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A Canon of English Literature - Page 2

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 Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
41
Ann Radcliffe
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
42
Matthew Lewis
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
43
William Blake
Selected Poems (William Wordsworth)
Selected Poems
44
William Wordsworth
The Complete Poems (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Complete Poems
45
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
46
Jane Austen
Rob Roy (Walter Scott)
Rob Roy
47
Walter Scott
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
48
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
49
Emily Bronte
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
50
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
51
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
52
Herman Melville
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
53
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
54
George Eliot
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
55
Henry James
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
56
Thomas Hardy
Esther Waters (George Moore)
Esther Waters
57
George Moore
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
58
Henry James
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
59
James Joyce
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
60
James Joyce
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
61
Joseph Conrad
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
62
D.H. Lawrence
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
63
Virginia Woolf
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
64
William Faulkner
A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
65
Evelyn Waugh
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
66
Oscar Wilde
Saint Joan (George Bernard Shaw)
Saint Joan
67
George Bernard Shaw
A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
68
Tennessee Williams
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
69
Arthur Miller
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
70
Eugene O'Neill
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
71
Samuel Beckett
The English Teacher (R.K. Narayan)
The English Teacher
72
R.K. Narayan
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
73
Chinua Achebe
A House for Mr. Biswas (V.S. Naipaul)
A House for Mr. Biswas
74
V.S. Naipaul
Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
75
Jean Rhys
Shame (Salman Rushdie)
Shame
76
Salman Rushdie
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