Books that are quoted the most, but are rarely read

Orwell`s "1984", Tolstoy`s "War and Peace" and Dickens` "Great Expectations" are only some of the classics that people often quote but rarely read.

A recent survey whose results have been published in the British daily The Guardian has reveals that over 60 percent of people have lied about reading a book in order to appear smarter or more educated.

In order to fool their interlocutors, these people often rely on the film adaptation of a novel or the brief summaries they find on the Internet.

Topping the list of the most quoted novels that are rarely read are: "1984" by George Orwell, "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy, "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, "The Catcher in the Rye" by Jerome David Sellinger, and "A Passage to India" by E. M. Forster.

The next five books on this list are: "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee, "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky, "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, and "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.