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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New Releases Tagged "Classics"

Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Manga Classics: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
The Alchemist
Animal Farm
1984
And Then There Were None
The Remains of the Day
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince
Fahrenheit 451
Pride and Prejudice
Of Mice and Men
The Metamorphosis
The Catcher in the Rye
The Old Man and the Sea
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

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  • Pride and Prejudice
    The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Wuthering Heights
    1984
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Romeo and Juliet
    Little Women (Little Women, #1)
    Lord of the Flies
    Of Mice and Men
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    A Tale of Two Cities
    Emma
    The Scarlet Letter
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    Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    “ The reason for the unreason with which you treat my reason , so weakens my reason that with reason I complain of your beauty. ”
    ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

    Charles Dickens
    “ My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. ”
    ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

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