Tag: classics
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Collective Book Haul! Early 2015 edition!
HIIIIIIII. So I haven’t done a book haul in a while because I was planning to do the 10 to 1 book diet challenge! That went out the window preeeeeeeetty quickly. I’m going on a definite book buying ban though. I really want to attend YALC in July so I’m going to decrease my tbr…
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Title: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Published: 1886 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15994498-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde Rating: 2/5 Source: Owned physical! Plot: “Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll’s strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt…
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A Handful Of | Classics on my TBR!
Hello lovely readers! I thought I would start a little segment on my blog. Basically I show you a handful of stuff. COOL, RIGHT? I’m sure I’ve seen people do this on Youtube or other blogs but I can’t quite think of who I’ve seen. Today’s topic is the classics on my TBR. I often…
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The Island of Doctor Moreau – H. G. Wells
Title: The Island of Doctor Moreau Author: H. G. Wells Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15990644-the-island-of-doctor-moreau Published: 1896 Source: Physical owned copy! Plot: “Adrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo – a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper…
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Bel – Ami
Title: Bel – Ami Author: Guy De Maupassant Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/780581.Bel_Ami Rating: 3/5 Source: Library Published: 1885. Plot: “De Maupassant’s second novel, Bel-Ami (1885) is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened ”Bel-Ami” by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-siecle Paris. It is a novel about money, sex, and…
Hayley Sprout 