1984 by George Orwell
This dystopian novel has reached modern classic status with its thought-provoking premise and uncannily accurate predictions of a future world where totalitarianism reigns supreme.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
When a group of overworked animals rebels against their farmer and takes over the farm, they think everything will be perfect from then on.
Little do they know that while they envision their paradise, another group of leaders—in the form of the heartless pigs—slowly take the rein.
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
This dystopian novelis set in a future World State where the citizens are genetically modified and the social hierarchy is based on intelligence.
Eerily prophetic, the book imagines the leaps in scientific progress especially in the areas of reproduction, psychology, and classical conditioning.
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How many literary works are destined to become classics?
Here are fifty incredible literary works destined to become classics (in no particular order!).
Many are Pulitzer Prize winners, but there are a few dark horses.
If your favorite literary masterpiece has not been included, fret not, the comments section awaits! Tell us about any we’ve missed, any you disagree with, or any you think are spot on.
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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Often cited as Virginia Woolf’s best novel, the book tells the story of a single day in Mrs.
Clarissa Dalloway’s life: she’s in the middle of last-minute party preparation, as she contemplates years of her life.
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of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
George and Lennie are two friends looking for work.
They have nothing but each other and their dream of one day having their own land.
Both find work on a ranch, but Lennie ends up struggling with conflicting emotions and cruelty, showing a deep look at friendship and shared vision.
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The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger
The narrator of this modern classic is 16-year-old New Yorker Holden Caulfield, who leaves his Pennsylvania prep school and spends three days in underground New York City.
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Set during the Great Depression, this modern classic follows the Joad family’s migration from the Dust Bowl during the 1930s.
Driven away from their homestead in Oklahoma, they’re obligated to move west to California.
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Set during the Jazz Age, this story follows the rich Jay Gatsby and his love affair with Daisy Buchanan, during the Roaring Twenties when lavish parties, liquor, and sex were a mainstay on Long Island.
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
This short illustrated book deals with philosophical questions in an innocent, childlike way, following a little boy who leaves his tiny planet to journey around the universe.
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What books have been shelved as modern-classic books?
Books shelved as modern-classics:
1984 by George Orwell To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Catcher in the Rye by J.D.
Salinger, Animal Farm by Geo.. ,
What is a modern classic?
Defining the term "modern classics" is difficult, mostly because there are no hard and fast rules for what exactly a "classic" book is to begin with.
For the purpose of this list, we're including:
books that have stood the test of time (or for more recent publications books we think will stand the test of time) and were published after 1920. ,
When was a classic book written?
A modern classic book is typically written after World War I, and possibly after World War II.
This is because these two events marked the emergence of new ideas and ways of thinking, such as:
ideologies about gender race and class.
What makes a book a classic? . 