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The works of edgar allan poe, the raven edition by edgar allan poe 21235 pride and prejudice by jane austen 14482. Somebody else could do their own list of 100 mustread modern classics that has absolutely no overlap with mine, and it would probably be a good list too. Check out the top 100 literature audio book bestsellers on. For the purposes of this list, ive defined classics as books that are more than 50 years old. Items that we sell are guaranteed for their normal life under standard noncommercial use. This modern classics book list is my best guess about the books that matter from a period of notquite 50 years in the second half of the twentieth century. The 35 best audiobooks for 2020 great audiobooks for a. One of the greatest joys ive recently discovered is listening to classics in audiobook form. New york, july 23, 20 prnewswire continuing its 165year history of offering the best, the only and the unexpected, hammacher schlemmer introduces the 100 greatest classics audio book, a.
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