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Culling The Classics: Das Kapital

June 25th, 2025

Welcome back to another edition of Culling The Classics, this time with a real heavy hitter: Das Kapital by Karl Marx.

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Culling The Classics: The Mysterious Affair at Styles

March 11th, 2025

This week's CTC ushers in some classic cozy mystery vibes, in the form of Agatha Christie's very first novel: The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

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Culling The Classics: A Christmas Carol

December 25th, 2024

Gather 'round the fire for yet another seasonally appropriate culling the Classics: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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Culling The Classics: The Invisible Man

October 31st, 2024

Brian McGackin is back with a spooooky edition of Culling the Classics: The Invisible Man, just in time for Halloween.

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Culling The Classics: A Wizard of Earthsea

October 9th, 2024

Brian McGackin returns with another (totally unbiased) Culling the Classics - this week, A Wizard of Earthsea.

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Culling The Classics: Don Quixote

September 2nd, 2024

Brian McGackin revives his "Culling the Classics" series of yore. This week: a Cervantes special.

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Culling The Classics: Paradise Lost

December 19th, 2014

It's December, so everything around us is screaming Christmas. It's inescapable. What better way to celebrate the birth of God Jr. than to read a book about God Sr. and his epic battles with Satan? Trick question: there is no better way. The Book Paradise Lost, by John Milton (Samuel Simmons, 1667)

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Culling The Classics: "The Awakening"

November 19th, 2014

Last month I sent out a call on Twitter for November "Culling The Classics" suggestions to get a feel for what the public was dying to see culled, what classic works of literature people were really curious about but didn't want to invest in without a bit of confirmation that the read wouldn't be a waste of time. I got one reply. Thanks for voting, Shantel.

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Culling The Classics: Frankenstein

October 31st, 2014

After a brief sabbatical, during which I may or may not have competed in a ghost story competition in a villa on the banks of a Swiss lake, I have returned to cull as many classics as sense and good fortune will allow. Many thanks to Cath Murphy, who very ably stepped in last month with her culling of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar.

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Culling the Classics: 'The Bell Jar' by Sylvia Plath

September 5th, 2014

LitReactor presents a special guest edition of Culling the Classic! The Book The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (Heinemann, 1963) The Numbers The first paperback edition, brought out in 1972, sold out the first printing of 375,000 copies in a month, and since then trade has been brisk. Total copies sold must number in the millions.

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