Novels/Novellas Flashcards

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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George Orwell, 1949. Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with ever-watchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality, Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia.

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George Orwell, 1949. Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with ever-watchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality, Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Frankenstein

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Mary Shelly, 1818. The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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Mary Shelly, 1818. The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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Frankenstein

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Hunchback of Notre Dame, The

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Victor Hugo, 1831. The story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower.

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Victor Hugo, 1831. The story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedral’s tower.

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Hunchback of Notre Dame, The

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A Christmas Carol

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Charles Dickens, 1843. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

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Charles Dickens, 1843. The story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

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A Christmas Carol

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Scarlet Letter, The

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850. The story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850. The story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man to whom she is not married and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.

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Scarlet Letter, The

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Moby Dick; or, The Whale

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Herman Melville, 1851. The sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship’s previous voyage.

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Herman Melville, 1851. The sailor Ishmael’s narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship’s previous voyage.

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Moby Dick; or, The Whale

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Notes from Underground

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864. A first-person narrative in the form of a “confession”: it probes the mind of an individual on the margins of modern society, and examines the effects modern life has on that man’s personality. The man, whose name we never learn is so aware of his own thoughts and feelings as to cause him to be indecisive and overly self-critical.

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864. A first-person narrative in the form of a “confession”: it probes the mind of an individual on the margins of modern society, and examines the effects modern life has on that man’s personality. The man, whose name we never learn is so aware of his own thoughts and feelings as to cause him to be indecisive and overly self-critical.

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Notes from Underground

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Alice in Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll, 1865. The story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures.

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Lewis Carroll, 1865. The story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures.

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Alice in Wonderland

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The

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Mark Twain, 1876. An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn.

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Mark Twain, 1876. An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn.

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Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The

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Treasure Island

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Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1883. The story is about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who goes on a dangerous adventure to recover buried treasure.

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Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1883. The story is about a young boy named Jim Hawkins who goes on a dangerous adventure to recover buried treasure.

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Treasure Island

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The

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Mark Twain, 1884. The story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim.

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Mark Twain, 1884. The story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1886. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.

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Robert Lewis Stevenson, 1886. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Picture of Dorian Gray, The

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Oscar Wilde, 1890. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian’s and an artist infatuated with Dorian’s beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat’s hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.

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Oscar Wilde, 1890. The story revolves around a portrait of Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian’s and an artist infatuated with Dorian’s beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat’s hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfillment are the only things worth pursuing in life. Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade.

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Picture of Dorian Gray, The

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Turn of the Screw, The

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Henry James, 1898. The story of a young, inexperienced governess who is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small orphaned children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house.

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Henry James, 1898. The story of a young, inexperienced governess who is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small orphaned children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house.

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Turn of the Screw, The

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Secret Garden, The

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Frances Burnett, 1911. Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She soon meets her sickly cousin and a village boy named Dickon. The three children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.

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Frances Burnett, 1911. Mary Lennox is born in India to wealthy British parents who never wanted her. When her parents suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. She soon meets her sickly cousin and a village boy named Dickon. The three children find a wondrous secret garden lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor.

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Secret Garden, The

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Metamorphosis

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Franz Kafka, 1915. The story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition.

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Franz Kafka, 1915. The story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition.

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Metamorphosis

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Catcher in the Rye

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J.D. Salinger, 1951. The adventures of well-off teenage boy Holden Caulfield on a weekend out alone in New York City, illuminating the struggles of young adults with existential questions of morality, identity, meaning, and connection.

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J.D. Salinger, 1951. The adventures of well-off teenage boy Holden Caulfield on a weekend out alone in New York City, illuminating the struggles of young adults with existential questions of morality, identity, meaning, and connection.

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Catcher in the Rye

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Lord of the Flies

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William Golding, 1954. A group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves.

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William Golding, 1954. A group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves.

