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Fiction
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Balzac, Honore: LES ILLUSIONS PERDU [LOST ILLUSIONS]
SCENES DE LA VIE D'UNE COURTISANE
[SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A COURTISAN]
Balzac's grand tales of passion and ambition in his HUMAN COMEDY series.

Clavell, James: SHOGUN, Dell, 1975, ISBN 0-440-17800-2, $3.50.
English sailor shipwrecked in 17th Century Feudal Japan. Epic historic
tale of power and intrigue.

Dumas, Alexander: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
One of the best revenge stories ever written.

Feuchtwanger, Lion: DER JšDISCHE KRIEG [THE JEWISH WAR]
The story of Flavius Josephus and the Jewish uprising against the Romans
in the First Century.

Goethe: FAUST, Deutsche Taschenbuch Verlag, 1972 printing,
ISBN 3-423-05109-4, DM 3.80.
Goethe's novel in verse about the unbounded passion for knowledge.

Hemingway, Ernest: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940.
Heroic tale of battle and love in the Spanish Civil War.

Hersey, John: THE WALL, Pocket Books, 1954, $.50 [out of print].
A novel of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. Well written and
inspiring.

Hesse, Hermann: DEMIAN
NARCISSUS AND GOLDMUND
STEPPENWOLF
The German mystic Hesse dispenses wisdom in well-told tales.

Lermontov: A HERO OF OUR TIMES
Love and intrigue in 19th century Russia.

Mann, Thomas: JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
The biblical tale retold and expanded by a modern master.

Maugham, W. Somerset: OF HUMAN BONDAGE
A story of growing up, obsession, and love.

Michener: James: [various historical novels]
Long, but engrossing novels about land and settlers.


Steinbeck, John: EAST OF EDEN, Bantam, 1952, ISBN 0-553-08648-0, $1.95.
Good and Evil and the meaning of Free Will in a fine and readable
story.

Stendhal: SCARLET AND BLACK, Penguin Books, 1953, $2.95.
Social climbing, intrigue, romance in 1830's France. Marvelous
portrayal of societal life and gripping story.

Trevanian: SHIBUMI, Ballantine Books, 1980, ISBN 0-345-28585-9, $2.95.
On the most superficial level a well-crafted espionage novel, but
actually a spoof of the entire genre and superb example of how to
flesh out characters. Funny and enjoyable.

Twain, Mark: LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Bantam, 1963 edition, $.50.
One of the lesser known Twain books, but one of the best. Retelling
of his learning to be a river pilot as a youth.

Wouk, Herman: MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR, Pocket Books, 1973, ISBN 0-671-81436-2,
$2.50.
The coming of age of an aspiring actress in the Manhattan of the 1930's.
A grand morality tale.