#ReadingClassic
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Books, Classic, Fictions
His Last Bow,(Reading Classic): Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland from where did his graduation in Medicine in 1881. He had started writing and publishing short stories to some acclaim during his student life but he became widely famous only after the publication of A Study in Scarlet, his first Sherlock Holmes work. Arguably the best crime fiction character ever, Sherlock Holmes practically made Doyle immortal as a writer. Featuring Holmes he wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories. Doyle was a prolific writer and in addition to his Holmes oeuvre he wrote many other novels and short stories. Among them The Lost World is another great work of fiction
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Philosphy
Human, all Too Human ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Books, Classic, Fictions, PhilosphyHuman, all Too Human ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
About the Author
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a cultural critic. He was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. His works criticise the traditional European morality, religious values as well as conventional philosophical ideas associated with modernity. He is often seen as a predecessor to late modern thinkers like Marx and Freud, because of his psychological analyses of false consciousness. He proposed many original theories positing an alternative morality and ideas which would bring forth a cultural renewal. His notable works include The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music (1872), The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–5), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Twilight of the Idols (1888) and The Wagner Case (1888). In 1889, Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown. Eleven years later, he died on August 25, 1900, in Weimar, German Empire.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Jane Eyre ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Charlotte Bronte
About the Author
The eldest in the famous literary trio of Brontë sisters, Charlotte Brontë was born on 21 April 1816 in Thornton, England. Having unsuccessfully tried her luck along with her sisters at running a school, Charlotte turned to writing and gave English literature such fictional masterpieces as Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette. She also composed poetry like her sisters. They published their poetry as Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, their pseudonyms, in 1846. Charlotte married in 1854. She was pregnant when she died probably of hyperemesis gravidarum on 31 March 1855.
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Journey To the Centre Of the Earth ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jules Verne
About the Author
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French writer, poet and playwright. He is sometimes dubbed as the Father of Science Fiction and had a great influence on many latter day science fiction writers and scientists. Apart from other works, he wrote Voyages extraordinary, an adventure/science fiction series of over 50 novels many of which are still highly popular among both adults and children. He is the second most translated writer in the world.
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Just So Stories,(Reading Classic): Writer: Rudyard Kipling
About the Author
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 December 1865. Having spent his early childhood in India Kipling went to study in England but returned to India at the age of 18 and joined as an assistant editor the Civil and Military Gazette, a small newspaper in Lahore. It was during his Lahore days that Kipling published his first book. He drew inspiration for most of his writings including the famous Jungle Books from India. He was a writer par excellence and wrote both prose and verse for adults and children alike prolifically. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling died in London on 18 January 1936.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
King Solomon’s Mines ,(Reading Classic): Writer: H. Rider Haggard
About the Author
Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), a Victorian and Edwardian novelist, remains an enduring luminary in adventure literature. Born in Norfolk, England, Haggard s life was as riveting as the tales he told. A well-travelled an, he served in the British Empire, exploring Africa and man, India, experiences that profoundly influenced his writing. His prolific career, spanning over five decades, produced over fifty novels, revealing a fascination with the exotic, the supernatural, and the clash between civilizations. His works such as King Solomon s Mines (1885), She (1887) and Ayesha: The Return of She (1905) showcase his ability to weave intricate plots with timeless themes. Haggard s legacy extends beyond adventure fiction; his exploration of imperialist themes and fascination with the mystical endow his works with enduring relevance, captivating readers with tales that transcend the confines of their eras.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Little Women ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Louisa May Alcott
About the Author
Louisa May Alcott was born in an intellectual family in Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA in 1832. Her parents had friends like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. Alcott had the privilege of their company which helped shape up her writing career. During her early life, she worked as a nurse during the Civil War and it was when she wrote her first book. She wrote many books of which Little Women and its sequels are still very popular. She never married and in addition to writing, she spent her time in the feminist and abolitionist movements of the day. She died of a stroke in 1888.
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Mansfield Park ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Books, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Mother (Translation) (Readings Classics),Writer : Maxim Gorky
About the Author
Maxim Gorky (originally Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) was a Russian/Soviet author and political activist who lived between 1868 and 1936. A five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Gorky invented socialist realism and authored many memorable works including Twenty-six Men and a Girl which was a personal favourite of Vladimir Lenin. His magnum opus Mother remains a classic of revolutionary fiction.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Mother,(Reading Classic): Writer: Maxim Gorky
About the Author
Maxim Gorky (originally Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) was a Russian/Soviet author and political activist who lived between 1868 and 1936. A five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Gorky invented socialist realism and authored many memorable works including Twenty-six Men and a Girl which was a personal favourite of Vladimir Lenin. His magnum opus Mother remains a classic of revolutionary fiction
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Mrs. Dalloway,(Reading Classic): Writer: virginia woolf
About the Author
One of the leading British writers and intellectual of the twentieth century Virginia Woolf was born in London on 25 January 1882. She began publishing her work to both general and critical acclaim in her early twenties and became associated with Bloomsbury Circle, an influential group of English modernist writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in early twentieth century. Best remembered for the lyrical quality of her prose Woolf wrote many novels and essays all bearing the modernist trends of the Circle. Her works have been translated in over 50 languages around the world. However, she was not very lucky in health matters and suffered from the bouts of mental illness throughout her life. She perished by drowning during one such attack on 28 March 1941.
