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The Sketch Book
Washington Irving's 'The Sketch Book' offers timeless insights into American and English culture, st...
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The Decameron
The Decameron offers timeless insights into human nature, storytelling, and social resilience during...
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales offers timeless insights into human nature, social structure, and morality, all...
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New Arabian Nights
This collection of adventure stories highlights human ingenuity, curiosity, and the timeless appeal ...
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Life's Little Ironies
Hardy's stories reveal the often unpredictable and ironic twists of life, emphasizing moral humility...
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More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter
The stories highlight human resilience and ingenuity amidst adversity, themes still relevant in toda...
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The Wrong Box
The novel reveals insights into greed, family rivalry, and the unexpected twist of human nature, whi...
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The Enchanted April
The Enchanted April explores themes of self-discovery, friendship, and the transformative power of l...
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War and Peace
'War and Peace' explores themes of conflict, human resilience, and the impact of war on society, mak...
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Desert Gold
'Desert Gold' offers insights into human nature, resilience, and the complexities of morality, theme...
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The History of Tom Jones
The themes of identity, class struggle, and the quest for belonging in 'Tom Jones' resonate today as...
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Bleak House
Bleak House remains relevant as it highlights social injustices, particularly in relation to the leg...
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Hardy's novel explores timeless themes of love, social class, and rural life that remain relevant as...
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The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom explores themes of deception and identity, which are partic...
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Sir Charles Grandison
Sir Charles Grandison explores timeless themes of virtue, social expectations, and personal integrit...
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The Haunted Hotel
Exploring 'The Haunted Hotel' reveals how mysteries and human psychology delve into societal fears, ...
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The Ebb-Tide
The story explores themes of human nature, adventure, and survival, which remain relevant as we face...
#18
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy' pushes the boundaries of narrative and challenges traditional no...
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Main Street
Main Street sheds light on small-town realities, social pretensions, and the struggles of maintainin...
#20
Ulysses
Ulysses remains profoundly relevant today as it explores themes of identity, alienation, and the mun...
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The Hand of Ethelberta
The Hand of Ethelberta explores themes of imposture, social mobility, and courtship, which remain re...
#22
Voices of the Night
This classic poem underscores the importance of observing and listening to the subtle signs around u...
#23
Germinal
Germinal highlights the brutal realities of labor struggles, economic inequality, and collective act...
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Wylder's Hand
This story highlights timeless issues of inheritance, identity, and the darker motives behind human ...
#25
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights remains a compelling exploration of passion, revenge, and the consequences of emot...
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The Well-Beloved
The Well-Beloved explores timeless themes of love, obsession, identity, and the societal expectation...
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Fables
Stevenson's fables offer timeless insights into human nature and morality that remain relevant, espe...
#28
The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy's 'The Return of the Native' explores timeless themes of love, fate, and societal expec...
#29
Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin explores timeless themes of guilt, morality, and the destructive nature of passion, w...
#30
Don Quixote
Don Quixote serves as a profound commentary on the nature of reality versus illusion, a topic that i...
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch addresses the enduring issues of human relationships, societal expectations, and the que...
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Great Expectations
'Great Expectations' explores themes like social mobility, identity, and moral integrity, which cont...
#33
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is crucial for understanding ongoing conversations around race, fre...
#34
The Good Soldier
The novel explores the complexities of human relationships, morality, and societal expectations, the...
#35
The Philosophy of Composition
Poe's emphatic focus on deliberate craft and emotional impact remains relevant in today's era of dig...
#36
Life of Olaudah Equiano
Equiano's autobiography humanizes the brutal reality of slavery and highlights the enduring fight fo...
#37
Desperate Remedies
Thomas Hardy's 'Desperate Remedies' explores themes of love, social class, and morality that remain ...
#38
The Law and the Lady
The novel explores themes of justice, gender roles, and societal expectations, which remain relevant...
#39
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels remains relevant as a biting satire on human nature and societal flaws, using fan...
#40
Fighting Caravans
'Fighting Caravans' provides insights into human courage, morality, and societal conflicts, themes t...
#41
New Grub Street
New Grub Street reveals the struggles of writers and artists caught in the grind for commercial succ...
#42
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities remains relevant as it explores themes of social justice, sacrifice, and the im...
#43
Cranford
Cranford speaks to our current era of social discourse around gender roles, community, and the chang...
#44
Evelina
Evelina provides a humorous yet insightful look into social dynamics and youthful innocence, themes ...
#45
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend reveals the complexities of social class, the corrupting power of greed, and the i...
#46
Kidnapped
'Kidnapped' offers insights into issues of identity, loyalty, and morality amidst political upheaval...
#47
Forlorn River
'Forlorn River' explores themes of resilience, hard work, and the struggle to find one's place—timel...
#48
The Ballad of the Brown Girl
The Ballad of the Brown Girl highlights issues of race, identity, and societal expectations, which r...
#49
Mary Barton
Mary Barton highlights the struggles of the working class and the social inequalities that still res...
#50
A Daughter of the Snows
The story offers insights into resilience, survival, and the human connection with nature, which rem...