Many literary critics believe that it is a forerunner for novels that heavily invest us into the internal monologues and consciousness of the character as the main prose point. Right away, the reader is brought into a very personal account of the story. Jane Eyre was an incredible breakthrough for an English novel at the time. Literary excellence seemed to run in the Brontë family. Within the never-ending treatises on whaling lines, cetology rambles and minute observations, there are sparkling lines of philosophical observations and timeless humor. Don’t let any detractors stop you from diving in because of the supposed tediousness of whaling chapters. Moby Dick isn’t a book to be read, it’s an experience to be had. The prose is dense, allusive and cunningly archaic. Filled with 19th century whaling lore and other periodic cultural artifacts and customs, Herman Melville’s epic is unmatched. Written with hilarious wit, Moby Dick is a profound meditation on the human condition. Brontë created an eerie and obsessive love story that transcended its time and genre. Written during the Victorian era, the characters and authorship of this book explores behavior that would have certainly made a Victorian blush to say the least. The tormented love and grief between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw has become a model for many great works since. Continuing and ascending past the dark prince himself, Lord Byron, Brontë weaved a tremendous classic in the Gothic strain of literature. Published just a year after Emily Brontë’s death, Wuthering Heights would go on to become the archetype of the doomed romance.

With many poetic descriptions and the allure of once being a banned and censored book, Huckleberry Finn is a foundational classic. Following an orphan boy and runaway slave in the Southern United States, Twain delved into the heart of so many important moral issues. It’s no stretch to say Huckleberry Finn is synonymous with American literature.

Exploring racism, war, religion and so much more, the book is Americana canon. Twain’s tour de force and most famous novel delves into a number of issues. There has been nothing as good since.” The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Ernest Hemingway once remarked on Huckleberry Finn that: “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.

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