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Book Review: The Annotated Pride and Prejudice

Book Review: The Annotated Pride and Prejudice

I won’t bore you with how wonderful I think Pride and Prejudice is, or my fictional crush on Mr. Darcy, or that I want Elizabeth Bennet as my BBF.  You can read about that here Instead, I am going to discuss the Annotated part of the novel.  To be honest, I have mixed feelings about […]

Posted June 5, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 5 Comments
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Book Review: The Abbott’s Ghost

Book Review: The Abbott’s Ghost

The Abbott’s Ghost is another hidden gem written by Louisa May Alcott. Maurice Treherne saved his cousin Jasper’s life after a misadventure in the water and was made a cripple because of it. Jasper, of course, is forever grateful but due to a small faux pas does a poor way of showing it. Maurice is […]

Posted January 1, 2011 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Review: A Christmas Carol

Review: A Christmas Carol

I’m embarrassed to say that I had not read this short story since middle school and had forgotten how magical and uplifting it is.  It was so refreshing to see the transformation and various levels of change of spirit that Ebenezer Scrooge goes though.  Tiny Tim is so adorable and heartwarming with his “God bless […]

Posted November 30, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 7 Comments
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Review I finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte last night and find it very appropriate that it was during a tornado watch as that describes this novel very well.   A tornado of disastrous events circles this novel, involving, gambling and alcoholism, violence, death and an overall conniving plot.  None of the characters had any redeeming […]

Posted May 1, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 6 Comments
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Quick Impressions I enjoyed The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton but had a hard time feeling anything for the characters.  Both Archer’s and Ellen Olenska’s disappointments where their undoing.  The pair had no one to blame but themselves.  Although both did the honorable thing in the end.  To be honest, I only was concerned […]

Posted March 4, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 3 Comments
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The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczk

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczk

First Impressions I went into The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczk knowing the identity of That damned elusive Pimpernel.  While it was no surprise I was still kept on the edge of my seat.  Impressions While Reading Baroness Orczk’s novel is at once a tale of espionage,suspense, action and even a little romance.  At first […]

Posted January 18, 2010 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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