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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 A Tale of Two Cities: 5 stars
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, James Gibson
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with …
Sarah Avery rated GERMINAL; TRANS. BY ROGER PEARSON.: 5 stars
GERMINAL; TRANS. BY ROGER PEARSON. by Émile Zola (PENGUIN CLASSICS)
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 A Confederacy of Dunces: 5 stars
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero is one Ignatius J. Reilly, "huge, obese, …
Sarah Avery rated Moby Dick: 5 stars
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Hernán Poblete Varas
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
Sarah Avery rated Sense and Sensibility: 5 stars
Sarah Avery rated Selected stories of O. Henry: 5 stars
Selected stories of O. Henry by O. Henry (Barnes & Noble classics)
Sarah Avery rated The red tent / Anita Diamant.: 4 stars
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 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 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 The Odyssey (Penguin Classics): 5 stars
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, …
Sarah Avery rated History of the Peloponnesian War: 5 stars
History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Thucydides Thucydides, John J. Owen, and 1 other
A history of the war between Athens and Sparta, along with both of their allies and colonies. The author was …
Sarah Avery rated One Hundred Years Of Solitude: 5 stars
One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad, American Spanish: [sjen ˈaɲoz ðe soleˈðað]) is a 1967 novel …