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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant Marlin after eighty-five days without a single catch. He fights a losing battle with sharks who deprive him of his triumph.
Siddhartha
Herman Hesse
An allegory, based on East Indian mysticism, in which a young wanderer becomes consort to a courtesan, then becomes a wealthy businessman and finally companion to a humble ferryman whose wisdom comes from the endlessly murmuring river.
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Buck, a St. Bernard, is stolen and trained to be a sled dog in the Alaska goldfields. Abused by both men and dogs, Buck learns to fight ruthlessly until he finds in John Thornton a master he loves and respects.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Alexandr Solzenhitsyn
A day's chronicle of an innocent man serving a ten-year sentence in a Stalinist labor camp. The book concerns his fellow prisoners, the brutality they experience, and the intense struggle for survival.
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
A novel narrated by the character Marlow, who relates his journey into the center of the Congo. The further he penetrates into the interior, the more compelling becomes his confrontation with the potential for inhumanity in himself and others.
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The classic Christmas story of nineteenth-century England in which the miser Scrooge finds the true spirit of Christmas.
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The glitter and recklessness of the Jazz Age is the backdrop for this novel about Jay Gatsby's desperate attempt to recapture the past, and along with it, the love of Daisy Buchanan. Amid extravagant parties at Gatsby's palatial estate, his neighbor narrates the story of his obsession with the American dream.
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
A compassionate study of two men, drifting ranch hands who dream of someday having a place of their own. Lennie is big and blundering, fabulously strong but not very bright, and George accepts his care as a trust.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
In this psychological novel of the war waged between good and evil within the human personality, a kindly physician commits diabolical crimes when his suppressed personality is released.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
When five Peruvian travelers are killed when a bridge collapses, a Franciscan retells their lives to prove their deaths were a part of God's plan.
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