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Lord of the Flies

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Great Gatsby, The

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby’s obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby’s obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

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Great Gatsby, The

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Sun Also Rises, The

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Ernest Hemingway, 1926. The story of a group of disillusioned expatriates living in post–World War I Europe, searching for meaning as they travel, drink, and engage in romances during a Spanish fiesta. The narrator is Jake Barnes, a war veteran. Jake is in love with Lady Brett Ashley, but they cannot maintain a relationship because he was rendered impotent by a war wound. Jake loses numerous friendships and has his life repeatedly disrupted because of his loyalty to Brett, who has a destructive series of love affairs with other men including his fellow writer and companion Robert Cohn.

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Ernest Hemingway, 1926. The story of a group of disillusioned expatriates living in post–World War I Europe, searching for meaning as they travel, drink, and engage in romances during a Spanish fiesta. The narrator is Jake Barnes, a war veteran. Jake is in love with Lady Brett Ashley, but they cannot maintain a relationship because he was rendered impotent by a war wound. Jake loses numerous friendships and has his life repeatedly disrupted because of his loyalty to Brett, who has a destructive series of love affairs with other men including his fellow writer and companion Robert Cohn.

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Sun Also Rises, The

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Winnie-the-Pooh

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A.A. Milne, 1926. The book is set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood, with a collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo.

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A.A. Milne, 1926. The book is set in the fictional Hundred Acre Wood, with a collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and his friends Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, and Roo.

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Winnie-the-Pooh

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House at Pooh Corner, The

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A.A. Milne, 1928. This book is the second novel, and final one by Milne, to feature Winnie-the-Pooh and his world. The book is also notable for introducing the character, Tigger.

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A.A. Milne, 1928. This book is the second novel, and final one by Milne, to feature Winnie-the-Pooh and his world. The book is also notable for introducing the character, Tigger.

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House at Pooh Corner, The

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Of Mice and Men

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John Steinbeck, 1937. The experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.

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John Steinbeck, 1937. The experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.

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Of Mice and Men

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Zora Neale Hurston, 1937. 16-year-old Janie Crawford expects her love and life to blossom like the pear tree she sits under while basking in the golden light. Instead, she is married off to an old man who treats her like a working mule, runs away with another man who treats her as an aid for his own ambitions, and finally finds the deep love she desires—just to watch it deteriorate after a hurricane.

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Zora Neale Hurston, 1937. 16-year-old Janie Crawford expects her love and life to blossom like the pear tree she sits under while basking in the golden light. Instead, she is married off to an old man who treats her like a working mule, runs away with another man who treats her as an aid for his own ambitions, and finally finds the deep love she desires—just to watch it deteriorate after a hurricane.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Grapes of Wrath, The

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John Steinbeck, 1939. The novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work.

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John Steinbeck, 1939. The novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant farmers driven from their Oklahoma home by drought, economic hardship, agricultural industry changes, and bank foreclosures forcing tenant farmers out of work.

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Grapes of Wrath, The

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Screwtape Letters, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1942. Written in defense of Christian faith, this popular satire consists of a series of 31 letters in which Screwtape, an experienced devil, instructs his young charge, Wormwood, on effective strategies for tempting the human being assigned to him and making sure he continues on a steady path toward damnation.

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C.S. Lewis, 1942. Written in defense of Christian faith, this popular satire consists of a series of 31 letters in which Screwtape, an experienced devil, instructs his young charge, Wormwood, on effective strategies for tempting the human being assigned to him and making sure he continues on a steady path toward damnation.

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Screwtape Letters, The

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Animal Farm

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George Orwell, 1945. The story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before.

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George Orwell, 1945. The story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before.

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Animal Farm

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1950. Four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. The youngest, Lucy, visits Narnia three times via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. Lucy’s three siblings are with her on her third visit to Narnia. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfill an old prophecy and find themselves adventuring to save Narnia and their own lives.

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C.S. Lewis, 1950. Four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. The youngest, Lucy, visits Narnia three times via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. Lucy’s three siblings are with her on her third visit to Narnia. In Narnia, the siblings seem fit to fulfill an old prophecy and find themselves adventuring to save Narnia and their own lives.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The

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Outsiders, The

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S.E. Hinton, 1967. It tells the story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They and their friends are part of a gang of working class tough street boys called the Greasers.

