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An English Major's College Reading List

The works I read for one class or another while pursuing a lucrative degree in comparative literature. If you can honestly say you read more than 50% of the works here, I hereby give you your honorary degree in English Lit--if you don't already have one.
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A Glossary of Literary Terms (M.H. Abrams)
A Glossary of Literary Terms
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M.H. Abrams
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
3
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
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Richard Adams
The Orestia Trilogy (Aeschylus)
The Orestia Trilogy
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Aeschylus
A Death in the Family (James Agee)
A Death in the Family
6
James Agee
The Clouds (Aristophanes)
The Clouds
7
Aristophanes
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
9
Jane Austen
Ballads and Songs
Ballads and Songs
10
The Floating Opera
The Floating Opera
11
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
12
Samuel Beckett
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
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Anonymous
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Decameron
14
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Uses of Literature
The Uses of Literature
15
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
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Albert Camus
The Civilization of the Middle Ages (Norman Cantor)
The Civilization of the Middle Ages
18
Norman Cantor
The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll
The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll
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The Sea Around Us (Rachel Carson)
The Sea Around Us
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Rachel Carson
The Riverside Chaucer (William Chaucer)
The Riverside Chaucer
21
William Chaucer
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
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Kate Chopin
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
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Joseph Conrad
The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer
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Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
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Joseph Conrad
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
26
Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
27
Joseph Conrad
Chance (Joseph Conrad)
Chance
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Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad: Complete Short Stories (Joseph Conrad)
Joseph Conrad: Complete Short Stories
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Joseph Conrad
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
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Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
Complete Poems of Stephen Crane
32
E.E. Cummings Poetry
E.E. Cummings Poetry
33
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
35
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
36
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
37
Charles Dickens
Favorite Poems of Emily Dickinson
Favorite Poems of Emily Dickinson
38
Literary Theory: An Introduction (Terry Eagleton)
Literary Theory: An Introduction
39
Terry Eagleton
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
40
George Eliot
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