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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.
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popular classics books (showing 1-50 of 13,276)
Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 3469 times as classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 203,424 ratings — published 1813
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by Harper Lee (shelved 3368 times as classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 328,527 ratings — published 1960
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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald (shelved 2889 times as classics)
avg rating 3.75 — 253,888 ratings — published 1922
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Jane Eyre (Graphic Novel)
by Charlotte Brontë (shelved 2804 times as classics)
avg rating 4.29 — 19 ratings — published 1847
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The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger (shelved 2475 times as classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 258,384 ratings — published 1945
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Little Women (Paperback)
by Louisa May Alcott (shelved 2310 times as classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 162,395 ratings — published 1867
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Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by Emily Brontë (shelved 2192 times as classics)
avg rating 3.69 — 53,140 ratings — published 1847
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The Adventures of Huck Finn (Audiobook)
by Mark Twain (shelved 2115 times as classics)
avg rating 3.72 — 158 ratings — published 1884
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1984 (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 2102 times as classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 207,763 ratings — published 1949
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Of Mice and Men (Centennial Edition)
by John Steinbeck (shelved 2086 times as classics)
avg rating 3.75 — 199,348 ratings — published 1937
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Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by William Golding (shelved 2056 times as classics)
avg rating 3.58 — 204,304 ratings — published 1954
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Animal Farm (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 2003 times as classics)
avg rating 3.72 — 204,287 ratings — published 1945
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Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1960 times as classics)
avg rating 4.08 — 98,927 ratings — published 1811
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Romeo and Juliet (Hardcover)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 1951 times as classics)
avg rating 0.0 — 1 rating — published 1595
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The Scarlet Letter (Penguin Classics)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (shelved 1901 times as classics)
avg rating 3.29 — 51,608 ratings — published 1850
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Emma (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1633 times as classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 43,679 ratings — published 1386
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Great Expectations (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 1597 times as classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 38,914 ratings — published 1861
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Frankenstein (Paperback)
by Mary Shelley (shelved 1560 times as classics)
avg rating 3.66 — 92,651 ratings — published 1818
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A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 1521 times as classics)
avg rating 3.71 — 100,591 ratings — published 1859
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
by Homer (shelved 1436 times as classics)
avg rating 3.65 — 95,704 ratings — published -750
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Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1391 times as classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 32,371 ratings — published 1818
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics)
by Alexandre Dumas (shelved 1340 times as classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 88,736 ratings — published 1844
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Hamlet (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 1271 times as classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 38,132 ratings — published 1386
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The Grapes of Wrath (Paperback)
by John Steinbeck (shelved 1242 times as classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 56,333 ratings — published 1939
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Vrli novi svijet (Hard cover)
by Aldous Huxley (shelved 1205 times as classics)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1932
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The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by J.R.R. Tolkien (shelved 1151 times as classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 184,598 ratings — published 1937
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Fahrenheit 451 (Paperback)
by Ray Bradbury (shelved 1127 times as classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 99,199 ratings — published 1953
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Dracula (Critical Edition)
by Bram Stoker (shelved 1112 times as classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 23,972 ratings — published 1897
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Macbeth (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 1105 times as classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 37,765 ratings — published 2003
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Mansfield Park (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1096 times as classics)
avg rating 3.74 — 26,719 ratings — published 1814
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The Picture of Dorian Gray. Buch und CD: Step Five B2.2 (Exam Level FCE), geeignet für Schüler ab Kalsse 9/10
by Oscar Wilde (shelved 1077 times as classics)
avg rating 0.0 — 1 rating — published 1890
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Anna Karenina (Mass Market Paperback)
by Leo Tolstoy (shelved 1034 times as classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 32,922 ratings — published 1873
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Paperback)
by Anne Frank (shelved 1028 times as classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 147,293 ratings — published 1947
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Schuld und Sühne (Sämtliche Romane und Erzählungen, #9)
by Fyodor Dostoevsky (shelved 1024 times as classics)
avg rating 0.0 — 1 rating — published 1866
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Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 1023 times as classics)
avg rating 3.65 — 20,636 ratings — published 1818
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The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett (shelved 1003 times as classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 33,991 ratings — published 1911
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by Mark Twain (shelved 962 times as classics)
avg rating 3.78 — 24,208 ratings — published 1360
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Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by Victor Hugo (shelved 955 times as classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 75,052 ratings — published 1862
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The Old Man and the Sea (Scribner Classics)
by Ernest Hemingway (shelved 941 times as classics)
avg rating 3.50 — 38,455 ratings — published 1950
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 928 times as classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 29,798 ratings — published 1596
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A Christmas Carol (Great Stories)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 866 times as classics)
avg rating 3.94 — 18,713 ratings — published 1843
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The Iliad (Paperback)
by Homer (shelved 864 times as classics)
avg rating 3.73 — 19,430 ratings — published -750
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Gone With The Wind (Paperback)
by Margaret Mitchell (shelved 852 times as classics)
avg rating 4.19 — 85,198 ratings — published 1936
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Lolita (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Vladimir Nabokov (shelved 820 times as classics)
avg rating 3.89 — 88,763 ratings — published 1958
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut (shelved 775 times as classics)
avg rating 4.00 — 143,659 ratings — published 1969
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The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by Geoffrey Chaucer (shelved 764 times as classics)
avg rating 3.46 — 19,665 ratings — published 1400
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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)
by Herman Melville (shelved 760 times as classics)
avg rating 3.33 — 55,313 ratings — published 1851
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Catch-22 (Paperback)
by Joseph Heller (shelved 742 times as classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 52,770 ratings — published 1955
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Oliver Twist - The Parish Boy's Progress (Kindle Edition)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 737 times as classics)
avg rating 5.00 — 7 ratings — published 1837
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Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Hardcover)
by Lewis Carroll (shelved 731 times as classics)
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1865
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"how wearisom
Eternity so spent in worship paid
To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue
By force impossible, by leave obtain'd
Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state
Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek
Our own good from our selves, and from our own
Live to our selves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easie yoke
Of servile Pomp"
— John Milton
Eternity so spent in worship paid
To whom we hate. Let us not then pursue
By force impossible, by leave obtain'd
Unacceptable, though in Heav'n, our state
Of splendid vassalage, but rather seek
Our own good from our selves, and from our own
Live to our selves, though in this vast recess,
Free, and to none accountable, preferring
Hard liberty before the easie yoke
Of servile Pomp"
— John Milton
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"Ah! Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? Or, having it, is satisfied? Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out."
— William Makepeace Thackeray
— William Makepeace Thackeray
