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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Timeless classic that both I enjoyed, as did both of my young daughters.
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fabulous book to dissect and analyze. Must read for any high school or college Literature class.
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
One of my all-time favorites!
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
Suspense, mystery, and chivalry. A must read!
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Beowulf
Surviving in one manuscript dating from around AD 1000, and believed to have been composed some two or three hundred years earlier, Beowulf is a poem composed in Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon, a language worlds apart from even Chaucer’s Middle English. Although written in England, the poem’...show more
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
At least a thousand years older than The Iliad or the Hebrew Bible, The Epic of Gilgamesh has claim to being literature’s most ancient tale. Its title character was a historical king who ruled the Mesopotamian city of Uruk in the first half of the third millennium BC. The tale centers on the friends...show more
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume
Every young woman should read this book.
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The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ole English with modern day themes
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