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The Kreutzer Sonata (Modern Library Classics)
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ASIN: 0812968239
Release Date: 2003-09-09 |
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When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society.
In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how relevant The Kreutzer Sonata is to our understanding of Tolstoy the artist, as well as to feminism and literature. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also contains Tolstoy’s Sequel to the Kruetzer Sonata.
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Cynical and honest.......2006-10-18
Tolstoy in lecture mode gives a cynical account of courting, romantic love, and a recognizably painful depiction of jealousy. While it may lack the sweep of his major works, there is still much to be mulled in this short work.
not simply autobiographical.......2006-09-12
I think that the reviews here are a little bit off and essentially betray themselves by insulting the writer, and without reason praising his earlier works as a means of battering this later one. first of all, nobody who wants to simply spew out his own life and endoctrinate his readers puts his own views into the mouth of a character who is carefully portrayed as out of his mind. calling Tolstoy Pozdnischef would be like calling the Underground man or prince Mishkin Dostoevsky...similarities, yes just like there are always similarities between a great idea and a stupid one [or put it the other way around]. True, the kreutzer sonata is very autobiographical, but not in a self serving way, and the killer is not tolstoy. The story does not argue for abstinence necessarily either and there is a very high regard for ideal marraige... only tolstoy has to show what he thinks that is by counter example. the kreutzer '' resembles in no way the sort of fundamentailist, "we know you are going to hell and there is no arguing with us", techniques we hear about in the news which other reviewers have it sounding like [why can reviewers do this so easily today concerning late Tolstoy?..because it is easy to bash anykind of sexual morality today unless it happens to be the morality of not getting physically, and hence physically demonstrably, sick]. tolstoy shows [rather than sheethes in political language]the flaws of an institution [marraige]which, as current debates and troubles with marraige show, are very on spot or at least of major interest; if he is wrong in the story the kreutzer sonata, then it should be clear to readers from a quick look at current marraige and life in practice [ i don't know anybody who seriously thinks marraige in general is in a good state right now]. at best the story is not just an unmasking of rhetorical figures, but a careful psychological portrait of decline into mental instability, much easier to follow than say Raskolnikov's. if tolstoy eventually did adopt extremist views, at least in the story here he shows you the problem; that's all he can do--and you don't have to draw the same conclusions that tolstoy may have drawn to appreciate his depiction of something...which he also happens to tell with great passion and drama, and with considerable insight into the working of art, including his own work. just for the heck of it i'll add that i don't share tolstoy's late life philosophy but admire any day a writer who could take a very great piece of music like the kreutzer sonata and translate it's unique intensity into a perhaps equally great novella.
Love and war, romance and idealism.......2006-07-06
The reviews of the "other stories" indicate that different editions contain different stories besides "The Kreutzer Sonata." I refer to the Oxford World Classics version. It begins with "Family Happiness," which I found rather long-winded in its depiction of a rather naive young woman's realization of the enduring love of child and husband will supplant her earlier infatuation with her husband as a lover. "The Kreutzer Sonata" follows logically, and the afterword included here must be read too, for it shows Tolstoy attempting to convolutedly explain why couples should refrain from copulating and even procreating. His link to Jesus's teaching to support his view shows both Tolstoy's ingenuity and his fringe thinking, to say the least. Still, he makes a spirited argument that shows his Christian anarchism which so enflamed his later writing and thinking.
With "The Cossacks" we find a romanticized depiction of a love triangle of sorts between a Russian officer, a local girl, and her village suitor. It too takes too long to develop, but it has its moments, best seen when Tolstoy looks up from his characters and shows us the culture of the frontier in the Caucasus mountains fought over still today. This leads to the somewhat more rugged and lively last novella, "Hajid Murad," in which the titular Chechen chieftain must decide between saving his son who has been taken hostage and rebelling against the Russians who have compromised his tribal rebellion. It lags, but it does manage to give snide glimpses of the cruelty of Nicholas' regimen and the 1851-2 state of a situation that 150 years later still has not found the Russians victorious over these peoples.
