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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
1
Geoffrey Chaucer
Utopia (Thomas More)
Utopia
2
Thomas More
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
3
Edmund Spenser
Major Works (Phillip Sidney)
Major Works
4
Phillip Sidney
Sonnets (William Shakespeare)
Sonnets
5
William Shakespeare
The Spanish Tragedy (Thomas Kyd)
The Spanish Tragedy
6
Thomas Kyd
The Shoemaker's Holiday (Thomas Dekker)
The Shoemaker's Holiday
7
Thomas Dekker
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
8
Christopher Marlowe
Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone
9
Ben Jonson
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi
10
John Webster
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
11
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
12
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
13
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
14
William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
15
William Shakespeare
Richard II (William Shakespeare)
Richard II
16
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 1 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 1
17
William Shakespeare
Henry IV, Part 2 (William Shakespeare)
Henry IV, Part 2
18
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
19
William Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
20
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
21
William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
22
John Milton
The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
The Country Wife
23
William Wycherley
All for Love (John Dryden)
All for Love
24
John Dryden
The Provoked Wife (John Vanbrugh)
The Provoked Wife
25
John Vanbrugh
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World
26
William Congreve
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
27
Jonathan Swift
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
28
Alexander Pope
The Fable of the Bees (Bernard Mandeville)
The Fable of the Bees
29
Bernard Mandeville
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
30
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
31
Jonathan Swift
The Major Works (Samuel Johnson)
The Major Works
32
Samuel Johnson
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
33
Aphra Behn
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
34
Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
35
Daniel Defoe
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
36
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
37
Henry Fielding
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Tobias Smollett)
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
38
Tobias Smollett
A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
A Sentimental Journey
39
Laurence Sterne
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
40
Frances Burney
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