 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $0.49 A wonderful book and one of Hardy's best work. A timeless classic that people can relate to today...
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 | The Trumpet-Major (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
Buy used from: $0.18 A good book that takes place in England on the verge of a Napoleon invasion...
This book is becoming out of print and I am not sure why... I bought this book used and I really enjoyed reading this work...
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 | David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $2.00 A wonderful book... I think this is Dickens' best work...
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 | Our Mutual Friend (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.40 / Used from: $1.06 A great book which is overlooked by many classic enthusiasts...
The characters are wonderful and this charm should not be overlooked...
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 | Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $7.00 / Used from: $0.46 A great book not as long as some of the other Dickens' books but enjoyable...
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 | A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.01 A wonderful book written as a historical fiction comparing the death penalties in England (hanging) and France (guillotine)...
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 | Barnaby Rudge (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $6.75 Another historical fiction book which is a good read...
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 | Martin Chuzzlewit (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $1.37 A great book which includes the characters touring the US... Dickens wrote this after he toured the US (for more of his travels read American Notes)...
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 | Little Dorrit (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $5.44 A good book... The first part takes place mainly in a prison but a great read...
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 | Dombey and Son (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $7.20 / Used from: $5.10 A good read about a father wanting a son to continue his trade business...
This is one of his longest works that may seem long but it flows smoothly; a lot of interesting and rich characters...
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 | The Pickwick Papers (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $0.99 A good and light-hearted work... It has a lot of interesting characters that one needs to keep track...
Some of the reviews complain about the number of characters; do not be worried about this issue...
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 | Nicholas Nickleby (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $9.00 / Used from: $0.61 A great book... This is one book where you can appreciate that people are not who they seem to be... A great triumph story that should not be overlooked...
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 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.64 / Used from: $4.85 This is the least favorite of his books... His last novel which was left unfinished... If it was completed, I may feel different but the uncompleted novel ends at a good place...
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 | The Old Curiosity Shop (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $1.95 A good book... The main bad character Quilp is wicked and down right scary...
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 | Bleak House (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.57 / Used from: $1.72 A good work... The main theme is the case contesting a Will....
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 | Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $1.63 A great read... I read this first in high school but did not get the totally understanding until I read it as an adult... This book is really a gem... One thing to note in this book is how people are related to each other... Dickens' gives clues about people but does not explicitly state their relationship... Also, people are different from what people expect from them...
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 | Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Brontë
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $2.99 A good read... Heathcliff is a really spooky guy... There is a big psychological aspect in this book...
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 | Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.47 A great love story... The characters are wonderful and relate well today even though the book was written in the 1800's.
This is the only Charlotte Bronte book that I have read. I have started on the Professor but I need to finish is sometime...
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 | Howards End (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by E. M. Forster
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $0.99 Wonderful book... The book was written in 1910 that takes place in London and at Howard's End (in Hilton - not sure if this is a real city)... The main characters are women and they are very strong and independent... A must read for everyone...
The movie version was done very well.... I recommend reading the book before seeing the movie so that you can appreciate the characters more.
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 | Dracula (Penguin Classics) by Bram Stoker
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $2.22 A great book... The characters are great... Even though it is a horror story, I did not scare me much (maybe some of neck hairs were standing)...
The book is written in journal form but does not detract anything from being written this way...
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 | Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.93 Another great classic...
The movie versions call the monster Frankenstein but this is not so... The creature of the monster is Victor Frankenstein and the monster is called a "creature" and does not have a real name...
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 | Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $1.32 A wonderful American tale about the March family which includes the daughters of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy...
Note: The book that is published as Little Women consists of two books - Little Women and Good Wives... It is very rare seeing the two works published separately...
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 | Little Men: AND Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $4.77 These two books are great...
Little Men is the next part of the Little Women series where Jo and her husband set up a school and take care of orphaned boys...
Jo's Boys is the last part where Jo's boys have grown up and how they developed...
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 | The Grapes of Wrath (Penguin Classics) by John Steinbeck
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $2.90 A wonderful book about the Joad family moving from Oklahoma (Okie)to California. The trials and tribulations that they face during the Great Depression/Dust bowl is described well.
The book is very engaging and a pleasure to read...
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 | East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Buy used from: $10.11 Another great book from John Steinbeck about good and evil. There is some references to Steinbeck's family (relatives - Grandparents) in the book which makes it very interesting.
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 | McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (Twentieth Century Classics) by Frank Norris
Buy new: $12.00 / Used from: $0.07 A great book. Setting starts off in San Francisco and ends up in the desert towards the end. The main theme is a plot of a dentist and what happens to him...
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 | The Octopus: A Story of California (Twentieth Century Classics) (v. 1) by Frank Norris
Buy new: $12.75 / Used from: $0.61 Another great read; similar to the style of John Steinbeck. This book is about the farmer which are getting the business by the 800 pound gorilla; the railroad. The railroad is mired in corruption and they push the farmers to far which causes them to react... The setting is in California in the 1880's...
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