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Ideas, rights and history
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The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
The Federalist is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym Publius to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The papers themselves came to be known collectively as the Federalist Papers beginning in the nineteenth century. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Common Sense is a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is the first of Douglass's three autobiographies, the others being My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and Life and Times of Frederick Douglas — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches is a 1903 work of American literature by W. E. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a work of social and political theory by the English empiricist philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), published in 1651. Its name derives from the chaotic Leviathan sea serpent of the Hebrew Bible and earlier myt — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, usually referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is a book by Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. Published on 9 March 1776 as Smith's central intellectual project, the treatise sought to examine and explain the underlying political and economic principles by wh — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Art of War
Sunzi
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the late Spring and Autumn period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, is composed of 13 chapters. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Walden is an 1854 book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Science and science fiction
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On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life is a work of scientific literature by the English naturalist Charles Darwin that is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. It was published on 24 November 1859. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
The Time Machine is an 1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. It tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from different body parts in an unorthodox scientific experiment. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Classic fiction
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by English author Jane Austen. Written when she was aged 20–21, it was her third novel written and became the second to see print when it was published in 1813. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book centers on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a little girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace is an epic novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis, also translated as The Transformation, is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and struggles to adjust to this condition, as does his family. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a picaresque novel by American author Mark Twain that was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. It is commonly named among the Great American Novels, and it is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, then published in book form in 1846. — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island is an adventure and historical novel by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson. It was published as a book in 1883, but is set in the 18th century, and tells a story of "buccaneers and buried gold". — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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