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Our Retired English Teacher's 100 Book Quiz - Page 2

In the 1960s, when I was in high school, adults were frightened that comic books, monster magazines, and television were rotting our brains, so there was a big move in school to have us (make us) "read the classics". Publishers got into the act by creating inexpensive paperback imprints, the best of which were the Signet Classics series and the Mentor Library series, both from New American Library.. Here are 100 of those classics they tried to make us read, pictured in the original editions from 60+ years ago.
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Jane Eyre (Bronte)
Jane Eyre
41
Bronte
Jude the Obscure (Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
42
Hardy
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
43
Shakespeare
The Jungle (Sinclair)
The Jungle
44
Sinclair
Kidnapped (Stevenson)
Kidnapped
45
Stevenson
King Lear (Shakespeare)
King Lear
46
Shakespeare
Laura (Caspary)
Laura
47
Caspary
Looking Backward (Bellamy)
Looking Backward
48
Bellamy
Lord Jim (Conrad)
Lord Jim
49
Conrad
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
50
William Golding
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
51
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
52
Shakespeare
The Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
The Maltese Falcon
53
Hammett
The Marble Faun (Hawthorne)
The Marble Faun
54
Hawthorne
The March Up Country (Xenophon)
The March Up Country
55
Xenophon
Moby Dick (Melville)
Moby Dick
56
Melville
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
57
Collins
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
58
Dickens
Mythology (Hamilton)
Mythology
59
Hamilton
The Nick Adams Stories (Hemingway)
The Nick Adams Stories
60
Hemingway
Night Flight
Night Flight
61
A Night to Remember (Lord)
A Night to Remember
62
Lord
Nostromo (Conrad)
Nostromo
63
Conrad
Notes From Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
64
Dostoyevsky
The Octopus (Norris)
The Octopus
65
Norris
The Odyssey (Homer - Mentor Ed.)
The Odyssey
66
Homer - Mentor Ed.
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
67
Hemingway
Orlando (Woolf)
Orlando
68
Woolf
Othello (Shakespeare)
Othello
69
Shakespeare
The Outcasts of Poker Flats (Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flats
70
Harte
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident
71
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
72
Wilde
Plays (Shaw)
Plays
73
Shaw
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
74
Joyce
The Red Badge of Courage (Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
75
Crane
Richard III (Shakespeare)
Richard III
76
Shakespeare
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
77
Defoe
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
78
Shakespeare
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
79
Stoppard
Sanctuary (Faulkner)
Sanctuary
80
Faulkner
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