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S.E. Hinton, 1967. It tells the story of 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis and his two older brothers, Soda and Darry. The boys are orphans and struggle to stick together in their lower-class neighborhood, known as the East Side. They and their friends are part of a gang of working class tough street boys called the Greasers.

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Outsiders, The

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Dune

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Frank Herbert, 1965. The story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or “spice”, a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides.

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Frank Herbert, 1965. The story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or “spice”, a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides.

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Dune

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Franny & Zooey

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J.D. Salinger, 1961. The book focuses on siblings Franny and Zooey, the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger’s writings. Franny tells the story of Franny Glass, Zooey’s sister, a college student. The story takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny’s weekend visit to her boyfriend Lane. Disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her, she aims to escape it through spiritual means. Zooey is set shortly after the events of Franny in the Glass family apartment in New York City’s Upper East Side. While actor Zooey’s younger sister Franny suffers a spiritual and existential breakdown in their parents’ Manhattan living room, leaving their mother Bessie deeply concerned, Zooey comes to Franny’s aid, offering what he thinks is brotherly love, understanding, and words of sage advice.

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J.D. Salinger, 1961. The book focuses on siblings Franny and Zooey, the two youngest members of the Glass family, which was a frequent focus of Salinger’s writings. Franny tells the story of Franny Glass, Zooey’s sister, a college student. The story takes place in an unnamed college town during Franny’s weekend visit to her boyfriend Lane. Disenchanted with the selfishness and inauthenticity she perceives all around her, she aims to escape it through spiritual means. Zooey is set shortly after the events of Franny in the Glass family apartment in New York City’s Upper East Side. While actor Zooey’s younger sister Franny suffers a spiritual and existential breakdown in their parents’ Manhattan living room, leaving their mother Bessie deeply concerned, Zooey comes to Franny’s aid, offering what he thinks is brotherly love, understanding, and words of sage advice.

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Franny & Zooey

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To Kill A Mockingbird

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Harper Lee, 1960. Set in small-town Alabama, the novel is a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, and chronicles the childhood of Scout and Jem Finch as their father Atticus defends a Black man falsely accused of rape. Scout and Jem are mocked by classmates for this. Unfortunately, the man is convicted by an all-white jury.

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Harper Lee, 1960. Set in small-town Alabama, the novel is a bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, and chronicles the childhood of Scout and Jem Finch as their father Atticus defends a Black man falsely accused of rape. Scout and Jem are mocked by classmates for this. Unfortunately, the man is convicted by an all-white jury.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

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Old Man and the Sea, The

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Ernest Hemingway, 1952. The story of Santiago, an aging fisherman who catches a giant marlin after a long struggle, but then loses his bounty to sharks.

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Ernest Hemingway, 1952. The story of Santiago, an aging fisherman who catches a giant marlin after a long struggle, but then loses his bounty to sharks.

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Old Man and the Sea, The

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Haunting of Hill House, The

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Shirley Jackson, 1959. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

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Shirley Jackson, 1959. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, the lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

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Haunting of Hill House, The

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Fahrenheit 451

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Ray Bradbury, 1953. Set in a future society where books are banned and “firemen” burn any that are discovered. Follows the protagonist, Guy Montag, a fireman who begins to question his duty to the state and ultimately has to choose between his personal beliefs and his loyalty to the government.

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Ray Bradbury, 1953. Set in a future society where books are banned and “firemen” burn any that are discovered. Follows the protagonist, Guy Montag, a fireman who begins to question his duty to the state and ultimately has to choose between his personal beliefs and his loyalty to the government.

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Fahrenheit 451

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On the Road

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Jack Kerouac, 1957. Two young men, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, who traveled extensively across the United States for around three years. Set against the backdrop of the 1950s, the novel explores the restless pursuit of freedom and self-discovery as the characters engage in a series of spontaneous, often hedonistic adventures.

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Jack Kerouac, 1957. Two young men, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, who traveled extensively across the United States for around three years. Set against the backdrop of the 1950s, the novel explores the restless pursuit of freedom and self-discovery as the characters engage in a series of spontaneous, often hedonistic adventures.

