Classics

A classic stands the test of time. The work is usually considered to be a representation of the period in which it was written; and the work merits lasting recognition. In other words, if the book was published in the recent past, the work is not a classic.

A classic has a certain universal appeal. Great works of literature touch us to our very core beings--partly because they integrate themes that are understood by readers from a wide range of backgrounds and levels of experience. Themes of love, hate, death, life, and faith touch upon some of our most basic emotional responses.

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The Alchemist
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Fahrenheit 451
The Catcher in the Rye
Brave New World
Of Mice and Men
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Romeo and Juliet
Lord of the Flies
The Old Man and the Sea
The Hobbit
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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  • Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
    Only Time Will Tell (The Clifton Chronicles)
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    Release date: Mar 26, 2013

    The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in 1920, with the words "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harr
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 1255 people requesting

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  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
    The Outsiders
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    Release date: Nov 01, 2016
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 1844 people requesting

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  • Kalila y Dimna #1, Fabulas de Bidpai by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila y Dimna #1, Fabulas de Bidpai
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    Release date: Aug 28, 2000
    Autógrafiada- “Fábulas de Bidpai” se originaron hace aproximadamente unos dos mil años en una colección sánscrita de cuentos de animales llamada Panch ...more
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  • The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Romeo and Juliet
    Little Women (Little Women, #1)
    Lord of the Flies
    Sense and Sensibility
    Of Mice and Men
    Emma
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Fahrenheit 451
    Great Expectations
    Dracula
    Persuasion
    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Margaret Mitchell
    “ After all, tomorrow is another day! ”
    ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

    Homer
    “ …There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad. ”
    ― Homer, The Iliad

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