Signet Classics
Explore Signet Classics' timeless collection of classic books. Discover literary masterpieces, from Austen to Dickens, in affordable and beautifully crafted editions.
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The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
West fictionalizes the working class of Tinseltown, in this novel that studies several men working at the peripheral edge of the movie industry and their mutual obsession with a daydreaming girl.
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Elmer Gantry
by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis’ world-famous satire of religious hypocrisy and the excesses of the Roaring ʼ20s. Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be “invited” to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of a golden-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church—a saver of souls who lives a life of duplicity, sensuality, and ruthless self-indulgence—is also the record of a period, a reign of grotesque vulgarity, which but for Lewis would have left no trace of itself. Elmer Gantry has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since the works of Voltaire. With an introduction by Jason Stevens
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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady
by Samuel Richardson
Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. This novel is considered a keystone of modern English novels. Includes a new Introduction. Revised reissue.
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A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier
by Joseph Plumb Martin
An American colonial soldier presents an account of his experiences fighting for freedom during the Revolutionary War, in a narrative featuring a new introduction by Thomas Fleming.
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Ben-Hur
by Lew Wallace
A bestseller since 1880... The classic saga of the Roman Empire From a thrilling sea battle to its famous chariot race to the agony of the Crucifixion, this is the epic tale of a prince who became a slave and by a twist of fate and his own skill-won a chance at freedom.
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Scaramouche
by Rafael Sabatini
When his best friend is struck down by an uncaring aristocrat, French lawyer AndrT-Louis Moreau disguises himself as the clown Scaramouche to speak out against an unjust nobility, in a swashbuckling novel of romance and adventure set during the French Revolution. Reprint.
