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"

That Way Madness Lies
Animal Farm
1984
The Great Gatsby
Pride and Prejudice
And Then There Were None
Fahrenheit 451
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Metamorphosis
The Catcher in the Rye
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
The Old Man and the Sea
Dune (Dune, #1)
Brave New World
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    The Other Hamlet Brother
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    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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  • This Passing World by Michael Herzog
    This Passing World: A Novel about Geoffrey Chaucer

    Release date: Oct 14, 2019
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    The Golden Ass
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    Release date: Apr 20, 2021
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  • 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
    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
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    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...
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