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Identity & Self in Classic Literature

Discover how 24 timeless classics explore identity & self. Each book comes with complete chapter summaries, modern analysis, and insights that connect timeless wisdom to contemporary challenges.

Books Exploring Identity & Self

From different eras and perspectives, these classics offer profound insights into identity & self.

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1866

41 chaptersadvanced19th Century
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsSuffering & Resilience

Dark Night of the Soul

Saint John of the Cross • 1578

25 chaptersintermediateRenaissance
Identity & SelfSuffering & ResiliencePersonal Growth

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes • 1605

126 chaptersintermediate17th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthRelationships

Ecclesiastes

Anonymous • -300

12 chaptersintermediateAncient
Identity & SelfMortality & LegacyPersonal Growth

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley • 1818

24 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsSuffering & Resilience

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens • 1861

59 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthSociety & Class

Hamlet

William Shakespeare • 1601

21 chaptersintermediateRenaissance
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsMortality & Legacy

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë • 1847

37 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthMorality & Ethics

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville • 1851

135 chaptersadvanced19th Century
Identity & SelfNature & EnvironmentMortality & Legacy

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse • 1922

12 chaptersbeginner20th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthFreedom & Choice

The Bhagavad Gita

Vyasa • -400

18 chaptersintermediateAncient
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsDecision Making

The Book of Job

Anonymous • -600

42 chaptersintermediateAncient
Identity & SelfSuffering & ResilienceMorality & Ethics

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1880

96 chaptersadvanced19th Century
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsFamily Dynamics

The Essays of Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne • 1580

107 chaptersintermediate16th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthMorality & Ethics

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald • 1925

9 chaptersbeginner20th Century
Identity & SelfLove & RomanceSociety & Class

The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1869

50 chaptersadvanced19th Century
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsSociety & Class

The Iliad

Homer • -750

24 chaptersadvancedAncient
Identity & SelfWar & ConflictMortality & Legacy

The Interior Castle

Saint Teresa of Ávila • 1577

27 chaptersintermediateRenaissance
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthLove & Romance

The Odyssey

Homer • -700

24 chaptersintermediateAncient
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthFamily Dynamics

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson • 1886

10 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfMorality & EthicsPower & Authority

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche • 1885

80 chaptersadvanced19th Century
Identity & SelfPersonal GrowthMorality & Ethics

Ulysses

James Joyce • 1922

18 chaptersadvanced20th Century
Identity & SelfSuffering & ResiliencePersonal Growth

Walden

Henry David Thoreau • 1854

18 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfNature & EnvironmentPersonal Growth

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë • 1847

34 chaptersintermediate19th Century
Identity & SelfLove & RomanceSuffering & Resilience

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