Old classic books to read

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The classic books on this list are handpicked to be some of the easiest classics to read, as well as classics that are most definitely worth the time spent reading them. Many of them are fun stories that you’ll love; others are books that have highly influenced popular culture; and still others touch on important themes that make them classics you won’t want to miss. And some of the books here combine all three of these elements!

"A classic is something everybody wants to have read but nobody wants to read." ~Mark TwainLet's be honest: how many of you have pretended to have read Moby Dick? Said you loved Pride and Prejudice . . . but never stuck around long enough to see how Elizabeth and Darcy's romance turned out?We've all been guilty of concealing our hate for a few musty old books. But classic novels don't have to be only for that high school English class you hated.Yet…

The Penguin English Library Edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 'The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself' Passionate, poetic and revolutionary, Jane Eyre is a novel of naked emotional power. Its story of a defiant, fiercely intelligent woman who refuses to accept her appointed place in society - and instead finds love on her own terms - has become famous as one of the greatest romances ever written, but it is also a brooding…