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Literature From Ten Canonical Authors

This list is from the first chapter in a book about literature for college-bound people. The chapter is called The 10 Most Recommended Authors. (The book needed an editor -- they had In Our Time listed as a Fitzgerald book.)
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Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
1
William Shakespeare
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
2
William Faulkner
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
3
Charles Dickens
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
4
Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
5
Jane Austen
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
6
Homer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
7
Mark Twain
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
8
Sophocles
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
9
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
10
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
11
William Shakespeare
The Reivers (William Faulkner)
The Reivers
12
William Faulkner
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
13
Charles Dickens
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
14
Ernest Hemingway
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
15
Jane Austen
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
16
Homer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
17
Mark Twain
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
18
Sophocles
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
19
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
20
F. Scott Fitzgerald
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
21
William Shakespeare
The Hamlet (William Faulkner)
The Hamlet
22
William Faulkner
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
23
Charles Dickens
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
24
Ernest Hemingway
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
25
Jane Austen
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
26
Mark Twain
Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
Oedipus at Colonus
27
Sophocles
Twice-Told Tales (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Twice-Told Tales
28
Nathaniel Hawthorne
This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
29
F. Scott Fitzgerald
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
30
William Shakespeare
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
31
William Faulkner
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
32
Charles Dickens
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
33
Ernest Hemingway
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
34
Jane Austen
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
35
Mark Twain
The Beautiful and Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Beautiful and Damned
36
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
37
William Shakespeare
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
38
Charles Dickens
The Killers (Ernest Hemingway)
The Killers
39
Ernest Hemingway
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
40
Jane Austen
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