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100 Essential Books of Western Literature, a List Created by Scott Tyler - Page 2

"The 'Western Canon' (a highly controversial term) as listed by critics like Harold Bloom, runs to thousands of books. I don't think even Harold Bloom has had the time to read them all. So here I will give a list of what I consider the 'essential' works.
A few notes. First, not everyone will agree with my list. No two such lists are the same, and this short list must necessarily exclude many great works. Second, following Mr. Bloom's example, I have excluded many religious or philosophical books, unless they are also important books of literature. Third, I have chosen books largely for their cultural and literary influence. These are books which have changed the way later authors wrote, or had an important impact on western culture. Finally, I have not included any poems, unless they are book-length, with the exception of the 'Leaves of Grass' collection."
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The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
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Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
49
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
50
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
54
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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The Moonstone
The Moonstone
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
57
Middlemarch
Middlemarch
58
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
59
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
60
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
61
The Barsetshire Novels
The Barsetshire Novels
62
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
63
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
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Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
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The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
68
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
69
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady
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Tess of the D'urbervilles
Tess of the D'urbervilles
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
74
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
75
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
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Remembrance of Things Past
Remembrance of Things Past
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Ulysses
Ulysses
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
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The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
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