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  1. Disgrace

    Author: J. M. Coetzee

    The provocative Booker Prize winning novel from Nobel laureate, J.M. Coetzee "Compulsively readable... A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it." —The New Yorker At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is divorced, filled with desire, but lacking in passion. When an affair with a student leaves him jobless, shunned by friends, and ridiculed by his ex-wife, he retreats to his daughter Lucy's smallholding. David's visit becomes

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    • Published on 2017
    • 228 pages

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  2. The House of the Spirits

    Author: Isabel Allende

    "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies. Here is patriarch Esteban, whose wild desires and political machinations are tempered only by his love for his ethereal wife, Clara, a woman touched by an otherworldly hand. Their daughter, Blanca, whose forbidden love for a man Esteban has deemed unworthy inf

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    • Published on 1986
    • 452 pages

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  3. The Divine Comedy

    Author: Dante Alighieri

    Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as the general reader coming to this great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a bril

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    • Published on 2012
    • 760 pages

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  4. Down and Out in Paris and London

    Author: George Orwell

    Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933.

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    • Published on 2012
    • 171 pages

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  5. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Author: Lewis Carroll and Michael Everson

    Lewis Carroll is a pen-name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the author's real name and he was lecturer in Mathematics in Christ Church, Oxford. Dodgson began the story on 4 July 1862, when he took a journey in a rowing boat on the river Thames in Oxford together with the Reverend Robinson Duckworth, with Alice Liddell (ten years of age) the daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, and with her two sisters, Lorina (thirteen years of age), and Edith (eight years of age). As is clear from the poem at t

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    • Published on 2015
    • 144 pages

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  6. Ulysses

    Author: James Joyce

    "Ulysses," James Joyce's magnum opus, is a groundbreaking literary work that immerses readers into a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin on June 16, 1904. Joyce delves into the depths of the human psyche through complex and experimental prose, setting new standards for modern fiction. Across its 18 chapters, Joyce employs a variety of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and even parodies of existing literary styles, to explore the thoughts, desi

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    • Published on 2024
    • 954 pages

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  7. The Grapes of Wrath

    Author: John Steinbeck

    The Grapes of Wrath is a novel written by John Steinbeck that tells the story of the Joad family's journey from Oklahoma to California during the Great Depression. The novel highlights the struggles and hardships faced by migrant workers during this time, as well as the exploitation they faced at the hands of wealthy landowners. Steinbeck's writing style is raw and powerful, with vivid descriptions that bring the characters and their surroundings to life. The novel has been widely acclaimed for

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    • Published on 1939
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  8. Madame Bovary

    Author: Gustave Flaubert

    Madame Bovary tells the tragic tale of a beautiful young woman who tries to escape the narrow confines of her life and marriage through a series of passionate affairs--all in hopes of finding the romantic ideal she has always longed for. But her recklessness comes back to haunt her, and the strong-willed and independent Emma finds herself in a desperate fight for existence. Flaubert's daring depiction of adultery caused a national scandal when it was first published, and the author was put on tr

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    • Published on 2003
    • 440 pages

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  9. Lord of the Flies

    Author: William Golding

    A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the

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    • Published on 2012
    • 301 pages

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  10. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American novel The Scarlet Letter follows Hester Prynne, a woman living in the rigid Puritan society of 17th century Boston. Condemned as an adulteress and forced to wear a scarlet A on her dress, Hester refuses to name the father of her child, born out of wedlock. Her quiet dignity in the face of persecution only serves to further enrage many of the townspeople. Separated from society, Hester begins to ask questions about the nature of sin and redemption and comes

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    • Published on 2021
    • 237 pages

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  11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Author: Mark Twain

    Huckleberry Finn, an abused outcast, rafts with Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River, where they have a variety of experiences.

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    • Published on 2010
    • 372 pages

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  12. Brave New World

    Author: Aldous Huxley

    Brave New World is Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel. Borrowing from The Tempest , Huxley imagines a genetically-engineered future where life is pain-free but meaningless. The book heavily influenced George Orwell’s 1984 and science-fiction in general.  The novel examines a futuristic society, called the World State, that revolves around science and efficiency. In this society, emotions and individuality are conditioned out of children at a young age, and there are no lasting relationships be

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    • Published on 1932
    • 42 pages

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  13. Brave New World (New Longman Literature)

    Author: Aldous Huxley

    Originally published in 1932, Huxley's terrifying vision of a controlled and emotionless future Utopian society is truly startling in its prediction of modern scientific and cultural phenomena, including test-tube babies and rampant drug abuse.

