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Lesser Known Classics

You know of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice or Crime and Punishment or the Secret Harden or War and Peace, perhaps Huckleberry Finn, but have you heard of the following titles. You won't find The Odyssey or Moby Dick on this list.
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An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance
1
The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
2
Kalidasa
The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien (T'ao Ch'ien)
The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien
3
T'ao Ch'ien
The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
4
Sei Shonagon
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
5
Murasaki Shikibu
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
6
Anonymous
The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
7
Rumi
The Bostan of Saadi
The Bostan of Saadi
8
The Tain (Anon)
The Tain
9
Anon
Essays in Idleness & Hojoki (Kenko & Chomei)
Essays in Idleness & Hojoki
10
Kenko & Chomei
The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)
The Cloud of Unknowing
11
Anonymous
The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
12
Lazarillo De Tormes
Lazarillo De Tormes
13
The Heptameron (Marguerite De Navarre)
The Heptameron
14
Marguerite De Navarre
The Blazing World
The Blazing World
15
The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
16
Madame De La Fayette
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
17
Aphra Behn
Brief Lives
Brief Lives
18
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
19
Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
Love in Excess
20
Eliza Haywood
A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
21
Daniel Defoe
Letters of a Peruvian Woman (Francoise De Graffigny)
Letters of a Peruvian Woman
22
Francoise De Graffigny
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
23
John Cleland
Dream of Red Chamber
Dream of Red Chamber
24
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote
25
Charlotte Lennox
Letters of Mistress Henley (Isabelle De Charrieres)
Letters of Mistress Henley
26
Isabelle De Charrieres
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
27
Olaudah Equiano
A Simple Story (Elizabeth Inchbald)
A Simple Story
28
Elizabeth Inchbald
Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
29
William Godwin
A Voyage Around My Room (Xavier De Maistre)
A Voyage Around My Room
30
Xavier De Maistre
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
31
Denis Diderot
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
32
James Hogg
Hope Leslie (Catharine Sedgwick)
Hope Leslie
33
Catharine Sedgwick
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
34
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Coquette (Hannah Webster Foster)
The Coquette
35
Hannah Webster Foster
Wieland
Wieland
36
The Wide, Wide World (Susan Warner)
The Wide, Wide World
37
Susan Warner
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
38
Elizabeth Gaskell
Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
Ruth Hall
39
Fanny Fern
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
40
Harriet Jacobs
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