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20 Classic Novels You Can Read in One Sitting

You know that in order to become a better writer, you need to become a better reader — and so polishing off some classic novels is in your future. But who has the time? You do. Nobody’s admonishing you to get your book report in within two weeks. But if you still feel pinched between the hour hand and the minute hand, ease into great English literature with these short novels (most have fewer than 200 pages):

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A Christmas carol
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Alice's adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
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Animal farm : a fairy story
Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
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Around the world in eighty days
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
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Brave new world
Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
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Candide
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
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Cannery row
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
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The catcher in the rye
Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-
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Ethan Frome
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
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