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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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Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-
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Frankenstein : or, The modern Prometheus
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851.
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The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
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Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924, author.
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Night
Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016, author.
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The picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
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The stranger
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960.
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The sorrows of young Werther and selected writings
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
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Wuthering Heights
Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848.
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