Anthony Hope and George F. Wear - The Prisoner of Zenda

Pros: an incredibly beautiful, touching story

Cons: a very minor flaw – the names

The Bottom Line: This is one of the most remarkable adventure and love stories of all time, and worthy in every way of “classic” status.

Review: Have you ever experience the phenomenon of opening a book and all of a sudden becoming the hero or heroine, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel, living in the land that they live in? This is exactly what happens every time I read The ...

Pros: Great romance- great adventure- just great writing

Cons: Not a one!

Review: I don't write as frequently as some here do. So, about 9 months after signing up, I am finally nearing my 50th opinion. What to write such a milestone on? After much thought, I decided to do a two-parter for numbers 49 and 50. The first will review my...

Pros: Probably will show up for some literature class's required reading list

Cons: overwritten style. underdeveloped characters. old plot.

The Bottom Line: Pleasant, but hardly worth reading unless you're required to. There's better stuff out there.

Review: Penguin Popular Classics. We've all seen them - those inexpensive books containing stories from the reading lists we never got through whether in high school or university. The titles are familiar, even if all the stories are not. On a recent raid of the...