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To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 2002
Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read<br/>Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South—and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred<br/>One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo • 1862
La Metamorphose
Franz Kafka · 1989
Here is Franz Kafka's terrifying but bizarrely comic story in a theatrically explosive new version. The ordinary, unremarkable life of the Samsas is turned into a six-legged nightmare when their son Gregor emerges one morning transformed into a monstrous insect. As revulsion turns to resentment, strange things start to happen to the Samsa family.
The Secret Garden (HarperClassics)
Frances Hodgson Burnett • 2010
Celebrate an unforgettable classic with this paperback edition featuring the timeless art of Tasha Tudor. Just in time for the movie adaptation starring Colin Firth and Julie Walters!<br/>This gorgeous paperback includes Tasha Tudor’s iconic illustrations, an extended author biography, activities, and more, making it the perfect collector’s edition or a wonderful gift for young readers.<br/>When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds it full of secrets. The mansion has nearly one hundred rooms, and her uncle keeps himself locked up. And at night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors.<br/>The gardens surrounding the large property are Mary's only escape. Then, Mary discovers a secret garden, surrounded by walls and locked with a missing key. With the help of two unexpected companions, Mary discovers a way in—and becomes determined to bring the garden back to life.
Romance
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 2020
Orgulho e Preconceito
Jane Austen · 2012
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen · 1813
Emma
Austen Jane • 2015
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare • 1597
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott • 1848
Dystopia
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury · 1968
1984
George Orwell · 2014
George Orwell's Dystopian Masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-four Is Perhaps The Most Pervasively Influential Book Of The Twentieth Century, Making Famous Big Brother, Newspeak And Room 101. 'who Controls The Past Controls The Future: Who Controls The Present Controls The Past'
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
George Orwell • 2021
<p>2021 Facsimile of the 1945 Edition. This is now considered a classic Satire on dictatorship and one of Orwell's most enduring short novels. Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. The future, however, is far from certain as the drama plays out in actual events. A cautionary tale.<br/>Reviews<br/>"Animal Farm remains our great satire on the darker face of modern history."-Malcolm Bradbury<br/>"As lucid as glass and quite as sharp...[Animal Farm] has the double meaning, the sharp edge, and the lucidity of Swift."-Atlantic Monthly<br/>"A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times."-The New York Times<br/>"Orwell has worked out his theme with a simplicity, a wit, and a dryness that are close to La Fontaine and Gay, and has written in a prose so plain and spare, so admirably proportioned to his purpose, that Animal Farm even seems very creditable if we compare it with Voltaire and Swift."-Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker<br/>"Orwell's satire here is amply broad, cleverly conceived, and delightfully written."-San Francisco Chronicle<br/>"The book for everyone and Everyman, its brightness undimmed."-Ruth Rendell</p>
Fantasy
Dracula
Alice in Wonderland: The Original 1865 Edition With Complete Illustrations By Sir John Tenniel (A Classic Novel of Lewis Carroll)
Lewis Carroll • 2021
