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Books That Most People Read Wrong

It's amazing how often classic works of literature are read, studied, and lectured on completely false. These are just some of the books students, teachers, and casual readers tend to misunderstand completely.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass
1
Lewis Carroll
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
2
Kate Chopin
Bear (Marian Engel)
Bear
3
Marian Engel
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
4
Octavia Butler
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
5
J.D. Salinger
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
6
Anthony Burgess
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
7
Miguel De Cervantes
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
8
Ray Bradbury
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
9
Ernest Hemingway
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
10
Mary Shelley
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
13
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
14
Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
15
Margaret Atwood
Holy Bible (Anonymous)
Holy Bible
16
Anonymous
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Bronte
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
18
Upton Sinclair
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
19
Yann Martel
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
20
Vladimir Nabokov
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
21
Gabriel García Márquez
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
22
William Shakespeare
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
23
Herman Melville
Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
24
Haruki Murakami
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
25
Jack Kerouac
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
26
Vladimir Nabokov
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
27
John Milton
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
28
Jane Austen
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
29
Niccolò Machiavelli
Qu'ran
Qu'ran
30
Rainbow Fish (Marcus Pfister)
Rainbow Fish
31
Marcus Pfister
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
32
Plato
Robert Frost Poems
Robert Frost Poems
33
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
34
William Shakespeare
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
35
Salman Rushdie
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
36
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
37
Henry James
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
38
Samuel Beckett
The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
The Wizard of Oz
39
L. Frank Baum
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
40
Emily Brontë
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