My answer might not be very surprising but I think that 1984 and Brave New World are incredibly relevant in this age of technology, with surveillance capitalism, algorithmic biases, the spread of misinformation, instant gratification and shallow distractions.
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Northanger abbey
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I haven’t read it yet and seem to know the worst of nothing about it. But I would figure Cavendish. Canterbury Tales is one I loved.
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Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
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The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.
The fables by Aesop/Phaedrus.
1984 by Orwell is too applicable.
My answer might not be very surprising but I think that 1984 and Brave New World are incredibly relevant in this age of technology, with surveillance capitalism, algorithmic biases, the spread of misinformation, instant gratification and shallow distractions.
Northanger abbey
I haven’t read it yet and seem to know the worst of nothing about it. But I would figure Cavendish. Canterbury Tales is one I loved.
portrait of dorian gray
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome