Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature
By: Toni Morrison
4.28
Format: 43 pages, None
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1. Play It As It Lays
By: Joan Didion , David Thomson
3.92
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of a… read more
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"The letter is still in my makeup box but I am careful not to read it unless I am drunk"-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still believe in cause-effect. Carter and Helene also believe that people are either sane or insane."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
2. Chronicle of a Death Foretold
By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa
3.97
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more
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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold
3. Antony and Cleopatra
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Cynthia Marshall
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including not… read more
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"Melt Egypt into Nile!"-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"Make death proud to take us."-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"...make death proud to take us."-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
"Thou are the armourer of my heart—"-William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra
4. A Room of One’s Own
By: Virginia Woolf
4.21
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on the 24th of October,… read more
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"Truth had run through my fingers. Every drop had escaped."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Freedom and fullness of expression are of the essence of the art."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."-Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
5. Fever Dream
By: Samanta Schweblin , Megan McDowell , Ruth Sepp
3.72
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
Experience the blazing, surreal sensation of a fever dream… A young woman named Amanda lies dyin… read more
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"There’s only so much searching you can do, either a horse is there or it’s not."-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"I’m just tired, that’s what I tell myself, and sometimes I’m afraid when I think that everyday problems might be a little more terrible for me than for other people."-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"But I’m going to die in a few hours. That’s going to happen, isn’t it? It’s strange how calm I am. Because even though you haven’t told me, I know. And still, it’s an impossible thing to tell yoursel…"-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
"My mother always said something bad would happen. My mother was sure that sooner or later something bad would happen and now I can see it with total clarity, I can feel it coming toward us like a tan…"-Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream
6. Mrs. Dalloway
By: Virginia Woolf , Maureen Howard
3.79
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, this is a vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's … read more
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"Life stand still here."-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"What a lark! What a plunge!"-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"To love makes one solitary."-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
"What does the brain matter compared with the heart?"-Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
7. Dead Poets Society
By: N.H. Kleinbaum
4.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since thei… read more
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"Carpe Diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary."-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"Chaos screaming, chaos dreaming, gotta do more, gotta be more!"-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
"Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone. "-N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society
8. Madame Bovary
By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall
3.70
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more
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"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
9. Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more
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"a raven's heart within a dove."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"I pity you That's a degree to love"-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
10. The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
2.50
Format: None pages,
Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more
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11. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
12. Their Eyes Were Watching God
By: Zora Neale Hurston
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
When Janie, at sixteen, is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries … read more
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13. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
14. Bloodchild
By: Octavia E. Butler
5.00
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
Contains the short story Bloodchild only. Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in sear… read more
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15. Julius Caesar
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill
3.70
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
The Oxford School Shakespeare has become the preferred introduction to the literary legacy of the g… read more
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"Et tu, Brute?"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Beware the ides of March."-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
"Death, a necessary end, will come when it will come"-William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
16. A Doll's House
By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer
3.76
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more
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"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
17. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
18. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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19. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
3.96
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more
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"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
20. Passing
By: Nella Larsen
3.93
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Nella Larsen's fascinating exploration of race and identity--the inspiration for the upcoming Netfl… read more
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"Well, what of it? If sex isn’t a joke, what is it"-Nella Larsen, Passing
"I think that being a mother is the cruellest thing in the world."-Nella Larsen, Passing
"Everything can't be explained by some general biological phrase."-Nella Larsen, Passing
"It hurt. It hurt like hell. But it didn’t matter, if no one knew."-Nella Larsen, Passing
21. The Lying Life of Adults
By: Elena Ferrante
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. The sentence was u… read more
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"I'm not wise, but I read a lot of novels."-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults
"As coisas feias que você não conta se tornam cães que comem a sua cabeça enquanto você dorme."-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults
"...the dead are objects that have broken, a television, the radio, the mixer, and the best thing is to remember them as they were when they were working, because the only acceptable tomb is memory."-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults
"I’m still fascinated by how our brains elaborates strategies and carries them out without revealing them. To say that it’s a matter of the unconscious seems to me approximate, maybe even hypocritical."-Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults
22. Fleabag: The Scriptures
By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
4.88
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Fleabag: The Scriptures includes new writing from Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside the filming script… read more
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"I think you know how to love better than any of us. That's why you find it all so painful."-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
"The funeral liturgy says that life is changed and not ended. I've always loved that, if that's of any help."-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
"I just think I want someone to tell me how to live my life, Father, because so far, I think I've been getting it wrong."-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
"[Love] is all any of us want and it's hell when we get there. So no wonder it's something we don't want to do on our own."-Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
23. The Husband Stitch
By: Carmen Maria Machado
4.36
Format: 45 pages, ebook
"‘I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.’ … read more
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"I feel as lonely as I have ever been"-Carmen Maria Machado, The Husband Stitch
24. Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature
By: Toni Morrison
4.28
Format: 43 pages, None
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- literary criticism
25. Inventory
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.97
Format: None pages, None
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"Her hair grayed at the temples and the way she laughed tripped pleasure down the stairs of my heart."-Carmen Maria Machado, Inventory