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On the Road

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No Longer Human

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Osamu Dazai, 1948. Centered on Oba Yozo, a depressive young man who feels negatively differentiated by his self-concept, social anxiety, and experiences with sexual abuse, poverty, addiction, and suicide. The story is bookended by an unnamed narrator who knows Yozo exclusively through photographs and notebooks.

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Osamu Dazai, 1948. Centered on Oba Yozo, a depressive young man who feels negatively differentiated by his self-concept, social anxiety, and experiences with sexual abuse, poverty, addiction, and suicide. The story is bookended by an unnamed narrator who knows Yozo exclusively through photographs and notebooks.

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No Longer Human

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Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1951. One year after their previous adventure, the Pevensie children return to the magical land of Narnia and find that 1300 years have passed there. War has come to Narnia once again, and the children join forces with Prince Caspian to overthrow the evil King Miraz and restore peace to the land.

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C.S. Lewis, 1951. One year after their previous adventure, the Pevensie children return to the magical land of Narnia and find that 1300 years have passed there. War has come to Narnia once again, and the children join forces with Prince Caspian to overthrow the evil King Miraz and restore peace to the land.

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Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1952. Instead of being in the land of Narnia itself, the children are aboard a sailing ship called the Dawn Treader, and they take part in King Caspian X’s quest to find the seven lost lords of Narnia who went to explore the uncharted Eastern Seas and never returned.

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C.S. Lewis, 1952. Instead of being in the land of Narnia itself, the children are aboard a sailing ship called the Dawn Treader, and they take part in King Caspian X’s quest to find the seven lost lords of Narnia who went to explore the uncharted Eastern Seas and never returned.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The

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Trial, The

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Franz Kafka, 1925. Josef K. is a bank worker accused of a crime, but he is never told the nature of his crime and must navigate a seemingly impossible legal system to save himself.

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Franz Kafka, 1925. Josef K. is a bank worker accused of a crime, but he is never told the nature of his crime and must navigate a seemingly impossible legal system to save himself.

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Trial, The

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1953. The adventures of Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole as they embark on a journey to rescue Prince Rilian, the missing heir to the Narnian throne. Along the way, they encounter strange creatures, uncover dark secrets, and ultimately learn valuable lessons about courage, friendship, and the power of belief.

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C.S. Lewis, 1953. The adventures of Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole as they embark on a journey to rescue Prince Rilian, the missing heir to the Narnian throne. Along the way, they encounter strange creatures, uncover dark secrets, and ultimately learn valuable lessons about courage, friendship, and the power of belief.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair, The

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1954. Shasta is a young slave boy who lives in southern Calormen and a Narnian horse flee north from slavery to the free lands of Narnia, stumbling upon a dangerous conspiracy in the process.

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C.S. Lewis, 1954. Shasta is a young slave boy who lives in southern Calormen and a Narnian horse flee north from slavery to the free lands of Narnia, stumbling upon a dangerous conspiracy in the process.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy, The

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1955. It tells the story of two children, Digory and Polly, who stumble upon a magical world and witness the creation of Narnia by the powerful lion, Aslan. Filled with adventure, enchantment, and moral lessons, the book explores themes of good versus evil and the consequences of one’s actions.

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C.S. Lewis, 1955. It tells the story of two children, Digory and Polly, who stumble upon a magical world and witness the creation of Narnia by the powerful lion, Aslan. Filled with adventure, enchantment, and moral lessons, the book explores themes of good versus evil and the consequences of one’s actions.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, The

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle, The

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C.S. Lewis, 1956. The story of the last war of Narnia, when King Tirian and his loyal followers fight the Calormene invaders and their allies. This conflict leads to the end of the old world of Narnia and the beginning of a new adventure in Aslan’s real country.

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C.S. Lewis, 1956. The story of the last war of Narnia, when King Tirian and his loyal followers fight the Calormene invaders and their allies. This conflict leads to the end of the old world of Narnia and the beginning of a new adventure in Aslan’s real country.

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Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle, The