Candide by Voltaire
2 hrs to read / 4 mins avg. chapter length
Voltaire's magnum opus and a classic of Enlightenment literature, Candide follows a young man raised as an optimist who is forced to face the hardships and horrors of the world.
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The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov
26 mins to read / 6 mins avg. chapter length
A married banker is intrigued by a woman he sees walking a small Pomeranian dog while on holiday in Yalta. Vladimir Nabokov called this one of the greatest short stories ever written.
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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
3 hrs to read / 25 mins avg. chapter length
Based on two lectures that Woolf at Cambridge, this seminal feminist essay explores the status of women and its relationships with art, education, and financial freedom.
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