9 Timeless Classics: Must-Read Books and Authors

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

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1984 by George Orwell:

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte:

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Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger:

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte:

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde:

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