100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)

Descrizione
Amazon just released their "100 books to read in a lifetime." The oldest of which was published in 1813. That's a crying shame. Let's compile and vote on a list of the rest.
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815 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 176
2
2,346 utenti
43 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 106
5
2,308 utenti
12 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 228
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2,554 utenti
43 recensioni
2.9
Classifica globale 159
8
2,916 utenti
62 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 173
9
546 utenti
17 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 186
10
4,378 utenti
92 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 182
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8,115 utenti
96 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 124
12
738 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 90
24 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Awful. Instead of an adventure story, I got a White Man triumphs over nature with a sermon.
Betelgeuse: Wonderful. A gripping adventure and morality tale. More than a shipwreck story, it is also about repentance and humility. Defoe's novel has several Biblical parallels, including Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden, the parable of Jonah, and the sufferings of Job. Lessons can be learned from this book, if one overlooks Crusoe's anachronistic imperialism. But Robinson Crusoe is not a dour sermon. It is surprisingly fast-paced, and the first-person narrative gives it even more immediacy. Everyone knows the basics of the plot: the shocking discovery of the footprint, the appearance of Friday, the threat of cannibals, Crusoe's mastery of the island and its elements. There are also lesser known action sequences, such as the exciting wolfpack scene near the end of the book. A great early novel.
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1,740 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 85
23 Members
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aulsmith : Not the whole thing. I took a seminar on Donne, and we didn't even read them all.
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8,633 utenti
68 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 37
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1,392 utenti
13 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 354
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2,551 utenti
24 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 141
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481 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 410
2 Members
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aulsmith : This is an adaptation. There is another work on this list that represents the original.
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941 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 409
8 Members
szarka, janimar, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, Betelgeuse, BlueSkies305, PyrrhicVctry,anglemark ,henkl , ,aulsmith ,Cynfelyn ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith : There are four editions of this work on this list. One is more than enough.
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42,601 utenti
709 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 407
3 Members
MaskedMumbler, ahef1963, mattries37315,yarb ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
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yarb : duplicate
ManWithAnAgenda : Duplicate
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11,832 utenti
117 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 405
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24,655 utenti
525 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 396