Classics

Classics

  1. A Country Doctor
    A Country Doctor
    A Country Doctor Sarah Orne Jewett
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  2. Summary of Journey to Munich: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis
    Summary of Journey to Munich: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis
    Summary of Journey to Munich: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis: by Jacqueline Winspear | Includes Analysis IRB Media
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  3. The History of Animals
    The History of Animals
    The History of Animals Aristotle
    5
  4. Christmas Stories
    Christmas Stories
    Christmas Stories Charles Dickens
    5
  5. On Memory and Reminiscence
    On Memory and Reminiscence
    On Memory and Reminiscence Aristotle
    4
  6. Ulysses: "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."
    Ulysses: "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home."
    Ulysses: "Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home." James Joyce
  7. Bridge Builders: "Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs."
    Bridge Builders: "Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs."
    Bridge Builders: "Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs." Rudyard Kipling
  8. The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
    4.2
  9. The Touchstone
    The Touchstone
    The Touchstone Edith Wharton
  10. Pride And Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
    Pride And Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
    Pride And Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Jane Austen
  11. Told After Supper: "It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."
    Told After Supper: "It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar."
    Told After Supper: "It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar." Jerome K Jerome
  12. Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Lady Of Quality: “She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Lady Of Quality: “She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - A Lady Of Quality: “She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind.” Frances Hodgson Burnett
  13. The Purse
    The Purse
    The Purse Honore De Balzac
  14. John Bull On The Guadalquivir
    John Bull On The Guadalquivir
    John Bull On The Guadalquivir Anthony Trollope
  15. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.”
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: “We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” Jules Verne
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  16. A Personal Record: "All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
    A Personal Record: "All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
    A Personal Record: "All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind." Joseph Conrad
  17. Kenilworth: "Look back, and smile on perils past."
    Kenilworth: "Look back, and smile on perils past."
    Kenilworth: "Look back, and smile on perils past." Sir Walter Scott
  18. The Mill on the Floss: "The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."
    The Mill on the Floss: "The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."
    The Mill on the Floss: "The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history." George Eliot
  19. The Alkahest
    The Alkahest
    The Alkahest Honore De Balzac
  20. D H Lawrence - Etruscan Places: “Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.”
    D H Lawrence - Etruscan Places: “Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.”
    D H Lawrence - Etruscan Places: “Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.” D.H. Lawrence
  21. To Be Read At Dusk: "If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers."
    To Be Read At Dusk: "If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers."
    To Be Read At Dusk: "If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers." Charles Dickens
  22. Jude The Obscure, By Thomas Hardy: "Every successful man is more or less a selfish man."
    Jude The Obscure, By Thomas Hardy: "Every successful man is more or less a selfish man."
    Jude The Obscure, By Thomas Hardy: "Every successful man is more or less a selfish man." Thomas Hardy
  23. Lady Susan: "Facts are such horrid things!"
    Lady Susan: "Facts are such horrid things!"
    Lady Susan: "Facts are such horrid things!" Jane Austen
  24. Desperate Remedies, By Thomas Hardy: "The beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit."
    Desperate Remedies, By Thomas Hardy: "The beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit."
    Desperate Remedies, By Thomas Hardy: "The beautiful things of the earth become more dear as they elude pursuit." Thomas Hardy
  25. Allain Quartermain
    Allain Quartermain
    Allain Quartermain H Rider Haggard
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  26. Return Of The Native, By Thomas Hardy: "Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?"
    Return Of The Native, By Thomas Hardy: "Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?"
    Return Of The Native, By Thomas Hardy: "Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?" Thomas Hardy
  27. The Lady Of The Lake: "Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."
    The Lady Of The Lake: "Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."
    The Lady Of The Lake: "Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep." Sir Walter Scott
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  28. The Christmas Books Of Mr M A Titmarsh
    The Christmas Books Of Mr M A Titmarsh
    The Christmas Books Of Mr M A Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray
  29. The Bride Of Lammermoor: "When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone."
    The Bride Of Lammermoor: "When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone."
    The Bride Of Lammermoor: "When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone." Sir Walter Scott
  30. The Bethrothed: "Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest."
    The Bethrothed: "Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest."
    The Bethrothed: "Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest." Sir Walter Scott
  31. Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden: “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden: “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden: “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” Frances Hodgson Burnett
  32. The Rubaiyat: "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
    The Rubaiyat: "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
    The Rubaiyat: "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." Omar Khayyam
  33. A Prince Of Bohemia
    A Prince Of Bohemia
    A Prince Of Bohemia Honore De Balzac
  34. Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Dawn Of A Tomorrow: "She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind."
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Dawn Of A Tomorrow: "She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind."
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Dawn Of A Tomorrow: "She made herself stronger by fighting with the wind." Frances Hodgson Burnett
  35. Frances Hodgson Burnett - Sara Crewe: “Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - Sara Crewe: “Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - Sara Crewe: “Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.” Frances Hodgson Burnett
  36. Lorna Doone: "….because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?"
    Lorna Doone: "….because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?"
    Lorna Doone: "….because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?" R.D. Blackmore
  37. Elizabeth Gaskell - An Accursed Race: "A man is so in the way in the house."
    Elizabeth Gaskell - An Accursed Race: "A man is so in the way in the house."
    Elizabeth Gaskell - An Accursed Race: "A man is so in the way in the house." Elizabeth Gaskell
  38. Lord Jim
    Lord Jim
    Lord Jim Joseph Conrad
    4.3
  39. Dead Souls: “The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
    Dead Souls: “The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
    Dead Souls: “The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.” Nikolai Gogol
  40. Clocks: "We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of - but we never love again."
    Clocks: "We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of - but we never love again."
    Clocks: "We like, we cherish, we are very, very fond of - but we never love again." Jerome K Jerome
  41. The Prisoner Of Zenda: “I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”
    The Prisoner Of Zenda: “I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”
    The Prisoner Of Zenda: “I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).” Anthony Hope
  42. Frances Hodgson Burnett - The White People: “Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The White People: “Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story.”
    Frances Hodgson Burnett - The White People: “Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story.” Frances Hodgson Burnett
  43. Sketches Of Young Men: “My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
    Sketches Of Young Men: “My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.”
    Sketches Of Young Men: “My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” Charles Dickens
  44. Under The Greenwood Tree: "If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we doomed to remain single we do."
    Under The Greenwood Tree: "If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we doomed to remain single we do."
    Under The Greenwood Tree: "If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we doomed to remain single we do." Thomas Hardy
  45. The Aspern Papers: “I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.”
    The Aspern Papers: “I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.”
    The Aspern Papers: “I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.” Henry James
  46. The Elixir Of Life
    The Elixir Of Life
    The Elixir Of Life Honore De Balzac
  47. From The Earth To The Moon: “How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!”
    From The Earth To The Moon: “How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!”
    From The Earth To The Moon: “How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!” Jules Verne
  48. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, By Thomas Hardy: "Some folks want their luck buttered."
    The Mayor Of Casterbridge, By Thomas Hardy: "Some folks want their luck buttered."
    The Mayor Of Casterbridge, By Thomas Hardy: "Some folks want their luck buttered." Thomas Hardy
  49. Smoke Bellew: “But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind”
    Smoke Bellew: “But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind”
    Smoke Bellew: “But I am I. And I won't subordinate my taste to the unanimous judgment of mankind” Jack London
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  50. Mugby Junction: “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.”
    Mugby Junction: “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.”
    Mugby Junction: “Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood.” Charles Dickens