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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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
Animal Farm
The Alchemist
The Little Prince
A Christmas Carol
And Then There Were None
The Great Gatsby
Pride and Prejudice
Fahrenheit 451
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
The Metamorphosis
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Hobbit

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  • Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra by Ramsay Wood
    Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra
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    Release date: Oct 11, 2011
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    IN ALL THE STORYTELLING COLLECTIONS FROM INDIA, it is the secular animal fables found in the THE PANCHATANTRA and its Buddhist inspi
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    Availability: 1 copy available, 1182 people requesting

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  • Where Elves Come From by Santa
    Where Elves Come From
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    Release date: Oct 24, 2017
    "Where Elves Come From" is written with the help of co-authors Edit Engel and Alan McBrearty. Within the pages of this new classic, readers will see t ...more
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 435 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Dec 13 - Feb 01, 2018

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  • Kalila y Dimna y otras fábulas del Panchatantra by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila y Dimna y otras fábulas del Panchatantra
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    Release date: Apr 23, 2017
    Kalila y Dimna y otras fábulas del Panchatantra
    by Ramsay Wood (Goodreads Author), Doris Lessing (Introduction), Michael Wood (Introduction), Margaret
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    Availability: 1 copy available, 59 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Nov 15 - Feb 13, 2018

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    Wuthering Heights
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    Romeo and Juliet
    Lord of the Flies
    Little Women (Little Women, #1)
    Of Mice and Men
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    The Scarlet Letter
    Great Expectations
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    Arthur Conan Doyle
    “ The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. ”
    ― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Mark Twain
    “ ′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read. ”
    ― Mark Twain

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