Sarah Avery rated Selected stories of O. Henry: 5 stars
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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 Moby-Dick: 5 stars
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
Sarah Avery rated The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: 4 stars
Sarah Avery rated Great Expectations: 5 stars
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an …
Sarah Avery rated Mules and men: 5 stars
Sarah Avery rated Drawing Down the Moon: 5 stars
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
Almost thirty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the …
Sarah Avery rated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: 4 stars
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia -- bk. 2)
They open a door and enter a world.
NARNIA... the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known only to …
Sarah Avery rated Irish Fairy and Folk Tales: 4 stars
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by William Butler Yeats
Includes tales of fairies, changelings, ghosts, witches, saints, the devil, giants, kings, queens, and robbers.
Sarah Avery rated Neverwhere: 3 stars
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere is the companion novelisation written by English author Neil Gaiman of the television serial Neverwhere, written by Gaiman and …
Sarah Avery rated The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4): 4 stars
The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising, #4) by Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising (4))
The Grey King is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published almost simultaneously by Chatto & Windus and Atheneum …
Sarah Avery rated His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1): 5 stars
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novik
His Majesty's Dragon, published in the UK as Temeraire, is the first novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series by …
Sarah Avery rated The Social Contract: 5 stars
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right (French: Du contrat social; ou, …
Sarah Avery rated Selected poems: 5 stars
Selected poems by William Carlos Williams
An introduction to the life of William Carlos Williams accompanies a selection of his poems.
Sarah Avery rated A wrinkle in time.: 5 stars
A wrinkle in time. by Madeleine L'Engle (Time Quintet (1))
A Wrinkle in Time is a science fiction fantasy novel by American writer Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1962. It …