Review:This is not a review of Boccaccio, just this translation that originated in 1886. The 19th century English literature is fantastic. There is no reason that a translation of the bawdy Boccaccio should not reflect the wit of Austin, the 3 dimensions of Dickens or the wonder of Melville and so many others.

I am sorry to say that this translation, unless you like the faux archaic touch such as, "Thou doth protest, prithily, my lady," just plainly sucks. To call it prim and proper is not enoug... Read more

Review:Michael Reid's review of this wonderful book (whatever it is--nightmare, novel, allegory, etc.) is very close to my own feelings about it. It defies most traditional critical approaches, just as the characters in it are themselves continually foiled and re-educated in their encounters with some of the weirdest people and situations in 20th-century fiction. It is a slam on anarchism and political mischief-making, but it is also a slam on the moralistic, "quick-fix" crusaders against rocking the... Read more

Review:If you love literature, this is a fantastic work. I also read in during a trip to India. The trip gave context to the novel and the novel context to the locations I was visiting. That's honestly the best way to explore a new country. Read more

Review:This made a perfect little book for my mom to read during her "quiet times" during the holiday. She loved it and promises to pass it along to her daughters. Good read for the holidays. Short and sweet stories. Read more

Review:A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a book of 200 pages that could be condensed to twenty. A Separate Peace is filled with descriptions and elaborate details that could be taken out of the book without taking any substance from the actual story. Although the detailed descriptions made me think that this place actually existed, I would have rather read a story with a better plot than one with excessive description. Because this book did not have a clear plot, the author basically repeated the ... Read more

Review:A radio commentator raved about this book as a book equal to The English Patient. So I thought it would be an interesting read. It's a pretty juvenile book. Rich lady is bored, goes to the country house, pirate has been staying in the country house, she finds out and invites him to dinner, you get the picture.

I stopped there because nothing appeared to be historically accurate. The story could have featured a bored housewife from 1950 and been exactly the same.

This is not equ... Read more

Review:The book had a little tearing on the binding but other than that it was in good condition. The story is different from the animated film. I enjoyed the interesting history the story brings to the readers. Read more

Review:i read this when i was in my teens and was transported to england and the moors in my mind...wondered if i would feel the same about the book once i was middle aged and had visited the real jamaica inn. no change whatsoever, once i opened the book, back to piracy and freezing storms and women in peril i went. i am a great du maurier fan and have never considered her novels bodice-rippers even though, i suppose, in a way they are romance novels. there is so much else going on that i never rea... Read more

Review:....captured my interest from the first few words, as Du Maurier most always does. "My Cousin Rachel" is a bit dark and brooding .. wonderful insight into character's personalities which drives the suspensful story...one of my favorites, right up there with "Rebecca." Read more

Review:In the early 1940's, Robert A. Heinlein began writing a series of stories in a scenario called "The Future History" series.* He developed a historical timeline of this alternate history, along with description of future events, characters, historical trends, and stories yet to be published. By about 1950, Heinlein had pretty much completed the Future History project. But late in his career, Heinlein wrote a _coda_ of sorts to his Future History tales, _Time Enough for Love_ (1973). It featured h... Read more