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• Troy

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  In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus, the result is an epic war. The Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Count of Monte Cristo

  Dumas, Alexandre,

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  The Count of Monte Cristo is an epic tale of betrayal, revenge, and redemption set against the glittering backdrop of 19th-century France. Wrongfully imprisoned, Edmond Dantès escapes from the Château d'If and, under the mysterious title of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Treasure Island

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894,

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  Young Jim Hawkins finds a map in a dead seaman's possessions. His friends, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, realize it's a treasure map. They hire a ship, unaware that the crew includes the pirate Long John Silver.

• The Iliad

  Homer

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  "When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jane Eyre

  Brontë, Charlotte,

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  Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Women

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  Writer-director Greta Gerwig has crafted a film that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott and unfolds as the author's alter ego, Jo March reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig's take, the beloved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Matilda

  Dahl, Roald,

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  Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

• The Odyssey

  Homer

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  The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats--shipwrecks, battles, monsters and the implacable enmity…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Call of the Wild

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  Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anne of Green Gables

  Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

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  Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

• Peter Pan

  Peter and Wendy

  Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

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  Scottish writer J M Barrie wrote both a play and a novel about the boy Peter Pan, who wouldn't grow up. This is the novel. Peter Pan lives with all the other Lost Boys in Neverland, where they never have to grow up. He visits Wendy Darling by flying…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wuthering Heights

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  "A bold and original reimagining of one of literature's most iconic love stories, Emerald Fennell's adaptation follows Cathy and Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion spirals from yearning to obsession. Their intense bond unfolds as an epic tale of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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  From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for…Read moreRead more of this annotation