and still put forth the author's ideas. I found this book informative, but very dry and not able to keep my attention.