Beginner-Friendly Classics to Read at the McPherson Library (HerCampus UVic)

Updated November 20, 2024
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Animal farm
Orwell, George
Ebook
'A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable.' New York Times George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel is a scathing satire on a downtrodden society's blind march towards totalitarianism. 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal...
Catcher in the rye
Salinger, J. D.
Paper Book
Catcher in the rye
Salinger, J. D.
Paper Book
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
The great Gatsby
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
CD
After the Great War, the mysterious Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, pursues wealth, riches and the lady he lost to another man with stoic determination. He buys a mansion across from her house and throws lavish parties to entice her. When Gatsby finally doesreunite with Daisy Buchanan, tragic...
Wuthering heights
Bronte, Emily
Paper Book
A gripping story of love and revenge, set in the dramatic backdrop of the Yorkshire moors in the 19th century. Heathcliff is brought up by the Earnshaw family, but bullied and humiliated by Catherine Earnshaw's brother. He leaves, wrongly believing his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, and...
Wuthering heights
Bronte, Emily
Paper Book
A gripping story of love and revenge, set in the dramatic backdrop of the Yorkshire moors in the 19th century. Heathcliff is brought up by the Earnshaw family, but bullied and humiliated by Catherine Earnshaw's brother. He leaves, wrongly believing his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, and...
Wuthering heights
Bronte, Emily
Paper Book
A gripping story of love and revenge, set in the dramatic backdrop of the Yorkshire moors in the 19th century. Heathcliff is brought up by the Earnshaw family, but bullied and humiliated by Catherine Earnshaw's brother. He leaves, wrongly believing his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, and...

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