Park Ridge Library's Classics Disussion Group 2011
Annotation:Now considered to be Fitzgerald's masterpiece, this 1925 novel was initially met with mixed reviews and little commercial success. It is a tale of love, revenge, and decadence.
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Annotation:Fifteen short stories represent a city caught between hope and despair in 1900s Ireland, a nation paralyzed by the forces of religion and politics.
Annotation:Steinbeck’s first critically acclaimed novel follows a group of bohemians whose comedic misadventures resemble those of King Arthur’s court.
Annotation:The novel that launched Hemingway’s career follows a group of disillusioned expatriates from the bars of Paris to the bullfights of Spain.
Annotation:In post-World War I England, socialite Clarissa Dalloway’s life becomes intertwined with a shell-shocked veteran who is quickly sinking into insanity.
Annotation:In Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Brother Juniper contemplates his beliefs after he witnesses five people perish in a bridge collapse.
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