All in all, lots of philosophizing, even more turgid dialogues with rather pampered Russian officers and their ladies, and a heap of sentimentality that goes with the territory of most 19th-century fiction. The updated Maude translation used here in the last three stories still feels musty and stuffy to me, but perhaps this is to convey the feel of a slightly antiquated level of discourse to our ears.
Tolstoy at his worst .......2005-10-30
The title story, " The Kreutzer Sonata" is Tolstoy at his preaching, hypocritical, immoral worst. By the time he writes this the great works so filled with love of life are behind him. Here his tirade against sexuality seems a set- speech and not a part of the story of a living character. As for the blanket condemnation of sexuality this is Tolstory narrowly condemning his own monstrous appetites in this area.
All in all nothing in these four works is really reminiscent of the Tolstoy who has such a feeling for his characters and their experience.
Another ironic side of this is that Tolstoy did not at all follow his own prescription to Puritanism and even in advanced old age was reportedly bothering his wife, among others, in order to supply his own needs.
The story is an illustration of how even the greatest creators are not uniformly so, and often have mixed among the gold works of tremendous mediocrity.
Tolstoy.......2005-08-05
This is one of Tolstoy's better works, unlike "The Death of Ivan Ilych", which I thought was absolutely boring and pointless--to read about someone's death with no story line but more of a case study. If you havn't read Tolstoy before, these selections are an intresting start.
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The Kreutzer Sonata: A Novel (Kreutzersonate)
Margriet De Moor
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Spare, Elegant Prose Signifying Not Very Much.......2005-04-05
Although I basically agree with the previous reviewer, Mary Whipple, about the elegance of the writing in this short novel, I found myself vastly unsatisfied with it overall, largely because I had expectations - admittedly my own and probably not shared by other readers - that there would be insights about music. Here at Amazon I am primarily a reviewer of classical music CDs and DVDs, but I occasionally review books that have a musical background (and I recently highly recommended a first novel, 'The Student Conductor' by Robert Ford). Of course the present novel was inspired by both Tolstoy's novella and by Janácek's string quartet subtitled 'The Kreutzer Sonata,' which had been prompted by Janácek's own tortured love for a much younger woman. Margriet de Moor, however able a writer she is, takes these two classics and writes a meta-novel that is not nearly as effective as either the Tolstoy or the Janácek. Indeed, it almost feels as if what she has done is simply rip off the better-known works.
The surprise at the end of de Moor's novel is neither satisfying nor psychologically particularly convincing. I am giving the book three stars only because of the elegant prose, and some of the credit for that surely goes to the translator from the original Dutch, Susan Massotty.
Scott Morrison
"Don't PLAY the notes...just humanize them.".......2005-01-15
Tolstoy's novella entitled "The Kreutzer Sonata" inspired composer Leos Janacek to write his Kreutzer Sonata for strings, years later, and that, in turn, inspired Margriet de Moor to create this novella. In Tolstoy's story, a man on a train tells another passenger the story of how and why he murdered his wife. The man and his wife were both musicians, and the husband, insanely jealous, believed she was having an affair with another musician.
Adapting Tolstoy's passionate and violent story, de Moor introduces an unnamed narrator, a musicologist, who meets Marius Van Vlooten, a blind music critic, at an airport as they are both leaving for International String Quartet Week in Bordeaux. While there, the narrator introduces Suzanna Flier, the beautiful first violinist of the Schulhoff Quartet to Van Vlooten, whose previous relationship was so passionate that he blinded himself in a failed suicide attempt when his lover left him. Suzanna Flier's quartet has been practicing Janacek's Kreutzer Sonata, "a fatal psychological drama that no earthly power could bring to a halt." Soon Suzanna and Van Vlooten are engaged in a torrid affair
Ten years later, the narrator sees Van Vlooten again at an airport, and, through flashbacks, Van Vlooten tells the narrator the story of his marriage to Suzanna, which was marred by his uncontrollable jealousy. Sixteen years after this meeting, the narrator, on his way to Amsterdam learns the conclusion of the story.
Author de Moor's tautly constructed and romantic story explores the relationship of Suzanna Flier and Marius Van Vlooten. Symbols (butterflies, water), like musical motifs in a sonata, abound in the novel. In crystalline prose, de Moor selects details which reveal the point of view of a man dependent upon sound, instead of sight--"Trees are only trees as long as the wind blows." As he creates Van Vlooten's life with Suzanna, the reader alternately sympathizes with Van Vlooten and becomes angry with him because he uses his need for consistency as a means of control.