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    • Published on 1991
    • 244 pages

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  14. Don Quixote

    Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

    The classic Spanish tale of humorous chivalry, depicting the exploits of a man who believes he's a knight bringing justice and truth to the world.

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    • Published on 1998
    • 1,012 pages

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  15. Count of Monte Cristo

    Author: Alexandre Dumas

    Alexandre Dumas's classic tale of betrayal and revenge follows the life of Edmond Dantes. After young Dantes is falsely imprisoned in the Chateau d'If, he is taken under the wing of another prisoner and taught to be a gentleman. By deceiving his jailers, Dantes escapes prison and sets off to take revenge on those who had betrayed him. Follow the powerful story of friendship, betrayal, and revenge in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo.

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    • Published on 2010
    • 114 pages

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  16. King Lear

    Author: William Shakespeare

    The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love.

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    • Published on 1987
    • 272 pages

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  17. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Author: William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare's romantic comedy takes on vivid life with these brilliant images by one of the 20th century's leading illustrators. Includes the complete play, along with 40 full-color and numerous black-and-white illustrations.

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    • Published on 2012
    • 180 pages

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  18. Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will

    Author: William Shakespeare

    The new Pelican Shakespeare series incorporates the more than thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the acclaimed original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. The general editors of the new series of forty volumes-the renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA-have assembled a team of eminent scholars who have, along with the general editors themselves, prepared new introductions and notes to all of

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    • Published on 2000
    • 148 pages

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  19. Much Ado about Nothing

    Author: William Shakespeare

    Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story of a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceits threaten to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay-but the hilarious counterplot of a warring couple, Beatrice and Benedick, steals the scene as the two are finally tricked into admitting their love for each other in Shakespeare's superb comedy of

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    • Published on 2002
    • 308 pages

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  20. The Taming of the Shrew

    Author: William Shakespeare

    Describes the volatile courtship between the shrewish Katherine and the canny Petruchio, who is determined to subdue Katherine's legendary temper and win her dowry.

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    • Published on 2002
    • 312 pages

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  21. The Tempest

    Author: William Shakespeare

    "Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves the spirit Ariel, the savage Caliban, and Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island who uses his magic to shipwreck a party of ex-compatriots. This extensively annotated version of The Tempest makes the play completely accessible to readers in the twenty-first century." "Linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and p

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    • Published on 2000
    • 412 pages

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  22. Hamlet

    Author: William Shakespeare

    The story of Hamlet in production, from Burbage at the Globe to Branagh on film.

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    • Published on 1999
    • 324 pages

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  23. As You Like It

    Author: William Shakespeare

    As You Like It has sometimes seemed a subversive play that exposes the instability of gender roles and traditional values. In other eras it has been prized - or derided - as a reliable celebration of conventional social mores. The play's ability to compass these extremes tells an interesting story about changing cultural and theatrical practices. This edition provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen. The introduction examines how changing conceptions of

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    • Published on 2004
    • 290 pages

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  24. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Author: William Shakespeare

    "Midsummer Night's Dream" is Shakespeare's classic tale of two couples who can't quite pair up to everyone's satisfaction. Demetrius and Lysander love Hermia. Hermia loves Lysander but has been promised to Demetrius by her father. Hermia's best friend Helena loves Demetrius, but in his obsession for Hermia Demetrius barely even notices her smitten friend. When Hermia and Lysander plan to elope all four find themselves in the forest late at night where the fairy Puck and his lord Oberon wreck hav

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    • Published on 2023
    • 151 pages

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  25. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

    Author: William Shakespeare

    Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. Worldwide literature classic, among top 100 literary novels of all time. A must read for everybody.In the 1980s, Italo Calvino (the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death) said in his essay "Why Read the Classics?" that "a classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say", without any doubt this book can be considered a ClassicThis book is also a Bestseller because as Steinberg defined: "a bestsell

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    • Published on 2017
    • 210 pages

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