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“The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank: A Thirteenth-Birthday Notebook That Became a Book

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Many readers first meet Anne Frank's diary at school, as a set te...
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“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens: London, Paris, and a Message on the Dover Road

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate)."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Many peopl...
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“Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo: The Long Road That Begins With a Loaf of Bread

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Many readers meet "Les Misérables" first as a musical, with its b...
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“Animal Farm” by George Orwell: The Little Book Four Publishers Turned Down

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).In 1944, George Orwell had a finished manuscript that hardly anyo...
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“Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury: The Fireman Who Starts Fires, and the Night He Begins to Wonder

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Picture a young writer in the basement of a university library, f...
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“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley: A Future Where Everyone Is Happy, and That Is the Problem

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Mention "Brave New World" and someone will almost always bring up...
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“Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas” by Jules Verne: A Scientist Goes Hunting for a Monster

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Some classics are better known as images than as books. Mention "...
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“The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells: The Short Novel That Gave Us the Words

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Almost everyone knows what a time machine is. Far fewer people ha...
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“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C. S. Lewis: A Door at the Back of an Ordinary Wardrobe

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Some fantasy worlds are reached by long journeys, magic spells, o...
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“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll: A Bored Afternoon, a Rabbit with a Watch, and a Very Long Fall

This post contains affiliate links (Moshimo Affiliate).Most people know Alice before they ever open the book. The White ...