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Pygmalion

You've probably seen Audrey Hepburn's My Fair Lady. This is the novel which that movie was based on. It's obviously written in play form which makes it pretty easy to read. I noticed so many things different in the movie that was first put into the novel. I always thought Liza ended up with Higgins (it seems appropriate right? I mean they are destined to be together it seems) but that is not so. Oh well. Enjoy!

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The Bell Jar

Oh Sylvia Plath. Poor thing. As you probably know, Sylvia Plath, the author of this novel which is pretty much all based on her life, killed herself by putting her head in an oven. This novel is rather morbid. It is about a young girls fall into insanity. Read it. I finished it in a day it was so good.

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Brave New World

This novel by Aldous Huxley was suprisingly intresting to me. At first I felt extremely akward while reading this, but suddenly I came to understand the meaning behind this book. Practically everything in the world in which this author has created is the exact opposite of our real world. Children don't have parents (saying the word "mother" is like saying a bad word) they are created in jars. There are different classes of people who wear different colors to indicate their class. It is completely strange and rather science fiction, but I throughly enjoyed it.

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1984

This book may seem complicated at first but it really brings to mind the idea of "big brother is watching you!!" It's kind of spooky in that it makes you wonder what a world like that would be like. Constantly being watched, not being able to love, it's not cool not cool at all i say!!

George Orwell wrote it and he is also the writer of Animal farm so ch-ch-ch-check it out! (as the beasty boys would say!)

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Night

This book was phenomenal! It's a must read for everyone. Night is about one man's terrible struggle during the Holocaust. It's a competely true story and will make you cry. I swear the entire time I had to remind myself that these events really occured. This novel takes you into the horror and desperate strive to stay alive.