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Northanger abbey ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Notes From Underground ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
About the Author
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on vember 11, 1821. He is known for his profound understanding of human psychology and his ability to bring forth the darkest realms of human nature. Dostoevsky inspired a number of modern movements including Existentialism, literary criticism and many schools of psychology and theology. He influenced a number of modern philosophers and writers including Anton Chekov, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre. He is best known for his novels tes from Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (serialized from 1868 to 1869) The Possessed or otherwise known as Demons (serialised from 1871 to 1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (serialised from 1879 to 1880). Dostoevsky died on February 9, 1881 at the age of 59, in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Literary Fictions
Of Mice and Men,Writer : John Steinbeck
About the Author
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was a 20th century American writer, celebrated alike for his fictional and non-fictional works. He
wrote a total of 16 novels many of which have now become classic literature. They include Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row, The Pearl, East of Eden and The Red Pony. The Great Depression classic The Grapes of Wrath also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has sold a whopping 15 million copies. His other works include 2 collections of short stories and 6 non-fiction books. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.SKU: 95143 -
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Oliver Twist ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Charles Dickens
About the Author
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was a writer and social critic who created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.
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Books, Classic, Fictions, Philosphy
On the Genealogy Of Morals ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
Books, Classic, Fictions, PhilosphyOn the Genealogy Of Morals ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Friedrich Nietzsche
About the Author
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and a cultural critic. He was born on October 15, 1844, in Rocken, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. His works criticise the traditional European morality, religious values as well as conventional philosophical ideas associated with modernity. He is often seen as a predecessor to late modern thinkers like Marx and Freud, because of his psychological analyses of false consciousness. He proposed many original theories positing an alternative morality and ideas which would bring forth a cultural renewal. His notable works include The Birth of Tragedy out of the Spirit of Music (1872), The Gay Science (1882), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883–5), Beyond Good and Evil (1886), On the Genealogy of Morality (1887), Twilight of the Idols (1888) and The Wagner Case (1888). In 1889, Nietzsche suffered a mental breakdown. Eleven years later, he died on August 25, 1900, in Weimar, German Empire.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Persuasion ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Peter Pan ,(Reading Classic): Writer: James Matthew Barrie
About the Author
Sir James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish author. He was born on May 9, 1860, in Angus, Scotland. Barrie is most famous as the creator of Peter Pan, a free-spirited young boy who refuses to grow up. His notable works include The Little Minister (1891), Jess (1898) and The Little White Bird (1902). Most of his early works are marked by the Scottish dialect, humour and sentimentality. Barrie also wrote plays even though they were rejected by critics. However, he finally gained success with Quality Street (1901), a four-part comedy and The Admirable Crichon (1902). But Barrie s fame rested with his novel Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn t Grow Up (1904). Barrie was made a baronet by King George V in 1913. He died on June 19, 1937, in London, England.
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Pinocchio ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Carlo Collodi
About the Author
Carlo Lorenzini, popularly known by his pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian writer, children s author and journalist. He was born in Florence on November 24, 1826. He is best known as the creator of Pinocchio, living puppet whose adventures are famous among children around the world. His other notable works include Giannettino, and Minuzzolo. His magnum opus Pinocchio was adapted by Disney in a motion picture in 1940 and became one of Disney s greatest animation. Collodi died in his home town on October 26, 1890 at the age of 63.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Pride and Prejudice: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
Books, Classic, FictionsPride and Prejudice: Tiktok Made Me Buy It!,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favourites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Prince Caspian- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 4) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
Books, Classic, FictionsPrince Caspian- The Chronicles Of Narnia (Book 4) ,(Reading Classic): Writer: C.S Lewis
About the Author
C. S. Lewis (Clive Staples Lewis) was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. He was a prolific writer and wrote more than 30 books on subjects both scholarly and fictional. He wrote fiction for both adults and children which includes very popular The Space Trilogy for adults and The Chronicles of Narnia for children. He died in 1963.
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Robinson Crusoe ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Daniel Defoe
About the Author
Daniel Defoe was many people in one man: a trader, a writer, a traveller, and a spy. He was born in London on September 13, 1660. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe and is considered among the founders of the English novel along with Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. His other notable fictional works include The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), Memoirs of a Cavalier (1720), A Journal of the Plague Year (1722), and Moll Flanders (1722). Defoe also wrote various pamphlets, often giving a critical judgement on the current political scenarios. His An Essay upon Projects (1697) was published as a series which advocated social and economic improvements. He also satirised the English notion of racial purity in his poem “The True-Born Englishman” (1701). Defoe died at the age of 70 in London on April 24, 1731.
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Sense and Sensibility ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Jane Austen
About the Author
One of all time literary favorites, Jane Austen was born at Steventon rectory, England on December 16, 1775. She started writing poems, stories and plays as early as 1787 which she compiled in three bound notebooks. Those early works were later published as Juvenilia. Then, she wrote Lady Susan, a novella in epistolary form. However, it remained unpublished for a long time. Having written Lady Susan, she penned down six novels, four of which were published during her life as follows: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey (1818) and Persuasion (1818) were published posthumously. Two of her novels The Watsons and Sanditon, though published later on, remained unfinished. Austen died on July 18, 1817.
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Books, Classic, Fictions
Tales From Shakespeare ,(Reading Classic): Writer: Charles & Mary Lamb
About the Author
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English writer, poet and essayist. Mary Lamb (1764-1847) was his elder sister. She was also a writer and poet. Both of them were part of a literary circle which included the likes of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Today, they are best known for Tales from Shakespeare, a prose retelling of Shakespearean plays for children.
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