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43 Short Classics You Actually Have Time to Read

"Do you want to be well-read but don't have the time to sit down and read a 1,000+ page novel? While War and Peace is a long classic worth your time, how likely are you to have the time to sit down and read it? So, in 200 pages or less, here are some short classics you actually have time to read in your busy schedule."
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Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and Experience
1
William Blake
The Misanthrope (Jean-Baptiste Moliere)
The Misanthrope
2
Jean-Baptiste Moliere
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
3
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
4
John Steinbeck
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
5
Franz Kafka
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
6
Washington Irving
The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
7
T. S. Eliot
Sonnets From the Portuguese (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Sonnets From the Portuguese
8
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
9
John Steinbeck
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
10
John Steinbeck
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
11
Virginia Woolf
A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
12
E.M. Forster
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
13
George Orwell
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
14
Albert Camus
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
15
Arthur Miller
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
16
Charles Dickens
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
17
Tennessee Williams
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
18
Arthur Miller
The Time Machine (H. G. Wells)
The Time Machine
19
H. G. Wells
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
20
Lewis Carroll
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
21
Voltaire
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
22
Henry James
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
23
Ernest Hemingway
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
24
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
25
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Anonymous)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
26
Anonymous
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
27
Ray Bradbury
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
29
William Golding
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
30
Kate Chopin
O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers!
31
Willa Cather
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
32
Herman Melville
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
33
Thornton Wilder
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
34
Stephen Crane
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
35
Jack London
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
36
Harriet Jacobs
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
37
J. M. Barrie
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
38
Eugene O'Neill
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
39
Thornton Wilder
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
40
Kate Douglas Wiggin
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