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Beloved

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Author: Toni Morrison First published: 1987, by Alfred A. Knopf Sixty million, and more. It’s very difficult for me to write about this novel, for what can one say about something that renders horror so beautifully? Any words I might conjure up about Beloved can only stand weakly in the shadow of its awesome power. [...]

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The Mill on the Floss

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Author: George Eliot (Marian Evans) First published: 1860, by William Blackwood & Sons When Marian Evans began writing The Mill on the Floss during the first few months of 1859, the world did not yet know her as the famously cerebral George Eliot. Up until around June of that year, Evans was “in the closet,” [...]

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All the King’s Men

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Author: Robert Penn Warren First published: 1946, by Harcourt, Brace, and Company WARNING: Plot spoiler This book might just deserve the recognition of being considered one of the greatest novels ever written. It is a masterpiece in every way—masterful in its style, execution, breadth, depth, “realism,” and even plot—conceived and bequeathed to us in the [...]

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