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Classic Literature Loved by an English Major

50 classics of literature (novels, no plays, poems, or anthologies) that I truly loved upon first reading.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
3
Edith Wharton
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
4
Lewis Carroll
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
5
Erich Maria Remarque
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser
6
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
7
Leo Tolstoy
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
8
Sylvia Plath
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
9
Aldous Huxley
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
10
Evelyn Waugh
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
11
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
12
Charles Dickens
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
13
Alice Walker
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
14
Alexandre Dumas
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
15
Willa Cather
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
The Diary of Anne Frank
16
Anne Frank
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
Edgar Allen Poe - Masque of the Red Death
17
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
18
Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
19
Ray Bradbury
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
20
Ernest Hemingway
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
22
Mary Shelley
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
23
Margaret Mitchell
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
24
John Steinbeck
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
25
Charles Dickens
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
26
Margaret Atwood
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
27
J.K. Rowling
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
28
Charlotte Brontë
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S.Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
29
C.S.Lewis
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
30
Louisa May Alcott
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
31
William Golding
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
32
Franz Kafka
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
33
Herman Melville
My Antonia (Willa Cather)
My Antonia
34
Willa Cather
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
35
Elie Wiesel
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
36
Ernest Hemingway
The Once and Future King (T.H. White)
The Once and Future King
37
T.H. White
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
38
S.E. Hinton
Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
39
J.M. Barrie
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
40
Oscar Wilde
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