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Writer of epic and contemporary fantasy. Winner of 2015 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Escaped academic.
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Sarah Avery rated Emma: 5 stars
Emma by Jane Austen
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first …
Sarah Avery rated Northanger Abbey: 4 stars
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey is both a perfectly aimed literary parody and a withering satire of the commercial aspects of marriage among …
Sarah Avery rated Secret Garden (Children's Classics): 5 stars
Secret Garden (Children's Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden has awakened the spirits of four generations of children to the hope of growth and rebirth as …
Sarah Avery rated Absalom, Absalom!: 5 stars
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner (Vintage international)
Sarah Avery rated Mama Day: 5 stars
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Mama day is about many things. It's the story of Ophelia and George two black American's and how they fall …
Sarah Avery rated The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: 4 stars
Sarah Avery rated Charlotte's Web: 5 stars
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his …
Sarah Avery rated Song of Solomon: 5 stars
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her third to be published. It follows the …
Sarah Avery rated The red tent / Anita Diamant.: 4 stars
Sarah Avery rated The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: 5 stars
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published …
Sarah Avery rated War and Peace: 5 stars
War and peace.: War and Peace (AudiobookFormat, Russian language, 2008, Blackstone Audio)
War and Peace by War and peace.
Tolstoy’s epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the …
Sarah Avery rated Their Eyes Were Watching God: 5 stars
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
I loved Jonah's Gourd Vine -- thought some of her short stories very fine -- and feel that this measures …
Sarah Avery rated Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: 5 stars
Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Creator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan …
Sarah Avery rated GERMINAL; TRANS. BY ROGER PEARSON.: 5 stars
