Book Reviews of books that are Classics
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Summary taken from the back of the book) “So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter remembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drive past the beeches, white and naked, to the isolated gray stone manse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barely knew, the …
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett This book is about three children who find friendship, life, and healing in a secret garden. Mary was orphaned in India and sent to Yorkshire to live with her uncle. Colin lost his mother shortly after he was born and has been sickly and afraid most of his …
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (Summary taken from the back cover) “Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d’If. After staging a dramatic escape, he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo …
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (Summary taken from the back of the book.) “As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss of her true love, kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchmen, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and rescued …
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (Book #7) (Summary taken from the back of the book) “The Unicorn says that humans are brought to Narnia when Narnia is stirred and upset. And Narnia is in trouble now: A false Aslan roams the land. Narnia’s only hope is that Eustace and Jill, old friends of Narnia, …
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (Book #6) (Summary taken from the back of the book) “Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor…or does it? Once again Aslan has a task for the children, and …
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Book #5) (Summary taken from the back of the book) “The Dawn Treader is the first ship Narnia has seen in centuries. King Caspian has built it for his voyage to find the seven lords, good men whom his evil uncle Miraz banished when he usurped …
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (Book #4) (Summary taken from the back of the book) “Narnia…where animals talk…where trees walk…where a battle is about to begin–A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of …
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (Book #3) (Summary taken from the back of the book) “During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Colormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North–to Narnia. When …
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Book #2) (Summary from the back of the book) “Narnia…a land frozen in eternal winter…a country waiting to be set free. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia–a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when …
