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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.
Although the ...more
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.
Although the ...more
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A Touch of Gold
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date: Aug 14, 2018
Enter for your chance to win one of 10 advance copies of A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan!
This the story of the daughter of King Midas. Ten years af ...more
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Availability: 10 copies available, 2799 people requesting
Giveaway dates: Jun 29 - Jul 11, 2018
Countries available: US
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For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
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― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.
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― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
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