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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover ultimate spiritual truths.
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A separate peace
by John Knowles
A conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy.
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The outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
A revealing account of the tensions, fears, and frustrations of gang life from a teenage boy's point of view.
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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape.
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The old man and the sea
by Ernest Hemingway
A new edition of a Pulitzer Prize-winning work, chronicling the endurance of a Cuban fisherman.
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The metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Writings by and about Kafka and textual notes accompany his translations of his early twentieth-century work about Gregor Samsa, an ordinary man who wakes up one morning only to discover that he has been transformed into a monstrous insect and must deal with his physical alteration, as well as the alienation from his family.
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Lord of the flies : a novel
by William Golding
The classic study of human nature which depicts the degeneration of a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island.
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The great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A young man newly rich tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact she has married.
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Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit.
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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
A classic WWII black comedy that follows American bomber pilot Yossarian on his harrowing quest for the final mission that will free him from his military obligation.
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