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[edit] Nausea

La Nausée is a novel by Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, written in 1938 while he was a college professor. It is one of Sartre's best-known novels.

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  1. Runch (talk · contribs)
  2. Todeswalzer (talk · contribs)
  3. baby ifritah (talk · contribs)
  4. MacRusgail (talk · contribs)

Comments

  • Contains a lot of good information, but lacks an info box, proper sections, and mostly needs a lot of expansion and reorganizing. - Runch 16:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
  • one of my all time favourite novels!!!! baby_ifritah 14:51, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I think this is a good candidate, but I hate to say I know little about it. I got given a copy last year...--MacRusgail 12:44, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rabbit, Run

Being the first in John Updike's insanely popular and influential series, which spawned two Pulitzer Prize winning novels, this article is a joke. It's riddled with seemingly OR and has no real substance. It could greatly benefit from a long, hard scrubbing. María: (habla ~ cosas) 13:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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  1. Yllosubmarine (talk · contribs)
  2. Kevinalewis (talk · contribs) -
  3. Zigzig20s (talk · contribs)
  4. Feydey (talk · contribs)
  5. Victorianist (talk · contribs)

Comments

  • firmly agree! :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 13:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Surely 'a joke' is a bit harsh, but I do think it should be further improved if possible. Zigzig20s 17:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I have never read the novel, but I have always meant to. Victorianist (talk) 17:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Betrothed

I Promessi Sposi (in English, The Betrothed) is an Italian historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni. It is the most famous and widely read novel of the Italian language.

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  1. Runch (talk · contribs)
  2. Clayrocks369 (talk · contribs)
  3. William P. Coleman (talk · contribs)

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  • Has an info box, but this article is in desperate need of an extended plot summary, character list, and analysis of it's influence upon subsequent Italian literature. Needs more historical data. - Runch 16:18, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Farewell to Arms

A Hemmingway novel. His third. It has only an infobox, one paragraph of plot summary, and a list of three film adaptations. Needs work. Soon. --EncycloPetey 23:12, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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  2. Kevinalewis (talk · contribs)
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  4. Gingerjoos (talk · contribs)

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  • Given who this is by and the significance of the novel in the Hemingway canon, Wikipedia deserves better than this. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 15:12, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pride and Prejudice

It's quite sad that an article on such an important novel has no "Themes" or "Literary significance" section. The article probably deserves a substantial "Reception history" section as well. A "Themes" section was developed previously, but it was moved to the talk page in December 2006 for WP:OR, where it remains. An individual effort to write these sections into the article – with adequate references – is quite daunting. I think such a task deserves a collaborative effort. Cheers. – Liveste (talk • edits) 00:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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  2. Kevinalewis (talk · contribs)
  3. Karenjc (talk · contribs)
  4. Feydey (talk · contribs)

Comments

  • Major work as Liveste says - could do with the suggested additions but - it does need to be done well, a high profile wikipedia article. :: Kevinalewis : (Talk Page)/(Desk) 10:58, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
  • The existing plot summary is terribly baggy and the detailed character sketches, though largely accurate, are far too detailed. Agree this must be done well if done at all, but the present deficiencies are glaring. Karenjc (talk) 18:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)