Classic Literature

12 Classic Books You NEED On Your Bookshelf

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Book News, Must-Reads, Bookshelf Novels, Bookshelf Books, Coffee Table Books, Bookshelf Ideas, Modern Classics, Classic Literature, Books News

What makes a must-own classic book? After all, there are many kinds of book available. There are the coffee-table books, designed to be flicked throug...

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Reading Iconic Novels Later in Life: Worth the Wait?

Dave Astor | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Classic Novels, Classic Literature, East of Eden, Classic Books, Don Quixote, All Quiet Remarque, Best Classic Books, Books News

As a teen and young adult, I managed to polish off some famous books. But, for various reasons, other renowned novels remained tantalizingly in my future.

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Baby Sloths And/Or Classic Literature: Using Subliminal Messages To Discuss Books

uproxx.com | Brandon Stroud | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother, Toni Morrison, Classic Literature, Twilight, Charles Dickens, Baby Sloths, Baby Animals, Cute Animals, Catcher in the Rye, Animals, Books News

The only way to maintain literacy on an Internet overrun with Bed Intruders, tub-related women and epic treadmill fails is with subliminal messages. ...

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No Time?

The Guardian | John Crace | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Nabokov, Rushdie, Midnight's Children, Aldous Huxley, Camus, Swann's Way, Classic Books, Brideshead Revisted, Brave New World, The Age of Innocence, Classic Literature, Huxley, Proust, American Literature, Lolita, Salman Rushdie, Books News

Lolita. Light of my life. Lo. Li. Ta Very Much. If you wonder where my peculiar interests came from, I should have to say it started when I was 13 wit...

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F*ck Me, Ray Bradbury (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ray Bradbury, Video, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Books, Fahrenheit 451, Classic Literature, Dandelion Wine, Rachel Bloom, Classic Books, Book, Books News

It's Ray Bradbury's birthday and sorry, fellas. There's a new heartthrob in town. Actually, "new" is doing the man an injustice. Ray Bradbury's been...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald Special Anniversary Editions

Creative Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Covers, Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books, Classic Literature, F Scott Fitzgerald, Penguin, The Great Gatsby, Books News

This is a particularly handsome series, complete with gold, silver and bronze-foiled Jazz Age patterns, and each book feels great in the hand. Bickfor...

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Prop 8 Overturned: 20 Classic Works Of Gay Literature

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Literature, Gay Books, Oscar Wilde, Prop 8, Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, Books, Prop 8 Overturned, Allen Ginsberg, Classic Literature, Books News

On a day that will find many gay rights activists celebrating, we look to the books that have provided a richer understanding of the joys and challeng...

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'To Kill A Mockingbird' Isn't So Great, Says WSJ's Allen Barra

The Wall Street Journal | ALLEN BARRA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Required Reading, To Kill a Mockingbird, Literary Canon, Harper Lee, Books, Atticus Finch, Classic Literature, Bestsellers, Books News

It's time to stop pretending that "To Kill a Mockingbird" is some kind of timeless classic that ranks with the great works of American literature. Its...

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