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Animal Farm

George Orwell

1946

Famous for: Corrupt pigs, a noble cart-horse, and an anthem you won’t be able to get out of your head.

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

1932

Famous for: Sex, drugs, sex, drugs, sex, drugs...

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Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

1953

Famous for: A psychotic mechanical dog, a flamingly-obvious message about censorship.

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

1818

Famous for: Frankenstein’s monster, of course. And a mad chase toward the North Pole.

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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

1860

Famous for: Miss Havisham and her house of decaying bridal memorabilia, more plot twists than you can count.

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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

1603

Famous for: Some of the most memorable lines in English literature—“To be, or not to be: that is the question”—and a series of truly unfortunate events that make this play a tragedy to end all tragedies.

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

1847

Famous for: Gothic atmosphere, feminist statements, and a crazy lady locked away in a tower.

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Lord of the Flies

William Golding

1954

Famous for: The Beast, a talking pig’s head on a stake, a horrific descent into chaos and savagery.

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Macbeth

William Shakespeare

1603

Famous for: Excessive bloodshed, a world gone mad, “Double, double toil and trouble” and other witchy chants.