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I believe the point of this question is simply to find classic books that are short enough that someone can read it over a couple of evenings without ending up with a book that would take years to complete if you have limited time. It doesn\u0026#039;t matter how good a book is, if it is long and you don\u0026#039;t have a lot of time to read it in extended sessions, you are going to end up with days where you read nothing except a long, boring description or something. If you have plenty of time to read, then good for you, but don\u0026#039;t bash other people who don\u0026#039;t have that same luxury. It could also be that someone only has an hour to read every week and want to use it productively. If they can read a single classic in that time it would be much better than trying to try and remember the plot of a massive novel after a week.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAnyway, I don\u2019t just want to criticize, so I will end off with a couple of recommendations. The first would be one by Leo Tolstoy called \u0026quot;How Much Land Does a Man Require?\u0026quot; As soon as someone mentions Tolstoy, everyone immediately thinks War and Peace, but if you want to experience the work of this master without spending the rest of your life reading it, then this is a good one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNext, I would suggest someone from the great Virginia Woolf, like A Room of One\u0026#039;s Own. It is basically a story of what could have been if Shakespeare had a female sibling who rivaled him in talent, but did not have the means to express herself.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n \u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThen, lastly, I can\u0026#039;t recommend The Art of War by Sun Tzu enough. This is yet another book that people seem to think is the size of the bible, when in reality it is less than one hundred pages. 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