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How to Be Well Read in English Literature

What follows may be idiosyncratic at times but will, I hope, provide a reasonably reliable overview of the high points of English Literature. I won't attempt to look at the works of other countries; I scarcely know the creations of my realm well enough, and I wouldn't dream of pontificating about other cultures. Indeed, the act of creating this list has made me realise how personal my choices are, and how little use they are likely to be to anyone.
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Beowulf
Beowulf
1
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
2
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
3
Geoffrey Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
4
Simon Armitage (Translator)
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
5
Pearl
Pearl
6
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing
7
Fairy Queen (Spencer)
Fairy Queen
8
Spencer
The Complete Poems (Sir Thomas Wyatt)
The Complete Poems
9
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann)
Doctor Faustus
10
Thomas Mann
Edward II
Edward II
11
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
12
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
13
Shakespeare
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
14
William Shakespeare
King Lear (Shakespeare)
King Lear
15
Shakespeare
A Midsummer's Night Dream (Shakespeare)
A Midsummer's Night Dream
16
Shakespeare
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night
17
Shakespeare
Measure for Measure (Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure
18
Shakespeare
Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)
Anthony and Cleopatra
19
Shakespeare
The Tempest (Shakespeare)
The Tempest
20
Shakespeare
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
21
Ben Jonson
The Duchess of Malfi (Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi
22
Webster
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
23
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
24
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
25
John Milton
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
26
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
27
Daniel Defoe
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
28
William Blake
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
29
Jonathan Swift
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
30
William Thackeray
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems (William Wordsworth)
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems
31
William Wordsworth
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
32
Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
33
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
34
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
35
Jane Austen
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
36
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Austen)
Persuasion
37
Austen
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) (John Keats)
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
38
John Keats
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
39
Charlotte Bronte
Villette (Charlotte Bronte)
Villette
40
Charlotte Bronte
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