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            <title><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[(1899-1961) American writer. Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He was famous for his novels, short stories and essays, with works that include: &quot;The Sun Also Rises&quot; (1926), &quot;A Farewell to Arms&quot; (1929), &quot;For Whom the Bell Tolls&quot; (1940) and &quot;The Old Man and the Sea&quot; (1952). Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Read more about Ernest Hemingway's life and works.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mark Twain Quiz]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-quiz/authors/mtwain/bl-start.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge of Mark Twain.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ripe Figs - Kate Chopin (1851-1904)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/kchopin/bl-kchop-ripefigs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read &quot;Ripe Figs,&quot; by Kate Chopin (1851-1904).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jane Eyre Quiz]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-quiz/romantic/bronte_c/janeeyre/bl-start.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge of Restoration literature.: sans serif font font size medium greatest novels medium color jane eyre]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is Man? - Mark Twain]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-whatisman.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read &quot;What is Man?&quot; by Mark Twain (1835-1910).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coming Through the Rye - Robert Burns (1759-1796)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/rburns/bl-rburns-comingrye.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read &quot;Coming Through the Rye&quot; by Robert Burns -- Scotland's greatest poet.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Complete Works - Walt Whitman (1819-1892)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wwhitman/bl-ww-complete.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read the collected works of Walt Whitman.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Persuasion Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/persuasionjaneausten/a/aa_persuasionqu.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Persuasion is a sentimental novel by Jane Austen. The book was published after Jane Austen's death (in 1818). This famous work focuses on the highs and lows in the relationship of Anne Elliott and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Here are a few quotes from Jane Austen's Persuasion.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Adonais - Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/pshelley/bl-pshel-adonais.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read Adonais, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[If You Like 1984]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/nineteeneightyfour/tp/aa_1984_ifyou.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[George Orwell presents his dystopian vision of the future in 1984. The novel was first published in 1948, and it was based on the work of Yevgeny Zamyatin. If you like the story of Winston Smith and Big Brother, you may enjoy these other books. Take a look at these must reads!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[19th Century Novels - - Writers]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/19thcenturyadwriters/a/19thnovels_wr.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The 19th century is full of great novels by amazing authors. Here's a selected reading list of 19th-century novels.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[For Whom the Bell Tolls Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/forwhomthebelltolls/a/aa_forwhomquote.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For Whom the Bell Tolls is a famous novel by Ernest Hemingway. Here are a few quotes from the novel.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway Works]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/hemingwayernest/a/aa_ehemingworks.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here's a list of the major works of Ernest Hemingway.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/crossetti/bl-crossetti-goblin.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Anne Frank Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/frankanne/a/aa_afrankquote.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Anne Frank was a young girl who was caught up in the horror of the Holocaust. She received a diary for her 13th birthday, and began penning the words that would make her forever memorable. Read about her hopes, dreams, fears, and tears. Here are just a few quotes from Anne Frank.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Hampshire, England, UK. Jane Austen became one of the most famous writers of the Romantic era. Read more about the life and works of Jane Austen.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim&#039;s Point - Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/ebbrowning/bl-ebbrown-runaway.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Story of an Hour Quiz]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-quiz/titles/storyhour/bl-start.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Test your knowledge of &quot;A Story of An Hour.&quot;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/dostoyevskyf/a/aa_fdostquote.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer. Here are a few memorable quotes from the Russian literary master, Fyodor Dostoevsky.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aristotle Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/aristotle/a/aa_aristotlequo.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher and writer. He was the student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on topics that include: physics, metaphysics, poetry, theatre, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology. Here are quote from Aristotle.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How To Start a Book Club]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Start_Book_Club0962934774.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A book club is a great place for you to meet other people who share your interest in books. These tips should help you get started.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Devil and Tom Walker - Washington Irving (1783-1859)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/wirving/bl-wirving-devil.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read &quot;The Devil and Tom Walker,&quot; by Washington Irving.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[At the &#039;Cadian Ball - Kate Chopin (1851-1904)]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/kchopin/bl-kchop-atthecad.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Read &quot;At the 'Cadian Ball,&quot; by Kate Chopin (1851-1904).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[12th Grade Reading List]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[madame bovary gustave flaubert anna karenina leo tolstoy candide voltaire don quixote cervantes gustave flaubert: 12th Grade Reading List - World Literature]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[On the Road Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/ontheroad/a/aa_ontheroadqu_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On the Road is an autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac, with a stream of consciousness style. The work is associated with the Beat Generation. Here are a few quotes from On the Road. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Book Lights or Booklights]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/bookgiftsgadgets/tp/aatp_booklights.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Book lights are essential for every book lover. These lights are perfect for reading while you're on the road, reading in bed, or just enjoying your individual reading in the dark (or semi-dark). Here's are top picks for book lights.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dramatic Irony]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_dramaticiron.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What is dramatic irony? How does dramatic irony relate to literature? Read more about dramatic irony!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[One Flew Over the Cuckoo&#039;s Nes]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/oneflewoverthecuckoos/a/aa_oneflewquote.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the famous novel by Ken Kesey about insanity and the individual--with the concept of revolution figured in. The book is set in an Oregon insane asylum and centers around the struggles of patients to gain some sense of freedom in the repressive environment. Here are a few quotes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alexandre Dumas Books]]></title>
            <link>http://classiclit.about.com/od/dumasalexandre/tp/aatp_adumas.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Alexandre Dumas was the famous French author of &quot;The Three Musketeers,&quot; &quot;The Count of Monte Cristo,&quot; &quot;The Man in the Iron Mask,&quot; and many other famous works. Read the works of Alexandre Dumas.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heart of Darkness Quotes]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Heart of Darkness is a famous work by Joseph Conrad. The author's experiences in Africa gave him plenty of material for this work. Heart of Darkness is the tale of a man who gives into the enticements of power. Here are a few quotes from Heart of Darkness.]]></description>
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