Modern Classics

Classics must resonate with an audience and have continued readership. Modern classics are generally written after WWI. They are also popularly known as "contemporary classics."

To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
The Great Gatsby
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
Lord of the Flies
Of Mice and Men
Fahrenheit 451
Brave New World
Lolita
Catch-22
The Handmaid's Tale
A Clockwork Orange
Slaughterhouse-Five
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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“ Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge. ”
― Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

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“ In the infinitesimal glow of the stars, the trees and flowers were strewing their cool odos. There was no moon. ”
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