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Classics, Perhaps? - 2021 Update - Page 3

A year or so ago, I made up a list of all the works on my TBR that could potentially qualify as classics (aka, they were works I had not read that were at least 50 years old). Here's an update on the current situation, minus the ones I've gotten through (to greater or lesser success), plus the ones I've taken an interest in since then. Which ones will prove to be vital to humanity, and which ones could afford to die a quiet death? We'll just have to see.
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The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
81
Charles Darwin
Life in the Iron Mills (Rebecca Harding Davis)
Life in the Iron Mills
82
Rebecca Harding Davis
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
83
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Letters From Egypt (Lucie Duff Gordon)
Letters From Egypt
84
Lucie Duff Gordon
Capital: Critique of Political Economy (Karl Marx)
Capital: Critique of Political Economy
85
Karl Marx
Lorna Doone (R. D. Blackmore)
Lorna Doone
86
R. D. Blackmore
The Innocents Abroad (Mark Twain)
The Innocents Abroad
87
Mark Twain
Maldoror (Comte De Lautréamont)
Maldoror
88
Comte De Lautréamont
Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
Sentimental Education
89
Gustave Flaubert
Venus in Furs (Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch)
Venus in Furs
90
Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
The Possessed (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Possessed
91
Fyodor Dostoevsky
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
92
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Enchanted Wanderer: And Other Stories (Nikolai Leskov)
The Enchanted Wanderer: And Other Stories
93
Nikolai Leskov
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
94
Thomas Hardy
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations
95
Arthur Rimbaud
Notes From Underground and the Grand Inquisitor (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground and the Grand Inquisitor
96
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Alienist (Machado De Assis)
The Alienist
97
Machado De Assis
The Gay Science (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Gay Science
98
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Howard Pyle)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
99
Howard Pyle
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
100
Carlo Collodi
Monsieur Vénus (Rachilde)
Monsieur Vénus
101
Rachilde
Ramona (Helen Hunt Jackson)
Ramona
102
Helen Hunt Jackson
Capital, Vol. 2: The Process of Circulation of Capital (Karl Marx)
Capital, Vol. 2: The Process of Circulation of Capital
103
Karl Marx
"The Horla" (Guy De Maupassant)
"The Horla"
104
Guy De Maupassant
The House of the Wolfings (William Morris)
The House of the Wolfings
105
William Morris
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales (Violet Paget)
Hauntings and Other Fantastic Tales
106
Violet Paget
Around the World in 72 Days & Other Writings (Nellie Bly)
Around the World in 72 Days & Other Writings
107
Nellie Bly
The Damned (La'-Bas) (J.-K. Huysmans)
The Damned (La'-Bas)
108
J.-K. Huysmans
New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
109
George Gissing
Quincas Borba (Machado De Assis)
Quincas Borba
110
Machado De Assis
The Celtic Twilight (W.B. Yeats)
The Celtic Twilight
111
W.B. Yeats
Capital, Vol. 3: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole (Karl Marx)
Capital, Vol. 3: The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole
112
Karl Marx
Quo Vadis (Henryk Sienkiewicz)
Quo Vadis
113
Henryk Sienkiewicz
The Blood of the Vampire (Florence Marryat)
The Blood of the Vampire
114
Florence Marryat
Selected Stories (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories
115
Anton Chekhov
Elizabeth and Her German Garden (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
116
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Reform or Revolution (Rosa Luxemburg)
Reform or Revolution
117
Rosa Luxemburg
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
118
Leo Tolstoy
The Torture Garden (Octave Mirbeau)
The Torture Garden
119
Octave Mirbeau
The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci (Dmitry Merezhkovsky)
The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci
120
Dmitry Merezhkovsky
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