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Classics of the Western Canon

A selection of classics from the Western Canon, as defined by the distinguished American literary critic, Dr. Harold Bloom.
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
1
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
3
Aeschylus
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
4
Sophocles
Five Dialogues (Plato)
Five Dialogues
5
Plato
Poetics (Aristotle)
Poetics
6
Aristotle
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
7
Virgil
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
8
Ovid
Confessions (St. Augustine)
Confessions
9
St. Augustine
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
10
Anonymous
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
11
Dante Alighieri
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
12
Niccolò Machiavelli
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
13
Miguel De Cervantes
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
14
Geoffrey Chaucer
Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
Utopia
15
Sir Thomas More
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
16
Shakespeare
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
17
Christopher Marlowe
Leviathan (Thomas Hobbes)
Leviathan
18
Thomas Hobbes
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
19
John Milton
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
20
Daniel Defoe
Les Misérables (Victor Hugo)
Les Misérables
21
Victor Hugo
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
22
Jane Austen
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
23
Mary Shelley
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
24
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
25
Charles Dickens
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
26
Lewis Carroll
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
27
Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
28
Charlotte Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
29
Oscar Wilde
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
30
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
31
Bram Stoker
The Birth of Tragedy (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Birth of Tragedy
32
Friedrich Nietzsche
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
33
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
34
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
35
Leo Tolstoy
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
36
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
37
Herman Melville
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
38
Henry David Thoreau
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
39
Frederick Douglas
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
40
Mark Twain
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