With the recent release of our Classics Book Boxes- the highly requested, most popular asked for Book Box theme- of course this week's blog post will focus on the Classics of literature.
Jane Austen
What does Mr. Darcy mean? It doesn't matter if you've read her work or watched the many screen adaptations, you know her. From Pride and Prejudice to Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen is a legend and inspiration to all lovers and writers of romance.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby, what Gatsby? You either love or hate Great Gatsby- the glitzy glamour of the Jazz Age, the ever-watching eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, and the symbolisation of the green light at the end of the dock... all iconic. With four completed and published novels, F. Scott Fitzgerald has rightfully secured his place among the Classics.
Sigmund Freud
Unexpressed emotions will never die. Non-Fiction Classics that'll have your brain's cogwheels turning and turning– and no one has you thinking more than Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Freud. The theory of Unconscious Mind? The Psychology of Love? Dream Psychology? All here.
George Orwell
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. If you have a list of 100 books you need to read in your lifetime, it's guaranteed that there will be at least one George Orwell book on that list. The terrifying notion of a dystopian future in 1984, the rebellious nature of Animal Farm banned by communist countries, these books are gripping.
Mary Shelley
Misery made me a fiend. First thing that comes to mind when it comes to Classic Horror? We're pretty certain Mary Shelley's Gothic novel, Frankenstein, is one of them. The centre of the Victorian gothic theme of horror.
Plato
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. Plato who some would even say is one of the great Greek philosophers. Student of Socrates, teacher of Aristotle. Born in the period of Ancient Greece, Plato brings forth the most thought-provoking notions on government, self, reality, and more.
