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Invitation to the Classics - Page 2

A classic, according to Mark Twain is "a book that people praise and don't read." So I make this list to challenge myself and others. These titles are drawn from the book by the same title. Invitation to the Classics is a guide to those great works of literature that you always meant to read. It provides a gateway to the fulfilling pursuit of understanding our culture by exploring its most enduring writings.
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Odes of John Keats
Odes of John Keats
42
Democracy in America (Alexis De Tocqueville)
Democracy in America
Alexis De Tocqueville
43
The Essays of Emerson
The Essays of Emerson
44
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
45
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
46
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
47
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
48
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
49
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
50
Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Apologia Pro Vita Sua
51
Fear and Trembling (Sǿren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
Sǿren Kierkegaard
52
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
53
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems and Prose
Gerard Manley Hopkins
54
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
55
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
56
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
57
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
58
Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ
Twilight of the Idols and the Anti-Christ
59
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
60
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
Joyce
61
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
Franz Kafka
62
Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats
Collected Poems by William Butler Yeats
63
Four Quartets (T.S. Eliot)
Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot
64
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
65
The Screwtape Letters (C.S. Lewis)
The Screwtape Letters
C.S. Lewis
66
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses
67
Waiting for God (Simone Weil)
Waiting for God
Simone Weil
68
Letters and Papers From Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Letters and Papers From Prison
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
69
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Connor
70
Greenleaf (Flannery O'Connor)
Greenleaf
Flannery O'Connor
71
Revelation (Flannery O'Connor)
Revelation
Flannery O'Connor
72
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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