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This author of "Romeo and Juliet" is often called the greatest writer in the English language.
- William Shakespeare
- Charles Dickens
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- John Milton
In this fairy tale, a young girl visits her grandmother's house only to find a wolf has taken her place.
- Hansel and Gretel
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Cinderella
- Sleeping Beauty
This British author created the world of Hogwarts and the boy wizard Harry Potter.
- C.S. Lewis
- Roald Dahl
- J.K. Rowling
- Philip Pullman
This novel by Harper Lee features the lawyer Atticus Finch defending a Black man falsely accused of a crime in 1930s Alabama.
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- The Color Purple
- Beloved
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
This detective, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, lives at 221B Baker Street and uses deductive reasoning to solve crimes.
- Hercule Poirot
- Miss Marple
- Philip Marlowe
- Sherlock Holmes
This children's novel by E.B. White tells the story of a pig named Wilbur who is saved by a spider named Charlotte.
- Stuart Little
- Charlotte's Web
- The Trumpet of the Swan
- Babe
This Shakespeare play features the Danish prince who utters the famous line "To be or not to be."
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Othello
- King Lear
This dystopian novel by George Orwell features Big Brother, the Thought Police, and the slogan "War is Peace."
- Animal Farm
- Brave New World
- 1984
- Fahrenheit 451
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