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War and Peace

By graf Leo Tolstoy

Presents the classical epic of the Napoleonic Wars and their effects on four Russian families

Les Misérables

By Victor Hugo

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A Confederacy of Dunces

By John Kennedy Toole

Set in New Orleans, the protagonist is nearly arrested for being a suspicious character and encounters many unfortunate events.

The Count of Monte Cristo

By Alexandre Dumas

Translated with an Introduction by Robin Buss

Maurice

By Edward Morgan Forster

Written during 1913 and 1914, Maurice deals with the then unmentionable subject of homosexuality. More unusual, it concerns a relationship that ends happily.

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

By Ernest Hemingway

A book about love and courage and decency and glory. It is written with a wisdom that washes the mind and cools it. With an understanding that rips the heart with compassion.