Most Read This Week In 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.
Although the ...more
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.
Although the ...more
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“
No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.
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― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
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― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
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