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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New Releases Tagged "Classics"

The Iliad
Animal Farm
The Handmaid's Tale
The Alchemist
1984
Fahrenheit 451
The Great Gatsby
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
And Then There Were None
The Little Prince
Pride and Prejudice
Of Mice and Men
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Lord of the Flies
The Metamorphosis
The Old Man and the Sea
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  • 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
    Lord of the Flies
    Frankenstein
    Of Mice and Men
    Little Women
    Sense and Sensibility
    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
    “ Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine... ”
    ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

    Leo Tolstoy
    “ 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. ”
    ― Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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