Top 12 best European and American novels of all time

Harry Potter is the name of the series of British female writer JK Rowling. The series is about the wizarding adventures of the boy Harry Potter and his friends. Mainly set at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, England. This is a series of novels associated with the childhoods of many early 8x and 9x generations. Throughout the seven volumes of the novel, the values ​​are highlighted between humanity, love, friendship, and family affection. Shown through the life of the little wizard boy and his adventures.

The trio of main characters Harry – Hermione – Ron deserve to be the characters that live forever with the years. The main and supporting characters interweave situations that strengthen the story and Rowling’s captivating style has created a big name for the novel over the years. Harry Potter has been published into a movie and always goes hand in hand with young people’s childhood.

Alexander Dumas gave birth to this book when he was only 24 years old. It brought his name to the forefront of the world. Over the years, the life of the heroine has been exposed by Dumas’ pen. Camellia is a work about the tragic life of the famous courtesan Marguerite Gautier, when the author accidentally got her relic book.

Because of her passion for flower tea, she took the nickname Flower Flower Girl, her life was always associated with suffering. With a young pen when she was only in her twenties, the author portrayed the most realistic life of a prostitute and a sad love story with the famous lawyer Duval. The story becomes more wonderful than ever when the woman who is despised by the whole society dares to sacrifice for others. A wonderful life worth contemplating.

Emily Bronte wrote the only novel of her life and made a name for herself. This is a tragic love story between two people from two different social classes. Because of their class difference, their burning love becomes drama on the howling hill. This couple’s death is not just the end of one love, but the beginning of two free loving souls that have been tied up over the years. The work is said to be the shining pearl of English literature at that time. The scene of desolation and tragic death create an unforgettable image in the hearts of readers. Moreover, these are the most outspoken criticisms of social prejudices and injustices that people have to endure.

This is a novel by author Harriet Beecher Stowe known otherwise as “The Miserable Life”. This is a novel that influenced the American class system at that time. A book that touches the reader’s heart. That was the reality of American society at that time, amid discrimination, the desire to be loved.

Throughout the novel is the journey of being sold into slavery by Uncle Tom, a black man. Along with the slave trade were the extremes, the cowardice of the life of the black slave. Go to the end of the bitterness and sound like a wake-up call to American society. This is the best-selling book of the 5.000th century. In its first week of publication, 300.000 copies were sold. It was later republished and sold over XNUMX copies in the US.

The Old Man and the Sea is a great literary work of the great writer Ernest Hemingway. It was written in Cuba in 1951 and officially published in 1952. It was the last short fiction story written by the author, a work of fame and literary pinnacle. Using the “iceberg” principle, the author has depicted the surface of the floating part reaching its climax. It is not only the battle of the old man and the fish, between the floating, its power, but the battle between man and nature. Shows the intense latent power of every human being.

Russian literature also contributes to the color of life. Nikolai Astrovski put his whole life into it. He lived a life like the character he created. The author wrote this work while lying on the hospital bed. Blindness and paralysis ravaged his body but could not destroy his soul. Refusing to lie still and wait for death to come, Asstorov-sky also wants to participate in the war out there with his pen.

Works like his soul left to mankind. Steel here refers to the main character Pa-ven, an ordinary childhood of working people, but when he met the revolution, he burned. Going through the process of training with his own will, even though he suffered a lot, he still accepted. The work is an epic about the spirit and strength of a soldier who is also a son of the country.

This is one of those literary classics that you must read in your lifetime. Edmondo De Amicis the father of this book is an Italian writer. Before he was twenty years old, he took up arms to fight for the independence and unification of the country, in his forties he continued to fight for the rest of his life for social justice. The simple text tells the story of an Italian boy who daily records the stories of his life in a diary. In it not only contains small daily things, but it is the great value that passersby have left for the boy. The book is suitable for all ages.

Along with “The Old Man and the Sea” “For Whom The Bell Tolls” is one of the classics of Ernest Hemingway. The book was written by him with the heart of a soldier, with the strength of the nation. Write about Spain’s civil war as a soldier in the ranks of the International Brigades volunteering to fight for the Republic of this bull country. That is, he not only used his strength to devote to the war, but also used his pen as a weapon to attack Fascism. Whose bells are immediately accepted and praised by the whole world. By its spirit. The book lives on with Hemingway’s name.

This is a book by writer Hector Malot. It is not a book that everyone wants to read. Because when you have been swept away by its adventure, you will not stop grieving, not stop crying. Through the boy’s adventures, the author imparts lessons to us. No relatives, no relatives, no relatives, the boy was lost in the magnificent French city. I have lived with all kinds of people, sometimes loving and happy, sometimes cheaply shaking. After that arduous process of growing up, I finally found my mother.

This book also has another name that many people call “Birds hiding waiting to die”. Talk about three generations of family life and the immoral love between Maggie and the priest. The story clearly shows the psychological conflicts, the contradictions of life and the prohibitions in love. People always know how to sacrifice and keep each other the best. Unethical love has surpassed the limits of life, from here creating an extremely fierce struggle.

Mario Puzo has breathed life into the lives of Italian Mafia with love stories. As a famous Italian-American writer, he brought his own insights and knowledge into his novels. The famous Italian tycoon Don Corleone, now living in the US, is called “The Godfather” by the world. Not only because his power is too great, but also because he is a person who always keeps his faith and morality.

In addition to the scary murderous stunts, the novel also highlights the extremely strong family love between seemingly cold-blooded people. The book, after being turned into a movie, has brought many great awards and become the most beloved movie of all time.

Part of the famous series of novels by writer Victor Hugo, the book is inspired by the famous French church, Notre-Dame de Paris. This is a story book that is mainly historical and becomes the prose epic of the world. With a tragic, heavy plot, the ending is the dying deaths of love that make readers feel pity. The sacrifices or attempts in love are engraved most clearly. Next to the lavish Paris at that time were crimes, hideous hells. Notre-Dame de Paris has completely restored the dark medieval features of the time when ghosts or people were unrecognizable. This is a masterpiece of history.