Brits
Aldous Huxley wrote this class, a dystopia where everything is actually perfect and one ranked by the first few Greek letters
Brave New World
This plays portrays Puritans, an allegory to McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare
The Crucible
Florentine Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of political science, wrote this classic on politics
The Prince
This novel, considered the be first of science fiction, recounts the life of a scientist and his manufactured monster
Frankenstein
This Sumerian piece is considered to be the first work of Literature
The Epic Of Gilgamesh
This Victorian Era classic begins with, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens
This shakespearean comedy takes place in Padua, Italy
The Taming of the Shrew
This French philosopher and playwright spread the ideas of freedom of speech, thought, and religion
Voltaire
This classic by H.G. Wells, tells the story of an alien invasion by squid-like creatures
War of the Worlds
This ancient greek story, by Apollonius of Rhodes, recounts the story of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the golden fleece
The Argonautica
This author, often considered the father of Sci-fi wrote classics on aliens, superpowers, and time travel
H.G. Wells
This ancient Greek man is considered to be the first actor, performing at the Theatre of Dionysus
Thespus
This Frenchman, writer of The Spirit of Laws, influenced our government with Separation of Powers
Montesquieu
He is the author of short stories, such as The Veldt, A Sound of Thunder, and All Summer in a Day
Ray Bradbury
The ancient Roman poet is best known for his epic, Metamorphoses
Ovid
This 17th-Century Epic, written by a man with the same surname as a famous candyman, details the one of the most famous Biblical stories
Paradise Lost
This playwright introduced the ground-breaking concept of plays with 2 actors
Aescylus
This book, written by this man, supported absolute monarchy in the aftermath of the English Civil War
The Leviathan
This novel, by John Wyndham, tells the story of world where nearly everyone was blinded and anthropomorphic plants roam the earth
The Day of the Triffids
This epic of a man who fights a monster by an unknown author, involves Swedes, Danes, and Geats
Beowulf
The final part of this classic novel takes place in the fictional Land of the Houyhnhnms
Gulliver's Travels
This playwright, the father of the comedy, criticized contemporary politics, with his most famous play about a certain aquatic creature
Aristophanes, The Frogs
Daily Double
The name of Immanuel Kant’s most famous work on ethics and philosophy
Critique of Pure Reason
The aliens who visit Earth in this book, the Overlords, are so advanced, that they already know English
Childhood's End
This classic epic features this quote, “Now, whoever has courage and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands”
The Aeneid