De Moor does an admirable job of giving an old story a new twist, and her conclusion is surprising. Romantic in that the action is often implausible and carried to extremes, the novel is nevertheless fascinating reading. De Moor is so observant of details and conveys them so perceptively that the reader cannot help but feel that s/he is learning something new--about the blind, about musicians, and about lovers as they interpret their worlds. Mary Whipple
(This review is dedicated to the memory of Bob Zeidler, a highly ranked Amazon reviewer, music critic, and friend, who passed away on April 2, 2005.)
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The Elven Nations Gift Set (Dragonlance: Elven Nations Trilogy)
Paul B. Thompson ,
Tonya C. Cook , and
Douglas Niles
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Three of the classic Dragonlance tales: Firstborn, The Kinslayer Wars, and The Qualinesti are finally gathered into a gift set!
These three titles chronicle the rise of the elven people, and the schism between the two nations. The books were originally published in 1991, and they have been unavailable for several years. Last year the three books were brought out again in mass-market format to the delight of the fans. Now they have been collected into one
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Great But Could Be Edited.......2007-03-26
This series was awesome! I loved reading it! Only problem that made it kind of hard to read was that the editor did a HORRIBLE job! There's about a typo on every page, if you average out the good pages with the ones with three to five mistakes. My advice is, if you're hinking about buying it, is to see if you can get it from a different publisher. However, the story itself is wonderful, full of action, and an altogether great read.
A bit on the DRY side.......2007-01-11
I was rather disappointed with these titles.
the fight scenes where simple and unimaginative
the characters are somewhat shallow
the ending is unclear
but as an elvish epic story it was best then most
tzah
Good Fatasy.......2007-01-04
I loved these books as a kid. As an adult reading them again the plot holes seem a little larger, but I still enjoyed reading them again.
Great writing but...........2006-04-01
All in all I was really happy with this trilogy. The characters really drew me in and I enjoyed the plot line, even though it was a bit predictable at times.
However, the thing that kept me from giving it a full five stars was...they need to get their money back from whoever was the editor on these books. I have never seen so many blatant typos and grammar errors in a book before. 'Now' being written as 'vow', dialogue missing quotation marks, words being duplicated (such as "I I wanted to.." ). It's not enough to detract from the overall enjoyment of the book, but it might bother some people who get annoyed at little mistakes like that.
My favorite books.......2005-11-03
The first 2 books are incredible. I think they're more likely to appeal to a broader audience than the Chronicles because the D&D references are more mild. I love the Chronicles, but the Elven Nations Trilogy is less "geeky" I think. So they're more likely to appeal to your friends and relatives who giggle when they hear the word "fireball".
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Final title of a classic trilogy now brought back into print!
The Qualinesti, the third title in The Elven Nations trilogy, was first released in mass market format in 1991, and it documented the ancient schism of the elven races in the Dragonlance world. Unavailable for the past several years, this title is now being brought back into print in a new mass market edition in order to fulfill the rising demands of consumers. The other two titles in this trilogy will also be re-released in the same season so that readers may easily compile the entire trilogy.
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Better than #2, but still very low quality........2006-10-28
Before I make my comments, I'd like to point out that I greatly enjoyed the first novel in the Elven Nations trilogy by Thompson. The second book was terrible, but making my way into the third novel, I was very optimistic about a return to quality with Thompson again as the writer.
In that, I was sorely disappointed. Considering that this trilogy is supposedly about the formation of Qualinesti, the second Elven kingdom,it is surprising that we see very little about its formation. Instead, at the beginning of the third book, we are jumped ahead years to when Qualinesti is ALREADY founded, with leadership in place, people settled, and mainly just a few self-defense and succession issues to work out. In other words, some of the most conceivably interesting parts of the series (like a struggle to actually form the city and nation) are left out.
