The Diary of a Young Girl

From Catherine Costanzo author: Frank, Anne  The Diary of a Young Girl A true story as you know — but a classic tale of a young girl and her family as they are “hidden” during world war II.  Anne keeps a diary about their day to day trials and events, and one can see the [...]

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The Great Gatsby

From Kathy Taufman author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott  The Great Gatsby I enjoyed reading this book as an adult and recalling my impressions of reading it as a teenager and comparing how different they were.

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The Great Gatsby

From Julie Rosslee author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby I haven’t read this text in years and it was such a thrill to be able to pick it up and fall in love with Fitzerald’s story once again.  Reading this as a teenager, I may have been naive about several of the characters’ identity [...]

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The Count of Monte Cristo

From Rebecca Segers author: Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes has it all: youth, love, and career mobility.  But a jealous rival for his job and another for his fiance falsely accuse him of Bonapartism and a judge looking out for his own interests seals the deal, sending Dantes to the prison [...]

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The house of mirth

From Charlene Muhr author: Wharton, Edith The house of mirth [sound recording] I recently listened to the audio book The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, read by Barbara Caruso.  Caruso mesmerizes the listener with her reading of this classic novel.  Wharton’s novel was first published in 1905, and it was her first important work of [...]

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