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Vanessa rated A Passage to India: 5 stars
Vanessa rated The life of an amorous man: 3 stars
The life of an amorous man by Ihara Saikaku
From first page -- Depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of old Japan, when the new …
Vanessa rated The Horse and His Boy: 4 stars
The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Vanessa rated The Silver Chair: 3 stars
The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held …
Vanessa rated Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: 2 stars
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Monty, Harriet A. Jacobs, Adam EVE, and 11 others
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl …
Vanessa rated The magician's nephew: 3 stars
The magician's nephew by C. S. Lewis (The chronicles of Narnia ;)
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up …
Vanessa rated The Poisonwood Bible: 4 stars
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed international bestseller tells the story of an American missionary family in the Congo during a poignant chapter …
Vanessa rated The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7): 3 stars
Vanessa rated If on a Winter's Night a Traveller: 5 stars
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino's masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the …
Vanessa rated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: 5 stars
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …
Vanessa rated Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: 3 stars
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
AMONG the great masters of the short story, Edgar Allan Poe retains his preeminence after more than a century. Ligeia, …
Vanessa rated The tragedy of Macbeth: 4 stars
Vanessa rated The Return of the King: 3 stars
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Return of the King (Paperback, Ballantine Books)
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings (3))
THE RETURN OF THE KING, which brings to a close the great epic of war and adventure begun in The …
