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A law often touted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts the kinds of books that can be available in public schools has led teachers in the state’s Orange County to remove hundreds of books from their shelves — including some that are widely considered literary classics.

The Orlando Sentinel has compiled a list of all 673 books pulled from the shelves in the county, and it shows that Florida’s law resulted in the removal of books that go well beyond often-targeted titles such as “Gender Queer” by author Maia Kobabe.

Below are ten pieces of classical literature that you will no longer find in school libraries in Orange County.

1.) Paradise Lost by John Milton.

Although published all the way back in 1667, John Milton’s epic poem about Satan, Adam and Eve is apparently still too risqué for Gov. DeSantis and his allies in the Florida state legislature.

2.) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.

An epic satire of the American military set during the closing months of World War II.

3.) Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust.

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