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
Pride and Prejudice
And Then There Were None
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Of Mice and Men
The Great Gatsby
The Stranger
The Metamorphosis
The Old Man and the Sea
Slaughterhouse-Five
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
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Of Mice and Men
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Benjamin Disraeli
“ The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it. ”
― Benjamin Disraeli

Charlotte Brontë
“ No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise. ”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

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