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Books Recommended by Joseph Epstein

In The Novel:Who Needs It? the always witty and interesting Mr. Epstein describes the "canon" of a number of critics, and then in a loosely organized fashion describes his own. My apologies to him if I have included--under author names--novels that he would not have put on the list. I've read many of these, and concur on their greatness And what fun it will be to start in on the rest!
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The Gulag Archipelago (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
The Gulag Archipelago
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cancer Ward (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
Cancer Ward
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The First Circle (Solzhenitsyn)
The First Circle
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Solzhenitsyn
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
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Nikolai Gogol
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
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Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
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Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
8
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
9
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
10
Charles Dickens
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
11
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
12
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
13
Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop (Charles Dickens)
The Old Curiosity Shop
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Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
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George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
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George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
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George Eliot
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
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George Eliot
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
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George Eliot
The Warden (Anthony Trollope)
The Warden
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Anthony Trollope
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
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Anthony Trollope
Dr. Thorne (Anthony Trollope)
Dr. Thorne
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Anthony Trollope
Framley Parsonage (Anthony Trollope)
Framley Parsonage
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Anthony Trollope
The Small House at Allington (Anthony Trollope)
The Small House at Allington
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Anthony Trollope
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
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Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her? (Anthony Trollope)
Can You Forgive Her?
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Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (Anthony Trollope)
Phineas Finn
27
Anthony Trollope
The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds
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Phineas Redux
Phineas Redux
29
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
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The Duke's Children (Anthony Trollope)
The Duke's Children
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Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
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Anthony Trollope
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Pathfinder (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pathfinder
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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