This, I admit, was extremely hastily to get down to such a theme. Many experts
and mass media try to make such ratings, however, they barely find a room for
100! And here are 10 only but I will try to tell what works of fiction are mentioned
as "the most" frequently ones.
«The Little
Prince» by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A kind, light and sad
tale to conquer the all world – apart from translations into the main languages,
there are even official, meaning not fan translations into regional dialects. And,
by the way, illustrations to it, accomplished by the author, are not
just images, but important and integral part of the book, let alone the
text itself.
«1984» by George Orwell
The novel is considered
to be one of the best examples of dystopian works, being second to none closest «competitors”.
The meaning of 21984» turned out to be so big that its title has become
commonly used, a meme, a cultural pattern: it is referred to describing other
similar works, it is mentioned when leaving comments on political events, its
images are used slicking about situations («Big brother is watching you»). Even
Apple Company, preparing its first McIntosh for a release back in the real 1984,
which, as they thought, was supposed blow the market (and this is what happened),
in its advertising clip, flied to fly to him.
What is the reason
of such a success? That scenario looks way to similar to Orwell`s.
Diary of A Young Girl
It happens that the deepest things we get to know from children. It probably
because we trust them more
than we trust adults, children usually do not pretend when they share their
thoughts and do not try to make an impression.
All the depth of the pain and grief the Holocaust understood not out of Nuremberg
trial sentences, but out of the little girl`s diary 13-year old Jewess Anna
Frank, who was hiding from secret state police
together with her parents. Anna does not analyze, does not draw parallels – it
simply describes what happens to her family, that reaction any knock at the
door causes, the way people look, whom as she sees out of a window, are led in
columns down the street. Namely, these evidences of an innocent child died two
months before Victory, serve the most powerful accusation to all the evil that
happened.
There was its own «Anna Frank» in Leningrad – Tanya Savicheva, who was making her
notes during a blockade and a monstrous hunger. Tanya lost
everyone out of her family one by one and died herself but she managed to leave
a reminder for people what a real suffering is and of what cannot be forget.
«Gone With the Wind» by Margaret Mitchell
I will not tell you about this book. I will only say that despite the good points of the work honestly earned
the Pulitzer Prize, the part of its success and demand after so many decades
belongs to an
outstanding film version with canonical Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable starring.
«The Grapes of Wrath» by George Steinbeck
A strong novel about hardships, with which people endure with varying
success, and that internal
struggle, they go through every day, giving way to cowardice and then finding a
sense of purpose in life again. The scene is laid during a period of the Great Depression
– hard times when many Americans had to make atomic efforts in
order to survive quite apart from the fact that to succeed. However, in whole, a
lot of things described in it is on the front burner nowadays. No wonder that critic
opinions divided: some spoke of something with rapture That «The Grapes of Wrath»
is a book, which is to be read by everyone, some shouted that it is to forbid: they
simply declined to admit that the described tragedy is of dishonest nature but of
federal importance, which can repeat in one form or another.
«One Hundred Years of Solitude» by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A book, which has become classic, conquers with uneventfulness of its
narration and at the same time indeterminism. Everyone who read it, interpreted in its
own way transferring own expertise and the outlook. One could say that solitude of
the whole generation whose life and death is described in the novel is based on
incapacity to be serious. Who is able to say for sure though what it is to love?
And what truly happens to people : we strive for love or run from it, because
we are afraid?..
«The Great Gatsby» by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A story about interweaving in relations between people pushes the important
issue, than commonplace «who with who». In the novel, the author opens in front
of a society, that passions, self-gratification
and serving vested interests, became more important than morality and ethic. People
stopped being people, when a pride stands in the eye, when
potential and opportunities are wasted on something small. Those who could have
done something really significant and useful are too busy so they are
intoxicated by their current position or compete who is more powerful and
successful. And, as a result, the sad result: they are unhappy; there is no
purpose of life.
«To Kill A Mockingbird» by Harper Lee
And children again or better to say a story through the eyes of a little
girl but told by her only being an adult. Thus this amazingly precise description
comes from, combining a childish purity and a grown-up understanding. Simply put,
the book is largely dedicated to the idea «what
is good and what is bad», besides that it tries to adopt a habit not to judge rapidly, to have
a mind of one's own and to grow wisdom within oneself, to use it as a guide.
«Atlas shrugged» by Ayn Rand
The novel, which was released back in the year 1957 and many times called
by Americans one of the most important books of all times in literature, as a
book, which makes think, change something within one`s views and even life, was
for some reason known in Russia until quite recently to close-knit circles only.
And it is in spite of Rand to be not a foreigner, she was born in
Saint-Petersburg.
In her many works, the writer paid
a lot of attention to a human creative potential and productive qualities,
from a private life to a political influence. So she continued this theme in
«Atlas» through showing what might happen if this to put down if to capture a
human expressions.
«The Catcher in the Rye» by J.D. Salinger
A direct story told in first person, a teenager Holden Caulfield. It is more than just about
difficulties with teachers and girls. It is about misunderstanding of rules adults play, about search of a place
of one`s own in the world, about how scary it is to become a grown-up,
everything changes too fast and about how
difficult and simple at the same time to be happy, to be just the way you are.
The language of the work makes it especially charming: it is not
snobbishly instructive in the spirit of «I am going to tell you the truth now», but sincere and immaturely confused, it is like readers look for
answers along with the narrator.
About the
author: Melisa Marzett is a writer of articles and as every writer, she is
supposed to read a lot, which she does and enjoys due to her being curious by
nature. As far back as she can remember, she has always wanted to become a
writer but she was a shy little girl and she did not believe she ever would
until she grew up and decided on writing. It always seem impossible until you
try and she tried. There was not a day she regretted her decision, which made
her who she is now, a writer writing for Academic Custom Writing.
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