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100 Classics (Pre 20th Century)

The rules I made for myself when composing this list:
1. No more than two works per author
2. I had to have read it
3. It had to be at least long enough to be called a novella
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
1
Jane Austen
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
2
Dante
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
3
William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
4
William Shakespeare
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
5
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
6
Homer
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
7
Jack London
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
8
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
9
Frederick Douglass
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
10
Bram Stoker
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
11
George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
12
George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
13
Jane Austen
Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
Tale of Two Cities
14
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
15
Charles Dickens
At the Back of the North Wind (George Mcdonald)
At the Back of the North Wind
16
George Mcdonald
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
18
Lewis Carroll
Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
19
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
Bible (ESV) (Various)
Bible (ESV)
20
Various
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
21
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
22
Alexandre Dumas
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
23
Leo Tolstoy
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Death of Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilych
25
Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
27
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
28
Emily Bronte
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
29
Anne Brontë
The Professor (Charlotte Bronte)
The Professor
30
Charlotte Bronte
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
31
Kate Chopin
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
32
Herman Melville
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
33
Herman Melville
The House of Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of Seven Gables
34
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
35
Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling)
Just So Stories
36
Rudyard Kipling
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
37
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
39
Jack London
Grimm's Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Fairy Tales
40
The Brothers Grimm
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