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Top 10 Controversial Books

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou

Written by one of the most famous authors in the 20th century, Maya Angelou, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is a novel which tells the story of the first seventeen years of Angelou’s life. It begins when Angelou is 3 years old and is sent with her brother to the city of Stamps in Arkansas and ends when she is 17 years old and is already a mother.

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Brave New World – Aldous Huxley

Overview:
Published in the year 1932, “Brave New World” is a futuristic novel written by famous English author, Aldous Huxley. The plot of the book is based in the year AD 2540 and anticipates possible developments in the fields of sleep-learning and reproductive-technology. It discusses about how those developments revolutionize the society by combining together. Aldous Huxley reassessed this novel in his other novel, “Island” and his essay “Brave New World Revisited”.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

Overview:
Published in England in the year 1884 and in the United States in the year 1885, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel written by famous American author Mark Twain. It is regarded as the first work of American literature to be written in vernacular and to be heavily influenced by local regionalism. Known for the colorful description of locals living alongside the river, Mississippi, the story is written in first person singular and is narrated by the character, “Huckleberry Finn”.

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