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So this is what they call "The Classics"..........
By an Amazon.com customer
One Hundred Years of SolitudeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Buy used from: $2.98
One word: Awesome
Heart of DarknessHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $0.99
This one was classic from the first sentence.
My AntoniaMy Antonia by Willa Cather
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $3.12
Simply meets the standard...
The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) by Stephen King
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.87
I was shocked to learn this was one "they" considered "Classic", but you know..?..I think it is.
A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics)A Farewell to Arms (Scribner Classics) by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $20.45 / Used from: $2.98
It's a love/hate thing I guess, either way, it is classic.
Wise Blood: A NovelWise Blood: A Novel by Flannery O'Connor
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I think about this one from time to time...it seems so bizarre.
East of EdenEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
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This is my classic Steinbeck.
Things Fall Apart (Norton Critical Edition)Things Fall Apart (Norton Critical Edition) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: $9.90 / Used from: $5.99
Just pulled me in, and kept me there, right there.
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library)Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library) by Cormac McCarthy
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $15.17
I was surprised to find this one considered "classic"; however, like King's, it is.
The Sun Also RisesThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.45
Again, love it..or hate it.., it is classic.
The Stranger (Everyman's Library)The Stranger (Everyman's Library) by Albert Camus
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Yes
The TrialThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $3.52
Another yes.
On the Road (Penguin Classics)On the Road (Penguin Classics) by Jack Kerouac
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $5.21
No question about it, seems kind of like Hemingway, love?..hate?...but classic.
Light in August (The Corrected Text)Light in August (The Corrected Text) by William Faulkner
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.68
Of course.
Brave New WorldBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
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In then there is Huxley.
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
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No comment, just classic.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce
Buy new: $7.70 / Used from: $1.95
This book is incredible!
Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) by Herman Melville
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $3.99
This IS the American Classic..Awesome, the language is beautiful.
Crime and Punishment (Bantam Classics)Crime and Punishment (Bantam Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.18
Just pick it up and read it.