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41) H. G. Wells classic collection

Author

Wells, H. G

Series

SF masterworks

42) Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ

Author

Wallace, Lew

Formats:

Book, eBook

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Published in 1880, Ben-Hur is a fictionalization of the events of Christ's life, beginning with the Nativity and ending with the Crucifixion. The story uses a parallel structure to simultaneously explore the life of Judah Ben-Hur, a Hebrew prince who lived in the time of Christ. This remarkable work of historical fiction reshaped the landscape of American popular literature and prompted millions of readers to reevaluate their personal views

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43) Fahrenheit 451

Author

Bradbury, Ray

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.
Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction...

44) Les misérables

Author

Hugo, Victor

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Story of Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor, and the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean.

45) The last of the Mohicans

Author

Cooper, James Fenimore

Series

Leatherstocking tales Book 2

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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The quintessential story of the American frontier
Set during the French and Indian War, The Last of the Mohicans is the second installment in James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales and one of the greatest action stories ever told.
When the Munro sisters and their traveling party are betrayed by Magua, a Huron guide, the skilled and courageous woodsman Natty Bumppo—better known as Hawkeye—and...

46) Oliver Twist

Author

Dickens, Charles

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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One of the great novelist’s most popular works, Oliver Twist is also the purest distillation of Dickens’s genius.
This tale of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London is a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. Oliver Twist presents some of the most sinister characters in Dickens: the master thief, Fagin; the leering Artful Dodger; the murderer, Bill Sikes…along...

47) Middlemarch

Author

Eliot, George

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook

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Middlemarch is a recognized masterpiece that explores the complex social world of nineteenth-century England. It is concerned with the lives of several ordinary people, albeit ones with high social standing. The novel is set in the small town of Middlemarch and follows the interrelated lives of several characters. At the heart of the book is Dorothea, a kind-hearted and honest woman who longs to find some way to improve the world. She marries an older...

48) All the king's men

Author

Warren, Robert Penn

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Book, eAudiobook

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This landmark book is a loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the nation's most astounding politicians. All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics with the best of the back-room deal-makers. Though Stark quickly sheds his idealism, his right-hand man, Jack Burden — who narrates the story — retains...

49) Beowulf: a new verse translation

Author

Beowulf

50) Lost horizon: a novel

Author

Hilton, James

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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In this “engagingly written” international bestseller, survivors of a plane crash discover a peaceful paradise hidden in the Himalayas called Shangri-La (The New York Times).
Hugh Conway saw humanity at its worst while fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now, more than a decade later, Conway is a British diplomat serving in Afghanistan and facing war yet again—this time, a civil conflict forces him...

51) Ulysses: the corrected text

Author

Joyce, James

52) Women in love

Author

Lawrence, D. H

Series

Brangwen Family

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Dive into a provocative coming-of-age story that challenged the vestiges of England's Edwardian-era sexual mores. A continuation of a fictional arc that D.H. Lawrence began in a previous novel, The Rainbow, Women in Love explores the romantic entanglements and love affairs of the sisters Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen.

53) Lost laysen

Author

Mitchell, Margaret

54) Mutiny on the Bounty

Author

Nordhoff, Charles

55) An old-fashioned girl

Author

Alcott, Louisa May

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Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches.

56) Around the world in 80 days

Author

Verne, Jules

Series

STEAM tales Book 2

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.

57) The once and future king

Author

White, T. H

Series

Once and future king Book 4

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The complete box set of T.H. White's magnificent retelling of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind, and The Book of Merlyn. Humane, warmly funny and deeply touching, White's epic fantasy novel is a true classic.

58) As I lay dying: the corrected text

Author

Faulkner, William

59) Absalom, Absalom!: the corrected text

Author

Faulkner, William

60) The yearling

Author

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In the remote, unforgiving landscape of central Florida, Ezra "Penny" Baxter, his wife Ora and their son Jody carve out a precarious existence. Only ever a failed crop away from disaster, life in the Big Scrub is one of lurking danger, wild beauty and the thrill of the hunt. Jody's world is transformed when he rescues a starving fawn, who becomes his constant companion. But their bond is threatened when the yearling endangers...