Add on to that, the unappealing characters, a Kith-Kanan who has reverted to loving Hermathya in spite of not loving her anymore in the first book, an evil wizard on a mountain top, and a deus ex machin . . oops! I meant Kith-Kanan's long lost son by Anaya, we get an unfortunately unsatisfying ending to a trilogy on what should be one of the Dragonlance's most interesting stories.
A great read.......2002-11-27
"The Qualinesti" is definately a great book. Not only is it full of action and adventure. But it come across with actual real emotions that people can relate too. There is jealousy, deceit, sadness and many other emotions filling this book. I had heard mixed reviews about this book before I read it. But, I was pleasently suprised by how good this book actually was. I liked it as much, of not more, than "The Firstborn" (The first book in this trilogy). This book brings about the end of a legacy. It is a little depressing, but it is nice to see the state of the Qualinesti under the leadership of Kith-Kanan and his son. A definate must for Dragonlance fans.
Worst book I have read In years............2002-09-15
This book started out with some promise, and I was especially excited because the authors of book three were different than the boring author who wrote book one and two. Let me begin! These authors could have collaborated with the previous books or author for specific info. I would like to know what happened to some characters from the first two books, but instead we get new characters and those stories are not told and forgotton. A crime! On top of that, this book doesn't have an ending! It is like the last fifty pages are gone and several characters and missions and stories in the middle of this book are never addressed or finished! I was completely shocked at the amateur technique of these two authors. This whole three part series was a complete waste of my time! The only redeeming value was....well....I will think of something in the future, right now I can't! Terrible! Shame on these authors!
Excellent Conclusion to a great series.......2000-08-02
It's a shame that this series is out of print. I had to get mine off eBay for nearly $40.00! Now I know why. Though the series is written by different authors, you would never know it and the series is more about Kith-Kanan than the elves themselves. Sithas (Kith's brother) is featured in the 2nd novel for a few chapters, but it's mostly about Kith-Kanan. The Qualinesti focuses on Kith's two kids mostly but Kith gets some limelight as well. This book presents a very different view of the Elven nation than the one we know from post-cataclysm. This Qualinesti has men, dwarves and elves living together, while PC Qualinesti is inhabitted purely by elves. If you can get your hands on this series, do so!
This is a great book.......2000-02-09
The Qualinesti is clearly a Dragonlance great. I have loved the series and I love D&D so I was immediatly attracted to this book. It brings Kith Kanan out pf his oldself, sheds lighton new charecters, and iit even brngs back some old ones. This is a great book and you will love every mnute of it if you like Dragonlance
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First title of a classic trilogy now brought back into print!
Firstborn, the first title in The Elven Nations trilogy, was initially released in mass market format in 1991, and it documented the ancient rise of the elven races in the Dragonlance world. Unavailable for the past several years, this title is now being brought back into print in a new mass market edition in order to fulfill the rising demands of consumers. The other two titles in this trilogy will also be re-released in the same season so that readers may easily compile the entire trilogy.
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Cliched, but still good.......2006-05-30
The first book in the trilogy begins to lay out the story of two elven twins, and the clashing of interests that occur once the slightly older of the brothers becomes Speaker of the Stars (basically, the king of the elves). While a lot of the story is basically a generic fantasy plot--with one brother marrying the love of the other, then the other finding another, truer love (with the former still having feelings for him, of course)--it's good to get a little of the backstory for the elven nations if you're already a Dragonlance fan. As long as you don't mind fantasy cliches, it's a good read.
Not errors . . . .......2005-07-01
The review by Ms. Weir is wrong is several respects. When the Elven Nations books were written (circa 1990-91) Dragonlance lore was different than it is now. Some elves did live a millenium, in certain favored circumstances, and the dates of Huma were changed by TSR *after* these books were written. (See the timeline in the 1987 edition of "Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home.") When Carter, Niles, and I wrote these books, Huma was a historical character. A major restructuring of Dragonlance chronology was made in the mid-90s, but it's hardly fair to call these "errors" when they weren't wrong when written.
