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  #555

  The Education of Henry Adams

  by Henry Adams

  (1 Review)

  14 Points

  "Under the shadow of Boston State House, turning its back on the house of John Hancock, the little passage called Hancock Avenue runs, or ran, from Beacon Street, skirting the State House grounds,..."

  

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  The Bonfire of the Vanities

  by Tom Wolfe

  (3 Reviews)

  55 Points

  "And then say what?" (Prologue)At that very moment, in the very sort of Park Avenue co-op apartment that so obsessed the Mayor ... twelve-foot ceilings ... two wings, one for the white Anglo-Saxon...

  

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  Les Liaisons Dangereuses

  by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

  (5 Reviews)

  93 Points

  "Well, Sophie dear, as you see, I'm keeping my word and not spending all my time on bonnets and bows, I'll always have some to spare for you!"

  

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  The Red and the Black

  by Stendhal

  (4 Reviews)

  86 Points

  "La petite ville de Verrières peut passer pour l'une des plus jolies de la Franche-Comté.The small town of Verrieres may be regarded as one of the prettiest in the Franche-Comte."

  

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  #402

  Soulier De Satin

  by Paul Claudel

  (1 Review)

  49 Points

  

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  The Shipping News

  by Annie Proulx

  (8 Reviews)

  164 Points

  "Here is an account of a few years in the life of Quoyle, born in Brooklyn and raised in a shuffle of dreary upstate towns."

  

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  #588

  The Origins of Totalitarianism

  by Hannah Arendt

  (2 Reviews)

  8 Points

  

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  #390

  The Cannibal

  by John Hawkes

  (1 Review)

  52 Points

  

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  #543

  Up

  by Ronald Sukenick

  (1 Review)

  16 Points

  

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  The Rifles

  by William Vollmann

  (1 Review)

  75 Points

  

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