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Culture and Anarchy (Oxford World's Classics)Culture and Anarchy (Oxford World's Classics) by Matthew Arnold
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Predicts the corruption of society which is now upon us
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the AgesThe Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom
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Why we read, what we read, and what's the point
DickensDickens by Peter Ackroyd
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How can one man do this much? Inspiring
The Common Reader: Volume 1The Common Reader: Volume 1 by Virginia Woolf
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Everyone should be made to read this
William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare)William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare)
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He invented society and personality as we know it
In Memoriam (Norton Critical Editions)In Memoriam (Norton Critical Editions) by AL Tennyson
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Because this is a true celebrity, and not a fake tan in sight
Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics)Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics) by Stella Gibbons
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Because everyone needs a laugh, and this is hysterical
John ruskin Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics)John ruskin Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics) by John Ruskin
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He taught the Victorians so much and we can still learn from him
Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Carlyle
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Someone who really knew how to value culture
Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics)Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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If you have to ask - read the book!
Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift)Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift) by Henry David Thoreau
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Ah, the simple life...
ArcadiaArcadia by Tom Stoppard
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Best play I've ever read/seen