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Books You Know, Without Having Read Them

80 tales you may know without having read the book. You've learned these tales in conversations, TV, radio or somewhere other than a book.
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
1
Miguel De Cervantes
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
2
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
3
Stevenson
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
4
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
5
Alexandre Dumas
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
6
Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
8
Jane Austen
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
9
Alexandre Dumas
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
10
Charles Dickens
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
11
Thomas Hardy
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
12
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
13
Homer
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
14
Jonathan Swift
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
15
Daniel Defoe
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
16
Herman Melville
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
17
Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
18
Lewis Carroll
Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
19
Lew Wallace
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
20
Rudyard Kipling
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
21
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
22
Charles Dickens
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
23
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
24
William Shakespeare
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
25
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Rob Roy by Walter Scott
Rob Roy by Walter Scott
26
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
27
Sir Walter Scott
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
28
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
29
Notre-Dame De Paris (Victor Hugo)
Notre-Dame De Paris
30
Victor Hugo
Novela Los Miserables De Victor Hugo
Novela Los Miserables De Victor Hugo
31
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
32
Sir Thomas Malory
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
33
Louisa May Alcott
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
34
Baroness Orczy
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
35
Jane Austen
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
36
Leo Tolstoy
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
37
Mary Zimmerman
Nutcracker & Mouse King/The Tale of the Nutcracker (E.T.A. Hoffmann/Alexandre Dumas)
Nutcracker & Mouse King/The Tale of the Nutcracker
38
E.T.A. Hoffmann/Alexandre Dumas
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
39
J. M. Barrie
Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine Comedy
40
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