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  • 1984

    George Orwell, Erich Fromm

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classic, Jan. 1, 1961)
    Written more than 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever...• Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read •“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can’t escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching...A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the novel’s hold on the imaginations of whole generations, or the power of its admonitions—a power that seems to grow, not lessen, with the passage of time.
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  • Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley, Harold Bloom, Walter James Miller

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Aug. 1, 2000)
    Here is the classic novel of supreme horror that has held readers spellbound since its publication in 1816. This new edition will also feature an examination of the films inspired by Shelley's groundbreaking work, plus a fascinating look into genetic engineering and the modern implications of this immortal tale. @NotoriousDOC Just did a bit-torrent-style grave robbery. My new ‘man’ will be an artful collage. Also, good conversation starter. It’s alive! I’d better beat it over the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher. So sometimes you build something, and it gets away. They’re gonna can me at the university if they find out about this. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
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  • The Brothers Karamazov

    Fyodor Dostoevsky, Manuel Komroff, Constance Garnett, John Bayley

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, June 1, 1999)
    The violent and vengeful lives of three sons are exposed when their despicable father is murdered, and each man struggles to come to terms with the guilt over his involvement in the crime. Reissue.
  • The Merchant of Venice

    William Shakespeare

    Paperback (SIGNET CLASSICS, )
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  • The Way of all Flesh

    Samuel Butler

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Aug. 1, 1960)
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  • A Little Princess

    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, May 1, 1995)
    This is the beloved story of Sara Crewe, who falls into hard times, is ill-treated at her own boarding school, and is finally rescued and transformed from rags to riches by a rich Indian gentleman.
  • An American Tragedy

    Theodore Dreiser, Richard Lingeman

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Aug. 1, 2000)
    The author's classic vision of the dark side of American life looks at the failings of the American dream, in the story of the rise and fall of Clyde Griffiths, who sacrifices everything in his desperate quest for success. Reissue.
  • The Bostonians Tie-in Edition

    Henry James, Louis Auchincloss

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, May 1, 1984)
    The Bostonians Tie-in Edition (Signet classics)
  • The Beautiful and Damned

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jay Parini

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Jan. 1, 1998)
    One of Fitzgerald's best-known works, this glittering novel is set against an era of intoxicating excitement and ruinous excess. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a scathing, ironic tale whose fictional couple parallels the real-life relationship of Fitzgerald and his wife, from its romantic beginnings to its tragic end. It remains to this day a devastating portrait of insatiable greed, ruthless ambition, and wasted talent.
  • The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

    Kate Chopin, Barbara H. Solomon

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, April 1, 1976)
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  • The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories

    Leo Tolstoy, Maude Aylmer, J. D. Duff, David Magarshack

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Feb. 1, 1960)
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  • The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Marx

    Mass Market Paperback (Signet Classics, Aug. 1, 1959)
    Story of Hester Prynne, condemned by her Puritan society to wear the scarlet letter for her sin.