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A love story for the ages?

Advantages: Short and sweet, interesting plot
Disadvantages: Ending, lack of dialogue

...I can honestly say that when I sat down to read this book, I wasn't expecting anything special. I read the blurb and was convinced that, whilst the plot interested me, it held no room for surprises - a monk, Ambrosius, meets a young girl, Benedicta, who ...

inkyscribbles 06.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter - Ambrose Bierce

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As Zuleik' it

Advantages: "If you love me…"
Disadvantages: "…that's the end of you." (Oscar Hammerstein, lyrics to Carmen Jones)

...What a long time a hundred years is, especially in literature. Several literary fashions have come and gone in the century since Zuleika Dobson first appeared, and today it reads more than ever like a period piece. A delightful, amusing period piece p ...

torr 05.12.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Zuleika Dobson: An Oxford Love Story - Max Beerbohm

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Heartwarming for Winter

Advantages: wonderfully written
Disadvantages: None

I first heard about this story through watching the nineteen eighty five animated cartoon series which I absolutely loved and adored. But reading the actual novel has made me think how precise that adaptation was because they included everything in the bo ...

SK1997 14.06.2013 · Read full review

Review of A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe - Frances Hodgson Burnett

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