What exactly is classic literature? Well, “classic” is defined as possessing "lasting worth or a timeless quality". To quote the educational philosopher Robert Hutchins:
“In the course of history ... new books have been written that have won their place in the list. Books once thought entitled to belong to it have been superseded; and this process of change will continue as long as men can think and write. It is the task of every generation to reassess the tradition in which it lives, to discard what it cannot use, and to bring into context with the distant and intermediate past the most recent contributions to the Great Conversation.”
I think you'll agree that the books we've chosen, such as Don Quixote, To Kill a Mockingbird, Paradise Lost, David Copperfield, Sherlock Holmes and The Merchant of Venice all deserve their place in this, the first of two quizzes on classic literature.
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He appears in the book The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
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He was born in Berdyczow, which is now part of Ukraine
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Becky Thatcher is Tom's sweetheart in Tom Sawyer
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Micawber is partially based on Dickens' father who was also imprisoned when he could not pay his creditors
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He defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman
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Mycroft is 7 years older than his brother and he has equal powers of deduction. He is however held back from a 'hands-on' role due to his corpulence
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Paradise Lost is an account of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Regained is mostly concerned with the temptation of Christ as told in the Gospel of Luke
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Shylock is the moneylender who makes Antonio the loan
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Tom and Maggie grow up at Dorlcote Mill on the River Floss near the village of St. Ogg's in Lincolnshire
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Robinson Crusoe was published in 1719. It was followed by The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe later the same year and Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe in 1720
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