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A Canon of English Literature

A list of essential works of English literature from the Middle Ages to the 1980s. This list is based on books recommended by the Humanities Digital Degree Project, which is a planned online humanities university in Canada.
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
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Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia (Thomas More)
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The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
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Major Works (Phillip Sidney)
Major Works (Phillip Sidney)
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Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
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The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
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The Shoemaker's Holiday (Thomas Dekker)
The Shoemaker's Holiday (Thomas Dekker)
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Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
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Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone (Ben Jonson)
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The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
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Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
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Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
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Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
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Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
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Henry IV, Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
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King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
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The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
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The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
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All for Love (John Dryden)
All for Love (John Dryden)
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The Provoked Wife (John Vanbrugh)
The Provoked Wife (John Vanbrugh)
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The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
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A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
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The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings (Alexander Pope)
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The Fable of the Bees (Bernard Mandeville)
The Fable of the Bees (Bernard Mandeville)
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
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A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
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The Major Works (Samuel Johnson)
The Major Works (Samuel Johnson)
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Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
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Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
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Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
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Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
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The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Tobias Smollett)
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Tobias Smollett)
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A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
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Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina (Frances Burney)
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