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Awesome Allegory Books

A work that metaphor of character, place or event to represent real-world issues and occurrences. Although many famous books have been mistaken for allegory (Lord of the Rings, A Clockwork Orange), true allegorical literature has the majority of its elements all servicing the larger metaphor. This is why many authors dislike this form of storytelling, since character development, poetic language, and ambiguity must be de-emphasized (or even removed) if they don't fit the metaphor.
However, thanks to many of the works on this list, allegories have found their place in the literary canon as they've taken complex ideas and made palatable and parseable for generations of readers,
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm
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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
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The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene
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Everyman
Everyman
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
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The Plague
The Plague
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The Last Man
The Last Man
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Fountainhead
Fountainhead
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
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Shamela (Henry Fielding)
Shamela (Henry Fielding)
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
Prince Caspian (C.S. Lewis)
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S.Lewis)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C.S.Lewis)
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The Silver Chair (C. S. Lewis)
The Silver Chair (C. S. Lewis)
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The Horse and His Boy
The Horse and His Boy
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The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
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The Last Battle
The Last Battle
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Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown
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The Crucible
The Crucible
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The Melancholy of Resistance
The Melancholy of Resistance
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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East of Eden
East of Eden
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The Pearl
The Pearl
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