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Classics 📚🪶

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Lucy Smith

A variety of classics that could suit anyone and everyone!

Perhaps my favourite classic of all time! A cautionary tale about an eccentric scientist playing God by salvaging body parts to resurrect in an attempt to create the perfect man but goes terribly wrong. Is the monster the man or the creation?

Frankenstein ~ Mary Shelley

✨ Double, double toil and trouble / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble ✨ A man craving power consults three witches on his future and discovers that getting exactly what you want has consequences

Macbeth ~ William Shakespeare

✨ Something is rotten in the state of Denmark ✨ A Danish Prince becomes overwhelmed with his desire for revenge and succumbs to madness

Hamlet ~ William Shakespeare

A gritty tale of Victorian London explored through the eyes of young lad Oliver who escapes the workhouse and decides to try and find out more about his family

Oliver Twist ~ Charles Dickens

Follows the journey of Pip as a grows from boy to man, shaped by all the people he meets as he tries to discover who he is as a person.

Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens

Young Dorian Gray discovers a portrait in an attic with a remarkable gift of granting ever-lasting youth and beauty, but such gifts comes with curses and Dorian descends into madness as the craving for beauty becomes stronger.

The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde

Follows the story of young lawyer Jonathan Harker who travels to Transylvania to undertake business for a mysterious client who doesn’t show his face in the daylight and is surrounded by eerily beautiful people

Dracula ~ Bram Stoker

Desperately wanting to escape her heartless aunt, Jane finds employment as a governess to the ward of the elusive Mr Rochester

Jane Eyre ~ Charlotte Brontë

The infamous cautionary tale against totalitarian regimes played out and demonstrated on a farm as animals free themselves from their human farmer, but slowly realise freedom doesn’t mean they are free

Animal Farm ~ George Orwell

Elizabeth Bennet is one of five daughters who all wish to find themselves married. On first meeting, she cannot stand Mr Darcy and the feeling appears to be mutual as he looks down on her more modest background.

Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen

A mysterious cylinder lands in Edwardian England, believing it to be a meteorite, locals approach only to be incinerated by Martians bent on invading Earth.

The War of the Worlds ~ H.G. Wells

A combination of two loved classics Young Billy is a pickpocket and street urchin when he is saved by Mister Creecher. A terrifying person who asks Billy to accompany him on his mission; ensuring his creator follows up on his promise of securing hi...

Mister Creecher ~ Chris Priestley

Heralded as the most tragic romance of all time, a tale of two young lovers from rival families and the consequences of maintaining a feud while forgetting the reason.

Romeo and Juliet ~ William Shakespeare

A tale of jealousy as King Leontes accuses his wife Hermione of having an affair and fathering the child of King Polixenes of Bohemia. After 16 years, the banished daughter Perdita returns.

The Winter's Tale ~ William Shakespeare

The intense and tragic love story between the foundling boy Heathcliff and Catherine full of betrayal and heartache.

Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Brontë

Marianne wears her heart on her sleeve and is a hopeless romantic. Her sister Elinor however has experienced nothing but disappointment when it comes to love and always thinks about how things would be perceived.

Sense and Sensibility ~ Jane Austen

In a world where individual thought is banned and information is true because you are told it is, Big Brother is watching everywhere and everyone.

1984 ~ George Orwell

The roaring ‘20s is truly alive and kicking but despite the lavish parties and elite company, Jay Gatsby cannot help but yearn for the girl he loves living across the water from him

The Great Gatsby ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

In a world where fertility has taken a plummet, a radical group of men take over and have fertile women serve as handmaids, to bring couples children in an oppressive manner.

The Handmaid's Tale ~ Margaret Atwood

Guy is a fireman with the task of destroying illegal items, particularly printed books and the houses that hold them and he does so without question until someone new moves in next door.

Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury