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- 100 must-read classics, as chosen by our readers - Penguin Books UK
Everyone loves a classic novel, but where to start? From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison to Fyodor Dostoevsky, the fiction canon is so vast you can easily get lost in it So we asked our readers to tell us about their favourite classic books
- The Greatest American Novels you should read - Penguin Books UK
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852) After the American Civil War, when the author John William De Forest set out to find a novel that would help reunite the nation, while placing it at the centre of world literature, he could find only one book that came close
- Why read the classics? - Penguin Books UK
First published in 1986, Italian journalist and writer Italo Calvino explains why we continue to read and love classic novels
- Must-read classics in translation - Penguin Books UK
These are books that float free of time and speak to us as clearly now as they did decades or centuries ago With so many to choose from, we’ve selected some funny, accessible, strange and short books to get you started – including stories from the greatest Japanese, Italian and Spanish writers
- The 20 must-read classics in translation - Penguin Books UK
If a classic book is news that stays news, then a classic in translation brings us news from elsewhere With so many languages telling so many stories, the only question is where to begin, so here are 20 of the best classics in translation
- Classic books all teens should own - Penguin Books UK
From rib-tickling comedies to chilling gothic novellas, this must-read list is the perfect selection for budding bookworms
- 11 must-read classics for 9 to 12-year-olds - Penguin Books UK
From unruly orphans and magical worlds to a monstrous underwater ship – these coming-of-age classics are packed with legendary characters and stories that have stood the test of time
- Quiz: How many classics have you read? - Penguin Books UK
Take our quiz to find out how many classic books you've read, spanning authors from Virginia Woolf to Fyodor Dostoevsky
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