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Subject: Deals on "the classics"
Date Posted: 3/12/2008 3:06 PM ET
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In an attempt to make my reading list seem a little more grown up, I'm looking for deals on those "high school reading list" sorts of books. I've read things like The Great Gatsby, Brave New World, To Kill a Mockingbird, and so forth...looking for similar things!

Thanks :D

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Date Posted: 3/12/2008 8:16 PM ET
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Bright Book of Life American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer Bright Book of Life American Novelists and Storytellers from Hemingway to Mailer :: Alfred Kazin

I have this one on my shelf that might suit your needs...

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Date Posted: 3/13/2008 2:53 AM ET
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I'm doing a 2 for 1 right now.  I've got these classics on my shelf if you're interested:

Call of the Wild by Jack London

Candide, Zadig, and other stories by Voltaire

Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Good Earth by Pearl Buck

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Luck of Roaring Camp and other stories by Bret Harte

Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Sula by Toni Morrison

Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackarey

PM me if you are interested in any.

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Date Posted: 3/14/2008 6:43 PM ET
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I have the cliff notes for many of them if you are interested.  Not all are posted though.

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Date Posted: 3/15/2008 11:35 AM ET
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On my shelf I have Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Island of the Blue Dolphins and Sing Down the Moon by Scott O' Dell. I'll do 2-for-1 on them if you'd like, just PM me! :)



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Date Posted: 3/15/2008 7:20 PM ET
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I have a few of the older pocket books. Only one would be postable and even then it is borderline. All pages are intact but the covers are worn. A couple have damage around the binding. Seems like there were a couple more somewhere, I will have to go look.

Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

The Story of My Life by Helen Keller

All About Men by Joseph H Peck M.D.