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Aliteraryprincess' 40 Classics to Read Before 40

My 30th birthday is in a few days, so I decided to make a list of 40 classics to read before I turn 40. There are lots of carry overs from the 30 before 30 list because naturally I did not get all of those read. 😆
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Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
1
Sophocles
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
Bible (Anonymous)
Bible
3
Anonymous
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
4
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Camilla (Fanny Burney)
Camilla
5
Fanny Burney
Castle Rackrent (Maria Edgeworth)
Castle Rackrent
6
Maria Edgeworth
Cecilia (Fanny Burney)
Cecilia
7
Fanny Burney
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
8
Samuel Richardson
The Complete Claudine (Collette)
The Complete Claudine
9
Collette
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
10
Emily Dickinson
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
11
Alexandre Dumas
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
12
Edith Wharton
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
13
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
14
Edith Wharton
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
15
Thomas Hardy
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
16
John Galsworthy
Indiana (George Sand)
Indiana
17
George Sand
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
18
Ann Radcliffe
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
19
Sir Walter Scott
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
20
D.H. Lawrence
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
21
Victor Hugo
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
22
Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
23
Charles Dickens
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
24
Homer
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
25
Virginia Woolf
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
26
Charles Dickens
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
27
Samuel Richardson
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
28
Henry James
The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin (Dinah Roe)
The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin
29
Dinah Roe
The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
30
Thomas Hardy
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
31
Theodore Dreiser
Stoner (Williams)
Stoner
32
Williams
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
33
Albert Camus
Sylvia's Lovers (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Sylvia's Lovers
34
Elizabeth Gaskell
Swann's Way (Marcel Proust)
Swann's Way
35
Marcel Proust
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
36
Virginia Woolf
Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
37
William Shakespeare
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
The Woman of Colour (Anonymous)
The Woman of Colour
39
Anonymous
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
40
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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