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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau recounts living in a self-built house near Walden Pond, combining observations of nature with reflections on independence and society.
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East of Eden
John Steinbeck, David Wyatt
“A strange and original work of art.”
The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt
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Kindred
Octavia Butler, Janelle Monáe
Butler makes history brutally immediate, using time travel to expose how slavery binds power, kinship, and survival.
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Beloved
Toni Morrison, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
“Morrison’s truly majestic fifth novel—strong and intricate in craft; devastating in impact.”
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Jeanette Winterson
Victor Frankenstein creates a living being, then faces the consequences of abandoning his creation and the losses that follow.
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The Odyssey
Homer, Robert Fagles
“Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless.”
Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“Like the jungle itself, this novel comes back again and again, fecund, savage and irresistible.”
Paul West, Washington PostReview excerpt
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Spoon River Anthology
Charles Aidman
Charles Aidman’s theatrical adaptation uses dramatic readings and music to introduce the deceased residents of Spoon River and the secrets they kept.
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The Book of the Dead
Muriel Rukeyser, Catherine Venable Moore
“Innovative, gorgeous, and deeply moving.”
Publishers Weekly (starred review)Review excerpt
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The Tempest
William Shakespeare, Professor of History Alden T Vaughan
“The new pages are a sound and worthwhile addition to an edition that was good already.”
Raphael Lyne, Times Literary SupplementReview excerpt
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King Richard III
William Shakespeare, James R Siemon
Shakespeare’s play follows Richard’s pursuit of the English throne; this edition includes historical context, critical commentary, and explanatory notes.
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Shakespeare in a Divided America
James Shapiro
“He upped the wattage simply by bouncing his spotlight off a playwright 400 years dead who yet again turns out to be, somehow, us.”
David Ives, New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard
“It is, after all, the most performed, most studied, most earnestly analyzed and strenuously anatomized of all Mr.”
Benedict Nightingale, New York TimesReview excerpt