Written in 1882, Could have been written last year.
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This classic Ibsen play is remarkably modern in content and theme. Imagine - a scientific-minded professional discovers potentially deadly toxic material in a town's main tourist draw, and the town tries hard to ruin him! Imagine - a large group of scientists agree that human activity is creating potentially deadly climate change, and the powers that be try hard to ruin them! Oh my.

So many people have been returning to Orwell's 1984, given the current American climate of charges of "fake news" and assertions of "alternative facts" and so on. I would suggest that this play also deserves a second look (or first, if you didn't read it in high school).
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The characters are largely unbelievable, with a plot to match them. But that's from my perspective, here in 2014, I'll bet that in 1920, when it was published, it was a rollicking adventure story, extrapolating on developments in culture and science. Don't read it for the story, read it for the historical perspective you'll gain.

And laugh at the misogyny that magically goes away in the end.
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This book was published in 1910. Treat it as a historical document, not as a modern reference. It is a good read if you already master modern English and feel curious about the evolution of the language over the past hundred years.
200774
This is a quirky, if predictable, book for the scholarly or academically-minded reader. It's a good example of the diary genre that was popular in the late 19th century. It feels like it might have been published originally as a newspaper series, with definite chapter stops and jumps in timeline. It ends abruptly, too, as if someone pulled the plug on the weekly or monthly publication. Worth checking out if you're into English popular culture of the 19th century.
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Probably would have been five stars back when it was written. Still, aside from the "false science" (science fiction, sorry) it was a fairly good read. There are probably more modern translations available that might make it easier to follow. Don't get me wrong, Jules Verne had a great imagination and we have all enjoyed much of his writings. This one did drag a little, for me.
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Note that this book was originally published in 2011, not 2014.  It is now 2017 and quite a lot has happened since 2011.  It was a fine book six years ago, but unless this is a revised 2017 edition (which I doubt).......
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I just started to read this book when I noticed that it WAS WRITTEN IN 1901.
I assumed, incorrectly, that this book was of current vintage. I wanted to know the more recent (less than 100 YEARS AGO)interpretations of the 14th Amemdment.
Am disappointed.
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I'm interested in the 1850 time period. I found the workings of the mail system very interesting. I haven't completed it yet because I have many books to read.
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This was, of course, written a long time ago. Some of the dialogue was impossible to understand, as it was supposed to be spoken by a rather coarse servant. I needed a translation!
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Many ideas for borders, but colors in book are dated to the time period when it was published.  It would catch my attention more if the patterns/colors were more current, but it was written during a time period when those colors were used.
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I should have paid more attention to the date published.  It is a good book, but the passage of time has made it somewhat dated.  It should also be noted, that as an Irishman, Mr. Douthwaite is naturally most concerned with the effects of monetarism style economic growth on Ireland.  He also offers various legitimate alternatives to Milty Friedmans religion, although only from an Irish perspective and history.
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The problem with these essays is that some of them were written a long time ago. The essay on the Palestinians dates from 1983, so its copious detail is almost irrelevant to current conditions.

This does not gainsay Chomsky's originality and  superiority as a thinker. There is no one like him.
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My thoughts by the time I reached the end of this piece were 'i wonder if King George had a Khanna in his court back in 1773, while there was still time?'  i'm sure George had such counsel, and quite properly ignored him.  We do need a counsillor to chart a few guideposts for the next 100 years, but Parag is sadly not the one.
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In the 1850's there was no Budapest. The two cities on the two opposite banks of the Danube, Buda and Pest united only in 1873.
Also, the famous monument, the Halszbstya (Fisherman's Bastion) was built in the 1890's. Sisi couldn't have visited it decades earlier.
These are only two examples of small, but annoying blunders in the book. Moral: if you want to write a historical novel, do your job and research!
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Though the prose reflects an earlier time, the story is fascinating.
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A good editor could have given a better timeline to this book. It leaps around quite a bit in its reminiscing.
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The story of the 14, which was based on fact, was interesting.  The writing was not very polished, some phrases seemed out of place.  Other than the 14, the story is not a new one.