Paul B. Thompson
Editors?.......2005-06-19
Ok, so as far as content was concerned, this was a very decent trilogy. Still, I had to give it 3. I had several problems with these books:
1.I know this should be a review of the authors, but seriously, what happened to the editorial staff? Were they all out sick? Were they drunk? Did they hire a kindergarten class to edit for them? I thought Tales of Uncle Trapspringer was poorly edited, what with the fragments, runons, confusing of its and it's, and insistence on spelling Palanthas as "Palanthus," but the elven nations trilogy makes that book look like the masterpiece of a grammar instructor. There were sooooooo many clauses that should have been preceded and succeeded by dashes, commas- for the love of God, even parentheses- but the lack thereof really rendered the reading difficult (and this in addition to numerous spelling errors, the lack of apostrophes and commas, fragments and runons).
2. Why is Sithel over 1000 years old? He's not a dragon. Elves live up to 500 years.
3. The third book, The Qualinesti, seems like an afterthought with a rather boring plot. It also contains a reference to Huma Dragonbane, who, according to any DL campaign setting or player's guide, will not be born for another 4 centuries (major chronology error).
That said, I did like the presence of a cleric of Hiddukel in the final book. The maker of deals, collector of souls, is a very interesting god and would make for a great story, but poor old Hiddukel is usually unfairly ignored (he's not even present in Amber and Ashes, which focuses on the power struggle between the gods of evil!). So overall, this was a good trilogy, but please edit next time.
A Classic Finally Brought Back.......2005-01-21
If you love DL you really need to read this trilogy. It's a wonderful tale of love, prejudice, war, and brotherhood. This first novel is really a fish out of water story where the elvish prince long use to court life, Kith-Kanan, is spurned in love and runs away. Out in the forest Kith-Kanan realizes what it really is to be an elf, he learns his roots you could say, remembering how his ancestors lived their lives. If you are looking for knowledge on elves in DL, you've got to read this. If you like humor, action, and a good plot, you've got to read this.
Its required DL for the DL addict and I'm very glad and I'm thankful Wizards of the Coast reprinted it, which is what makes this next comment really ungrateful, but oh well. DID ANYONE EDIT THIS BOOK? Sorry for the caps. I know I'm picky...but it really looks like this had zero attention. You see horrible mistakes: misspelled names, paragraphs ending in a comma or no period at all, and two other things that amazed me. I saw an "Oh" spelled with a zero...example: 0h. Even worst I saw an "I" that was a one! Example: 1 went to school. That's just mind boggling bad.
Final Thought: Other than the editing mistakes, which do throw you out of the story, this is classic DL. If you like dragonlance at all you are going to like this. Go get it.
After Thought: Hopefully Wizards of the Coast get their acts together, the editing mistakes by a major publishing company must be embarrassing.
An incredible tale of twins........2003-07-01
First thing I must say, I did not like the text on the back cover. If presented any opportunity at all to not read it, don't. I found myself 3/4 the way through the book and felt a lot of problems because of what it says.
This book is definitely one of the better dragonlance books. It tells the tales of waring nations, the undying love of twins, and the ancient forest of wildwood. Descriptions of this book are incredible, but there is not too much physical combat. If that's what you are looking for, read something else.
Love and tradition are important plots in the book. It starts with Kith-Kanan loving Hermathaya. However, Kith-Kanan's father, the speak of the stars, unknowningly choses Thaya to be the bride of Sithas, heir to the throne of Silvanost. Kith-Kanan begins a new life.
Definitely read this book after you have read the Chronicles and Legends. You will have a greater appreciation for the elven nations.
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Second title of a classic trilogy now brought back into print!
The Kinslayer Wars, the second title in The Elven Nations trilogy, was first released in mass market format in 1991, and it documented the ancient civil war of the elven races in the Dragonlance world. Unavailable for the past several years, this title is now being brought back into print in a new mass market edition in order to fulfill the rising demands of consumers. The other two titles in this trilogy will also be re-released in the same season so that readers may easily compile the entire trilogy.
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A disappointing sequel in an otherwise fascinating setting.......2006-10-28
First off, let me first say that I greatly enjoyed the first book in the Elven Nations trilogy. It wasn't high quality, but overall it did a good job portraying its characters and the setting, even with some cliches.
The second book, Kinslayer Wars, is unfortunately very dreadful. The characterizations, particularly of Kith's brother Sith, seemed comnpletely off, the romance with the human woman felt forced; the villain selected was dreadful, and simply disappeared at the end of the book. Add on to that some low quality prose, a thread-bare plot, and a very disappointing ending, and you have this book.
