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SUMMARY:The Forsyte Saga - Volume 1 - \nJohn Galsworthy
DESCRIPTION:Books That Age Like Wine\nWe will only be reading “The Man o
 f Property” but we can stay later and discuss the other two volumes if a
 nyone is interested..\n\nThe three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga c
 hronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Fors
 yte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines
  not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society\, 
 particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edi
 tion of the work available\, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic
  and literary allusions and define the slang of the time.
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SUMMARY:Zorba the Greek - Kazantzakis
DESCRIPTION:Books That Age Like Wine\n**First published in 1946\, Zorba th
 e Greek\, is\, on one hand\, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba\
 , a passionate lover of life\, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to 
 Crete to work in a lignite mine\, and the men and women of the town where 
 they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man\, The Devil 
 and the Saints\; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in li
 fe and it is about love\, courage and faith.**\n\n**Zorba has been acclaim
 ed as one of the truly memorable creations of literature—a character cre
 ated on a huge scale in the tradition of Falstaff and Sancho Panza. His ye
 ars have not dimmed the gusto and amazement with which he responds to all 
 life offers him\, whether he is working in the mine\, confronting mad monk
 s in a mountain monastery\, embellishing the tales of his life or making l
 ove to avoid sin. Zorba’s life is rich with all the joys and sorrows tha
 t living brings and his example awakens in the narrator an understanding o
 f the true meaning of humanity. This is one of the greatest life-affirming
  novels of our time.**\n\n**Part of the modern literary canon\, Zorba the 
 Greek\, has achieved widespread international acclaim and recognition. Thi
 s new edition translated\, directly from Kazantzakis’s Greek original\, 
 is a more faithful rendition of his original language\, ideas\, and story\
 , and presents Zorba as the author meant him to be.**
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SUMMARY:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court - Mark Twain
DESCRIPTION:Books That Age Like Wine\n**Mark Twain moves from broad comedy
  to biting social satire in this literary classic.**\n\n**Cracked on the h
 ead by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut\, Hank Morgan wakes to 
 find himself in King Arthur’s England. After using his knoweldge of an u
 pcoming solar eclipse to escape a death sentence\, Hank must then navigate
  his way through a medieval world whose idyllic surface masks fear\, injus
 tice\, and ignorance.**\n\n**Considered by H. L. Mencken to be “the most
  bitter critic of American platitude and delusion…that ever lived\,” T
 wain enchants readers with a Camelot that strikes disturbingly contemporar
 y notes in this acclaimed tour de force that encompasses both the pure joy
  of wild high jinks and deeply probing insights into the nature of man.**
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SUMMARY:The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
DESCRIPTION:Books That Age Like Wine\n**in 1860s Sicily\, Don Fabrizio Cor
 bera\, Prince of Salina\, remains skeptical and stoic as he faces civil wa
 r and his family's loss of wealth and status. The prince's favorite nephew
 \, Tancredi\, who opportunistically supports the unification efforts\, mar
 ries Angelica\, a beautiful woman from a lower social class\, to secure hi
 s future. This marriage symbolizes the shifting social order and the decli
 ne of the aristocracy. As Don Fabrizio struggles to adapt\, he retreats in
 to his love of astronomy\, finding solace in the unchanging stars while hi
 s world crumbles around him. Ultimately\, he must decide to resist the for
 ces of change or come to terms with them.**\n\n**Giuseppe Tomasi di Lamped
 usa\, the last in a line of Sicilian princes\, drew inspiration from his o
 wn family's decline to write this novel in the 1950s. The dramatic sweep a
 nd richness of Lampedusa’s observation\, his seamless intertwining of pu
 blic and private worlds\, and his sure grasp of human frailty imbue The Le
 opard with beauty and power.**
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