Penguin Classics Books

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 163 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,854,127 ratings — published 1818
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Jane Eyre Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,302,212 ratings — published 1847
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Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,746,195 ratings — published 1813
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The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 152 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,847,863 ratings — published 1890
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Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,015,174 ratings — published 1847
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Emma Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.05 — 973,150 ratings — published 1815
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,013,400 ratings — published 1844
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The Odyssey The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,180,107 ratings — published -700
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Dracula Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,458,241 ratings — published 1897
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Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,062,915 ratings — published 1866
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Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 109 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,286,507 ratings — published 1811
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Great Expectations Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 103 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 868,523 ratings — published 1861
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A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,007,246 ratings — published 1859
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Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 923,198 ratings — published 1878
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Persuasion Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.15 — 769,309 ratings — published 1817
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The Iliad The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 90 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 505,228 ratings — published -800
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.56 — 612,034 ratings — published 1851
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 85 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,332,702 ratings — published 1885
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Little Women (Little Women, #1) Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 84 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,434,654 ratings — published 1868
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.84 — 301,275 ratings — published 1891
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Oliver Twist Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.88 — 425,275 ratings — published 1838
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The Woman in White The Woman in White (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.01 — 165,263 ratings — published 1859
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Mansfield Park Mansfield Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 377,577 ratings — published 1814
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Les Misérables Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.21 — 839,913 ratings — published 1862
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 605,719 ratings — published 1871
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War and Peace War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.17 — 363,027 ratings — published 1869
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Don Quixote Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.91 — 303,037 ratings — published 1615
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Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 449,531 ratings — published 1817
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Middlemarch Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 178,093 ratings — published 1872
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Madame Bovary Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.71 — 371,782 ratings — published 1856
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Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 181,064 ratings — published 1667
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The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.53 — 236,933 ratings — published 1400
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The Aeneid The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 64 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 142,414 ratings — published -19
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Meditations Meditations (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 338,059 ratings — published 180
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Vanity Fair Vanity Fair (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 132,842 ratings — published 1847
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The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 388,263 ratings — published 1959
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The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 347,367 ratings — published 1898
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Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 297,445 ratings — published 1726
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Metamorphoses Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,746 ratings — published 8
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The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.44 — 913,318 ratings — published 1850
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Inferno Inferno (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 60 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 204,529 ratings — published 1321
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The Brothers Karamazov The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,708 ratings — published 1880
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.43 — 554,765 ratings — published 1899
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David Copperfield David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 257,002 ratings — published 1850
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East of Eden East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.44 — 627,037 ratings — published 1952
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,381,801 ratings — published 1949
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 224,273 ratings — published -400
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
by (shelved 54 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.13 — 384,603 ratings — published 1902
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 129,634 ratings — published 1848
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The Grapes of Wrath The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as penguin-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 987,157 ratings — published 1939
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James Joyce
“Damn it, I can understand a fellow being hard up but what I can't understand is a fellow sponging. Couldn't he have some spark of manhood about him?”
James Joyce, Dubliners

Fyodor Dostoevsky
“That's the horror of it for me, that I understand everything!”
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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