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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The Handmaid's Tale
The Alchemist
Fahrenheit 451
Animal Farm
The Little Prince
1984
The Great Gatsby
Pride and Prejudice
The Old Man and the Sea
Of Mice and Men
The Stranger
Frankenstein
Brave New World
The Hobbit
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)

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  • Kalila and Dimna #1 - The Panchatantra Retold by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila and Dimna #1 - The Panchatantra Retold (Kalila and Dimna #1)
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    Release date: May 10, 2010
    57 *SIGNED COPIES* with Intro by
    Nobel Winner Doris Lessing

    Once upon a time a heedless and powerful young king named Dabschelim ruled over India. One
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  • Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra by Ramsay Wood
    Extraordinary Voyages of the Panchatantra
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    Release date: Oct 01, 2011
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    Of all the oral storytelling collections from India, it is the pre
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  • Kalila and Dimna #2 - Fables of Conflict and Intrigue by Ramsay Wood
    Kalila and Dimna #2 - Fables of Conflict and Intrigue
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    Release date: Nov 01, 2013
    This Kindle features Mimosa, one of the great fictional storytellers from the Olden Days.

    In KALILA AND DIMNA #1, Fables of Friendship and Betrayal, he
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 345 people requesting

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  • Pride and Prejudice
    To Kill a Mockingbird (To Kill a Mockingbird, #1)
    The Great Gatsby
    1984
    Wuthering Heights
    The Catcher in the Rye
    Animal Farm
    Romeo and Juliet
    Lord of the Flies
    Frankenstein
    Of Mice and Men
    Sense and Sensibility
    The Picture of Dorian Gray
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    Emma
    1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
    Cult Classics
    851 books — 1,401 voters

    The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
    I Don't Understand All That Fuss
    684 books — 2,157 voters
    To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    I'm glad someone made me read this book
    2,158 books — 3,794 voters


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    Cynthia Hand My Plain Jane (The Lady Janies, #2)
    As Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows prepare for the release of My Plain Jane, we asked what inspired the author team to write this "Jane Eyre meets Ghostbusters" historical remix and include a list of their favorite YA historical must-reads.
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    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

    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

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