If you had to preserve the greatest works of literature what works would you start with?

3 weeks ago 19

So I've noticed that most governments around the world are becoming more totalitarian by the day. I have a bunch of classics that my father had before he died along with my own collection. I was thinking of maybe preserving them on some type of hard drive just in case the government goes too mad with power and we end up in a Fahrenheit 451 type of world. Since they're already rewriting the Roald Dhal books to get rid of offensive terminology, I figure it won't be long before they come after more literature in the future. Even if nothing happens I'd say it's better to preserve them for later. I do have a bit of a prepper mentality I got from my dad and he had a bunker in his backyard that my grandpa built during the cold war. If you were to choose the greatest works of human literature to preserve, what books would you pick?

I was thinking of starting with Shakespeare then working my way from there. The Bronte's are on my list for sure, along with Dostoyevsky, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Earnest Hemingway, F Scott Fitzgerald, and Oscar Wilde. I'm definitely going to copy their works and preserve them. Are there any other authors you think I should add to the list? Contemporary literature is allowed too.

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