This 1959 LEC edition is disappointing quality-wise to previous high standards of production in that the illustrations are weak (often wrong), are not placed accurately with the relevant text which results in confusion and in at least one case spoils a major event in the text several pages early, and the printing is sloppy with lots of black spotting from over-inked pages. The story itself is a worthy classic and a mystery that holds up today, even if some of the early book bogs down with long-winded storytelling. I was expecting cliches since this is the detective fiction that started it all, but it was still fun to read proto-Holmes and other early examples of tight plotting and a fulfilling resolution. Better than most I've read.

Loved this. I knew going in that the plot would end unfinished, but the characters Dickens created, right up to the last couple of chapters he completed, are memorable and eccentric in ways that I love.

Wonderful story with the characters Dickens could create and no one can better. I love Bertha, Caleb Plummer's blind daughter that lives in a wonderful world of fantasy that her father creates for her, unable to see the truth.

You really need to take notes in the first chapter when you are introduced to 30+ characters, but then the story starts and it is wonderful. Truly satisfying book. The next two books are interesting, but not as powerful. The short story "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" is perfect after completing this book.

Fascinating and detailed examination of the Soviet Space Program from 1964 through 1969 from the perspective of a young engineer about to graduate from college as he is pulled different directions by his father and uncle, an Air Force hero and a Secret Service Commander, respectively. I enjoyed learning about the Soviet successes and failures on their path to the moon, which was like The Right Stuff with half the money and twice the danger. The slice of life in Russia during the Communist era was disturbing, but felt accurate. The author promotes sabotage as the primary reason for the Soviet issues and many of the untold deaths were actually murders. The only place the book failed for me was convincing me of the primary motivations for the characters doing the sabotage. Otherwise, I loved this book.

This guy was a zealot on the right side of history. His abolitionist stance was based on his Biblical and Quaker roots. This book collects his poems from throughout his life including the political and war poetry. The highlight is Snow-bound, a slice of life in early 19th Century New England. Whittier’s rhyming poetry is remarkable, but he has fallen out of favor due to a movement away from hymn-like poems and less interest in the rural folk tales he often retells.

Umberto Eco cannot be accused of underestimating his readers; this book is dense with history, symbolism, Revelation, and untranslated Latin. Wonderfully thought-provoking with a satisfying finale that makes you want to start over.

Beautiful green silk bindings. Anne Bronte’s The Tenant from Wildfell Hall is not the complete version that was published originally, but the commonly reprinted version missing chapter 28 among other things.

Folio-sized edition of this play is beautiful. I really enjoyed the play and after reading a commentary found it even more rewarding. The hand-colored illustrations of Ariel are stunning.

Though originally intimidated, I found this to be very readable and looked forward to my daily time with it. I was challenged to read this by my daughter, who is in college, and developed a reading plan that allowed me to complete it in 2 weeks - 375,000 words according to Siri!

The story, about three very different brothers plus an illegitimate one, who have to share a father that is barely tolerable as a human being, moves along at a rapid pace over the period of a few months.

Philosophical discussions between the brothers are fascinating and enlightening. This is the meat of the book and worth returning to and to discuss with others.

Overall, I loved the book, though it was disturbing to know what the future of Russia looked like - the worst fears of the author times 1000!

The resolution is acceptable, but it is obvious this story is not done - though Dostoyevsky didn't live to continue it.

This Heritage edition is absolutely stunning. The Fritz Eichenberg illustrations perfectly illuminate the story and I appreciated them as a reward as I came across each one reading through this very long book. My Highest Recommendation!

I acquired this gorgeous edition of the book having no idea what the story was about or who the author was. I couldn't help but start reading it and instantly fell in love with M. Bonnard and laughed out loud many times as he went on his adventures.

For me, the best part was his interactions and disbelief at seeing a fairy.

Although this story isn't a crime/mystery adventure as the title originally suggested to me, I was thoroughly entertained by this 19th century French literature told in diary form by an academic that just happens to love books more than life until he discovers something worth living for.