Classics Challenge - hosted by lucy_goose

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

88 pages • first pub 1886 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced
The Stranger by Albert Camus

The Stranger

Albert Camus

144 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark reflective medium-paced
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

244 pages • first pub 1850 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings #3

J.R.R. Tolkien

21 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

Babel: An Arcane History

R.F. Kuang

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon: Mythology in the Mesoamerican Tradition by Alfredo López Austin

The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon: Mythology in the Mesoamerican Tradition

Alfredo López Austin

176 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction religion adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses by Ted Hughes

Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses

Ted Hughes

272 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging reflective fast-paced
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

Frenchman's Creek

Daphne du Maurier

260 pages • first pub 1941 (editions)

fiction classics historical romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

114 pages • first pub -500 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy informative reflective fast-paced
A Warning for Fair Women: Adultery and Murder in Shakespeare's Theater by

A Warning for Fair Women: Adultery and Murder in Shakespeare's Theater

282 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography literary politics medium-paced