All Art is Immoral

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics)
1.  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Classics) by Oscar Wilde
The list author says:
  "Genius is an understatement"
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Death In Venice And Other Stories (Vintage Classics)
2.  Death In Venice And Other Stories (Vintage Classics) by Thomas Mann
The list author says:
  "Should never have been made into a film"
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The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  The Reprieve (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
The list author says:
  "Philosophical view point of the second world war you can't put it down"
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A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
The list author says:
  "Is it better to choose to be bad than it is to be forced to be good"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (250 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Catch-22
5.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The list author says:
  "certainly the best war book ever written, possibly the best book"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (332 customer reviews) | 2 customer discussions

Down and Out in Paris and London (Essential Penguin)
6.  Down and Out in Paris and London (Essential Penguin) by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "A middle class man living on in the slums of Paris and London"
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.50
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Catcher in the Rye
7.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
The list author says:
  "You either don't get Holden Caulfield or you are him"
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3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (386 customer reviews)

All Quiet on the Western Front
8.  All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
The list author says:
  "This book is sadder than any other ever written"
£5.07   Used & New from: £0.01
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)

The Plague (Essential Penguin)
9.  The Plague (Essential Penguin) by Albert Camus
The list author says:
  "Desperation, exasperation and love"
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays: "Sweet Bird of Youth"; "A Streetcar Named Desire"; "The Glass Menagerie" (Penguin Modern Classics)
10.  A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays: "Sweet Bird of Youth"; "A Streetcar Named Desire"; "The Glass Menagerie" (Penguin Modern Classics) by Tennessee Williams
The list author says:
  "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"
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The Lord of the Rings 3 book boxset (movie covers)
11.  The Lord of the Rings 3 book boxset (movie covers) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The list author says:
  "I don't know anyone who hasn't loved these books"
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (598 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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The Old Man and the Sea
12.  The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "The persistance and patience of the old man it over whelming and so beautiful"
£4.19   Used & New from: £0.36
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (215 customer reviews)

Tell Me the Truth About Love
13.  Tell Me the Truth About Love by W.H. Auden
The list author says:
  "yes, it's the one with the poem from Four Weddings"
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4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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De Profundis, Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings (Wordsworth Classics)
14.  De Profundis, Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Writings (Wordsworth Classics) by Oscar Wilde
The list author says:
  "Each man kills the thing he loves by all let this be heard or read in this case"
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3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

The War Poems (FF Classics)
15.  The War Poems (FF Classics) by Siegfried Sassoon
The list author says:
  "'Too young to fall asleep forever and when you sleep you remind me of the dead'"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
16.  Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) by John Keats
The list author says:
  "The Odes are the  representation a deep longing for a life of sensations"
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The Poems of Wilfred Owen
17.  The Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
The list author says:
  "If you can read these with out a tear you have a heart of stone"
£8.09   Used & New from: £0.01
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Selected Poems of Lord Byron (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
18.  Selected Poems of Lord Byron (Wordsworth Poetry Library) by Lord Byron
The list author says:
  "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know  - exactly the Romantic hero"
£3.59   Used & New from: £0.01
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Philip Larkin Collected Poems
19.  Philip Larkin Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
The list author says:
  "With the anthem all teenagers know with out their knowledge 'let this be the verse'"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Ariel
20.  Ariel by Sylvia Plath
The list author says:
  "Melancholicly absorbing"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

The Complete Poems of Shelley (Modern Library)
21.  The Complete Poems of Shelley (Modern Library) by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The list author says:
  "Died with keats in his pocket ,Mary in his heart and Byron on his lips"
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5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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