Classics

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Five lesser-known classics from your favourite authors.

Classic books to read at least once in your lifetime

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  1. Book cover for The Daughter of Time

    The Daughter of Time

    Josephine Tey

  2. Book cover for The Franchise Affair

    The Franchise Affair

    Josephine Tey

  3. Book cover for Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  4. Book cover for Emma

    Emma

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  5. Book cover for Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen

    Hugh Thomson

  6. Book cover for Treasures of Cornwall: A Literary Anthology

    Treasures of Cornwall: A Literary Anthology

  7. Book cover for Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape

    Yorkshire: A Literary Landscape

  8. Book cover for The Peacock Spring

    The Peacock Spring

    Rumer Godden

  9. Book cover for Underworld

    Underworld

    Don DeLillo

  10. Book cover for Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Goblin Market & Other Poems

    Laurence Housman

  11. Book cover for On Your Marks

    On Your Marks

  12. Book cover for Our Place in Nature

    Our Place in Nature

  13. Book cover for No Place Like Home

    No Place Like Home

  14. Book cover for The Greengage Summer

    The Greengage Summer

    Rumer Godden

  15. Book cover for An Unsuitable Attachment

    An Unsuitable Attachment

    Barbara Pym

  16. Book cover for Kane and Abel

    Kane and Abel

    Jeffrey Archer

  17. Book cover for Women of the Harlem Renaissance

    Women of the Harlem Renaissance

  18. Book cover for Black Voices on Britain

    Black Voices on Britain

  19. Book cover for Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

    Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

    Allie Esiri

  20. Book cover for Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell

  21. Book cover for The Enchanted April

    The Enchanted April

    Elizabeth von Arnim

  22. Book cover for The Red Tent

    The Red Tent

    Anita Diamant

  23. Book cover for The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man

    H. G. Wells

  24. Book cover for Classic Science Fiction Stories

    Classic Science Fiction Stories

  25. Book cover for Funeral Readings and Poems

    Funeral Readings and Poems

  26. Book cover for Poems for New Parents

    Poems for New Parents

  27. Book cover for Standing Her Ground

    Standing Her Ground

  28. Book cover for Blood Meridian

    Blood Meridian

    Cormac McCarthy

  29. Book cover for The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

    James Weldon Johnson

  30. Book cover for The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

    The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

    Maurice Leblanc

  31. Book cover for Sleepily Ever After

    Sleepily Ever After

  32. Book cover for Journey to the River Sea

    Journey to the River Sea

    Eva Ibbotson

  33. Book cover for A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories

    A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories

    Eva Ibbotson

  34. Book cover for Shakespearean

    Shakespearean

    Robert McCrum

  35. Book cover for The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland

    The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  36. Book cover for Prelude & Other Stories

    Prelude & Other Stories

    Katherine Mansfield

  37. Book cover for Greyfriars Bobby

    Greyfriars Bobby

    Eleanor Atkinson

  38. Book cover for Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

    Robert Louis Stevenson

  39. Book cover for Pygmalion & Other Plays

    Pygmalion & Other Plays

    George Bernard Shaw

  40. Book cover for Wedding Readings and Poems

    Wedding Readings and Poems

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