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A College Professor's "Essential Reading" List - Page 3

A college professor shared with me the titles they would consider "essential reading." How many have you read? Do you agree with the list? (Yes, when it came to "In Search of Lost Time," "Tales of the Arabian Nights" and "The Story of the Stone" they only chose a few specific volumes! Lol)
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The Second Sex (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Second Sex
81
Simone De Beauvoir
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
82
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
83
Jean-Paul Sartre
No Exit (Jean-Paul Sartre)
No Exit
84
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
85
Albert Camus
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
86
Albert Camus
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
87
Franz Kafka
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
88
Franz Kafka
Notes From Underground (Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
89
Dostoyevsky
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
90
Thomas Hardy
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
91
Elizabeth Gaskell
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
92
George Eliot
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
93
Miguel De Cervantes
Jean De Florette (Marcel Pagnol)
Jean De Florette
94
Marcel Pagnol
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
95
Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
96
Gustave Flaubert
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
97
Robert Frost
Birthday Letters
Birthday Letters
98
The Ethics of Ambiguity (Simone De Beauvoir)
The Ethics of Ambiguity
99
Simone De Beauvoir
A Very Easy Death (Simone De Beauvoir)
A Very Easy Death
100
Simone De Beauvoir
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
101
Richard Wright
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
102
James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
103
James Joyce
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
104
Alain-Fournier
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Regeneration
105
Pat Barker
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
106
Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
107
Virginia Woolf
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
108
William Golding
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
109
Herman Melville
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
110
Joseph Conrad
Tristes Tropiques (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Tristes Tropiques
111
Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Malay Archipelago (Alfred Russel Wallace)
The Malay Archipelago
112
Alfred Russel Wallace
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (James Agee)
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
113
James Agee
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl
114
Anne Frank
The Magnificent Ambersons (Booth Tarkington)
The Magnificent Ambersons
115
Booth Tarkington
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
116
Edith Wharton
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
117
Richard Yates
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
118
Arthur Miller
Master Harold and the Boys (Athol Fugard)
Master Harold and the Boys
119
Athol Fugard
Hour of the Star (Clarice Lispector)
Hour of the Star
120
Clarice Lispector
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