10 Classic Novels You Must Add To Your Reading List

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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1984 by George Orwell

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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Godaan by Premchand

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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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