Let's dive into the Classics

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01 Feb 2024—31 Dec 2024

Overview


From The Great Gatsby to Romeo and Juliet, Lolita to Frankenstein – Many stories and characters from classic literature are still relevant and often referenced today. You may be familiar with them, but how many of these great works of literature have you read?  


The number of great classics, of course, doesn’t end with this list it is just an entry point into the world of classic literature, but it gives you a good idea of where to start. 

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

192 pages • first pub 1855 (editions)

fiction classics poetry inspiring reflective slow-paced
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Saki, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Théophile Gautier, Bram Stoker, M.R. James, Ambrose Bierce, Hanns Heinz Ewers, L.T. Meade, Robert W. Chambers, Leslie S. Klinger, F. Marion Crawford, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dick Donovan, W.C. Morrow, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, George MacDonald, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lafcadio Hearn

In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914

J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Saki, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Théophile Gautier, Bram Stoker, M.R. James, Ambrose Bierce, Hanns Heinz Ewers, L.T. Meade, Robert W. Chambers, Leslie S. Klinger, F. Marion Crawford, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Dick Donovan, W.C. Morrow, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, George MacDonald, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lafcadio Hearn

336 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark slow-paced
The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

Hercule Poirot #2

Agatha Christie

240 pages • first pub 1923 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
Jaws by Peter Benchley

Jaws

Jaws #1

Peter Benchley

320 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics horror thriller adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Endless Night by Agatha Christie

Endless Night

Agatha Christie

303 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie

Postern of Fate

Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries #5

Agatha Christie

256 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious slow-paced
The Plague by Albert Camus

The Plague

Albert Camus

308 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective slow-paced
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf

112 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

Dumb Witness

Hercule Poirot #16

Agatha Christie

411 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1

Lemony Snicket

168 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction middle grade mystery adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced