Must Read Classics

‘One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.’

Carl Sagan – Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

It would be a rather extraordinary challenge to read all the classics, so, when choosing your next book consider the following for a balanced selection:

Make sure you have a balance between male and female authors (M/F).

Try and pick books set in different cultures.

Make sure you have read a couple of translated texts.

Try and spread your selection across history and into the future.

February 21, 2019January 18, 2021

1984 by George Orwell

London; Dystopian Society of the Future; Male Author

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February 21, 2019January 18, 2021

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

England; 1800s; Female Author

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February 21, 2019January 18, 2021

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Andalusian Shepherd’s Journey to the Pyramids; Allegorical Novel; Male Author – Translation

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January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Russia; French Invasion – 1805; Male Author – Translation

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January 23, 2019February 20, 2019

Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

Gothic; Monte Carlo and country estate in England; 1880s; Female Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

England; Late 1700s; Female Author

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January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

USA; 1951; Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

England; Late 1930s; Female Author – World’s Best Selling Mystery

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Fabled Land; Early 1700s; Male Author

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January 22, 2019June 18, 2019

Ulysses by James Joyce

Ireland; 1904; Male Author

The link below provides helpful ways in which to approach and read this book:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/14/jeremy-corbyn-on-joyces-ulysses-dont-beat-yourself-up-if-you-dont-understand-it?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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