Part of the problem was that, after reading the first novel, I had high expectations. Thompson did a good job of creating an image of the Elven Society, and preparing the setting for the creation of Qualinesti, but the second book just ruined it.
Not the war I expected, in a good way........2006-09-19
After reading about 50 Dragonlance novels/anthologies, I finally came to reading 'Elven Nations'. I had always heard how the Kinslayer Wars divided the elven nation in two. I had always thought it was a civil war, and after reading this wonderfully constructed tale I see how much more of an odd affair the schism truly was.
As the war with Ergoth continues, some elves sided with the human nation. Although the dwarves were an important factor, the action of the primarily human vs. elven nations fighting was engaging enough to hold my interests. However the separation of Kith-Kanan from Sithas was always the main point of this trilogy. Yet it felt like is was a sort of 'B' story to the war. Funny enough, I think that by Niles hitting only on those details when he needed to, the reader gets the sense of how quiet and how without much debate did these twins come to see the world in different ways and in the end have to part company for good, separating the nation in the process.
It wasn't a separation due directly to war. It was one caused by quiet frustrations slowly building and festering as decades wore on. This so-called 'B' story had no major climax, just a few points of epiphany involving lumps in the characters' stomachs which the readers can see developing. It was a vastly different route than what I expected, and I was extremely glad I was able to see something beyond a direct conflict of words and blows. There is enough enjoyment of that sort coming out of the Ergoth/Silvanesti conflict. But the more important story, the seeming 'B' story, is probably what I will remember more.
I know the story is 15 years old now, but I give credit and thanks to Mr. Niles for putting this great addition to the Dragonlance history together.
One of the reasons I got back into Fantasy!.......2004-01-06
This, being the second book of a trilogy, isn't really the book that got me back into reading fantasy works but, it IS the one that kept me here! Douglas Niles makes his characters so flawed, so real that I find myself staying up way too late reading, waking up late for work and repeating the whole process day after day until I complete the book! My only regret is that Niles nor any one else has continued the story. (From the immediate end of Volume 3 of the trilogy)
Depressing, yet enjoyable.......2002-11-23
"The Kinslayer Wars", but Douglas Niles is probably one of the better Dragonlance books out there. It has its share of action and adventure. Though, as the story nears its end, Niles seems to kill off characters just to keep the plot moving. Granted, it represents actions that needed to take place, yet many of the deaths seem to be unjustified. But, all in all, this book is enjoyable to read, albeit a little depressing towards the end. It has a lot of action, much of the book centering around pivitol battles and situations during the Kinslayer Wars. This book isn't that long, only about 300 or so pages so it is a quick read.
If you want to learn more about the Elven past, this book and series is what you need. It reveals pivitol information that deals with the seperation of the Silvanesti elves, and the reasons for Kith-Kanan's ideas of founding a new nation for himself, the Qualinesti. If you can get a hold of this book or series, check it out. It is worth the read.
A must read.......2000-09-26
I love to read about the past of the Nations. This one was especially good though because the elves are very intriguing and two brothers fight each other reminded me of Raistlin and Caramon. I wish I could get a hold of the other two books.
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Society of the renegade elves.
Books:
- The Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Audio Collection
- The Last Night of a Damned Soul: A Novel
- The Magic Mirror: Law in American History
- The Man Who Made It Snow
- The Miracle of Right Thought and The Divinity of Desire
- The Moon Over Lake Elmo
- The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006 (Prize Stories (O Henry Awards))
- The Quick and the Dead: Artists and Anatomy
- The Real Deadwood: True Life Histories of Will Bill Hickock, Calamity Jane, Outlaw Towns, and Other Characters of the Lawless West
- The Reduced Shakespeare Company Christmas
Books Index
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Recommended Books
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- May '68 and Its Afterlives
- Illustration Techniques: Types and Styles, Methods and Materials, Techniques and Applications
- Earth Sky Gods and Mortals: Developing an Ecological Spirituality
- Command in the Royal Navy Division: A Military Biography of Brigadier General A. M. Asquith, DSO
