Customer Reviews

The World's Greatest Books - Volume 01 - Fiction

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I thought it was too good to be true to be getting all these novels for free, until I realized that I was getting "Cliff Notes" versions. I went back to the product I ordered to see if I missed anything, but there was nothing there calling these books out as a synopsis. It's a good idea for those people who are looking for quick hits of the story, but if you are actually looking to read the books listed in the contents, look elsewhere.

Just downloaded this. At least this volume (volume 1) seems to be nothing but a synopsis of authors lives and their work--not the works themselves. This might of some value, except the Table of Contents does not work. Makes it nearly worthless. I deleted it. Guess I got what I paid for.

The Kindle holds great promise not only for its ability to deliver books purchased through Amazon.com in just seconds, but also for its ability to make available freely thousands of books having fallen out of copyright, including classics such as Dracula, Frankenstein, and Ulysses. This compendium seems to be the first significant attempt to make those books available through Amazon's delivery system, and I applaud the creators for it. However these volumes are fraught with problems, most notably formatting and editorial issues, not to mention the plain fact they do not contain the advertised material.

I do hope those responsible for this product do make a second attempt because I see great promise in it, however this particular version just isn't ready.

With a bit of doing you can load hundreds of e-books to your Kindle though. For a glimpse of what's available, check out the Gutenberg project's library at [...]

This series is a summary of great classics of literature. There are brief biographies of the author and then an abbreviated version of the story is told by selecting key passages from the work in the author's own words. There is sufficient information to tell if you will enjoy the theme of the book and the author's writing style. For those books that you enjoy, I would recommend getting the full work because much is left out in the abbreviated version. Still, this is a wonderful introduction to many great works of literature.

Expecting an introduction to some great fiction I downloaded this ebook to my kindle and was unhappily suprised. The book is merely a list of authors and very little of their writing. A waste of time unless you are researching about the authors that are included.

I should have known it was too good to be true. No table of contents, no content. It is a great concept. I hope Kindle does it again, and does it correctly. I'm going to delete and hope for something better in the future.

This is a list of books. I thought, wrongly, it was like some of the Acrobat CD's handed out long ago that had non-copyrighted great works, now just to read on the Kindle. But no, this is just a list. A complete waste. If I weren't such a trusting individual, I'd say Amazon is purposely misleading us to make us believe this is a set of old books, something we can start reading before spending more money buying books.

This book summaries included in this publication are good, and worthwhile in helping one decide whether to purchase the whole book. But there is not table of contents, which makes it impossible to know what books are included in this publication without taking the time to click all the way through. That seems ridiculous to me, for whoever prepared the publication could certainly have found time to include a tables of contents! The book becomes almost useless without it.

Wish I had read the review before I downloaded this bargain book of book lists. Delete now, read originals later.

if you dont want to click all the way through then press the over button. the little spuare in between the menu and back button. try it. it works. really good. it lets you go the the next chapter or previous chapter. just try it.