Modern Classic


To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
Animal Farm
The Catcher in the Rye
The Great Gatsby
Lord of the Flies
The Handmaid's Tale
Fahrenheit 451
The Secret History
The Bell Jar
Of Mice and Men
Slaughterhouse-Five
Lolita
Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
Aldous Huxley
-make them lose their faith in happiness as the Sovereign Good and take to believing instead, that the goal was somewhere beyond, somewhere outside the present human sphere; that the purpose of life was not the maintenance of well-being...
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide
The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself.
Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams

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