Classics
Classics are books appreciated by generations over a period of time.They have universal appeal. The messages and characters retain freshness and are loved and treasured. These books are read and re-read many times over. Books categorised under the classics may be given higher literary status. The texts highlight experiences and lifestyles from other times. They reveal the cultural expectations of the time in which they are set.
“Until a book has weathered at least one generation and is accepted in the next,
it can hardly be given the rank of a classic”
Alice M. Jordan (1947).
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Classic Lists
Listed here are some of the best classic reads for teenagers. Which books have you read? A Separate Peace - John Knowles A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Adventures of Tom Sawyer Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll Animal Farm - George Orwell Brace New World - Aldous Huxley Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger David Copperfield - Charles Dickens Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Gulliver's Travels - Johnathon Swift The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Lord of the Flies - William Golding Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson 1984 - George Orwell Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Dracula - Bram Stoker The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemmingway Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck The Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss The Call of the Wild - Jack London The Iliad - Homer The Odyssey - Homer The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne |
Resources
The Internet Classic Archive A comprehensive list of Classic literature in a searchable database. |