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100 Works of World Literature - Page 2

A general list put together of 100 works of world literature that I feel are essential reads for cultural understanding.
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Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
41
François Rabelais
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie
42
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
43
Murasaki Shikibu
Kokoro (Natsume Soseki)
Kokoro
44
Natsume Soseki
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
45
Laurence Sterne
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
46
Stendhal
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels
47
The Makioka Sisters (Junichiro Tanizaki)
The Makioka Sisters
48
Junichiro Tanizaki
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
49
Leo Tolstoy
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
50
Nathanael West: Novels and Other Writings (Nathanael West)
Nathanael West: Novels and Other Writings
51
Nathanael West
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
52
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
53
Virginia Woolf
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xueqin)
Dream of the Red Chamber
54
Cao Xueqin
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun (Xun Lu)
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun
55
Xun Lu
The Oriesteia
The Oriesteia
56
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes (Aristophanes)
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes
57
Aristophanes
The Collected Plays of Samuel Beckett (Samuel Beckett)
The Collected Plays of Samuel Beckett
58
Samuel Beckett
Euripides
Euripides
59
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
60
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen (12 Vol) (Edited by William Archer)
The Collected Works of Henrik Ibsen (12 Vol)
61
Edited by William Archer
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kālidāsa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
62
Kālidāsa
Plays by Moliere (Moliere)
Plays by Moliere
63
Moliere
Shakespeare Complete Works
Shakespeare Complete Works
64
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments (7 Vols) (Edited by Richard Claverhouse Jebb)
Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments (7 Vols)
65
Edited by Richard Claverhouse Jebb
Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle)
Nicomachean Ethics
66
Aristotle
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
67
Saint Augustine
The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects
68
Confucius
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays & Lectures (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays & Lectures
69
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
70
Herodotus
KJV Bible (Various)
KJV Bible
71
Various
Mencius (Mencius)
Mencius
72
Mencius
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
The Complete Essays of Montaigne
73
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
PLATO Complete Works by Plato
74
Qu'ran (Oxford World Classics Edition)
Qu'ran (Oxford World Classics Edition)
75
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
76
Sei Shonagon
The Peloponnesian War (Thucydides)
The Peloponnesian War
77
Thucydides
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
78
Lao-Tzu
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
79
Dante Alighieri
John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1991–2000 (John Ashbery)
John Ashbery: Collected Poems 1991–2000
80
John Ashbery
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