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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Animal Farm
The Handmaid's Tale
The Alchemist
Fahrenheit 451
1984
The Little Prince
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
The Great Gatsby
And Then There Were None
Of Mice and Men
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
Pride and Prejudice
The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
The Old Man and the Sea
Pride and Prejudice
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
Jane Eyre
1984
Wuthering Heights
The Catcher in the Rye
Animal Farm
Romeo and Juliet
Little Women
Lord of the Flies
Frankenstein
Sense and Sensibility
Of Mice and Men
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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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. ”
― Cervantes Saavedra

William Shakespeare
“ Oh, I am fortune's fool! ”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

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