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"

Kindred / Fledgling / Collected Stories
Animal Farm
The Great Gatsby
1984
Pride and Prejudice
And Then There Were None
Fahrenheit 451
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Metamorphosis
The Old Man and the Sea
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
The Catcher in the Rye
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Lord of the Flies
  • The Other Hamlet Brother by Luke  Swanson
    The Other Hamlet Brother
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    Release date: Feb 11, 2021
    Meet Tim Hamlet, the identical twin brother of the famously melancholy Danish prince. Tim has abandoned royal life and is trying (and failing) to make ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 385 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 11 - Apr 10, 2021

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  • gypsytales by mirel
    gypsytales
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    Release date: Feb 16, 2021
    A grand epic love destined to alter the fate of humanity. A unique view of the true power of the human spirit and the divine mysteries of life.
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 583 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 20 - Apr 18, 2021

    Countries available: U.S.

  • Pride and Prejudice
    The Great Gatsby
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Jane Eyre
    1984
    Wuthering Heights
    Animal Farm
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Little Women
    Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    Romeo and Juliet
    Of Mice and Men
    Lord of the Flies
    Sense and Sensibility
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    Best Books of the 19th Century
    1,116 books — 6,471 voters

    War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
    I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
    2,192 books — 4,129 voters
    1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    Cult Classics
    1,109 books — 1,749 voters



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