Posted on 15 October 2026:

📚 #YathraPages: Pages That Stay With You

SOME BOOKS DON’T JUST GET READ. THEY LIVE. 

5 Timeless English Books to Read in Your Lifetime

Here are five world-renowned classics that won’t burn a hole in your pocket, since budget paperback editions are easy to find.

1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

What happens when a witty young woman with strong opinions meets a proud, mysterious gentleman she is determined to dislike? Austen turns first impressions into a delicious puzzle. You’ll laugh at the gossip, roll your eyes at the matchmaking mothers, and secretly hope the two leads figure each other out. It opens with the famous line: “It is a truth universally acknowledged…”

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2. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Pip is a poor orphan boy whose life changes overnight when a secret benefactor offers him a fortune. But who is behind it, and why? Along the way you’ll meet a bride frozen in time, a haunting encounter on a foggy marsh, and a question that lingers long after the last page: what does it really mean to “rise” in life?

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3. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Imagine a world where Big Brother is always watching, even your thoughts aren’t safe, and the truth is rewritten daily. Winston Smith dares to dream of freedom. Few novels have given us so many words we still use today, and you’ll find yourself looking at the news, and your phone, a little differently once you’ve read it.

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4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Told through the eyes of a curious young Scout, this is a story of summer games, a mysterious neighbour nobody sees, and a trial that shakes an entire town. It is gentle and heartbreaking at once, and it shows how courage often looks quieter than we expect.

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5. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

One old fisherman. One enormous fish. Days alone on the open ocean. It sounds simple, yet this slim book holds big questions about pride, perseverance and what it means to win even when you lose. You can finish it in a weekend, and you may think about it for years.

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Which one will you pick up first?

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