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Literature Titles Referenced in Jasper Fforde's "Something Rotten"

Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next Series, the fourth book being Something Rotten, is chock full of literary references from character names to place names, businesses, jokes and quotes, etc. (And author names are constantly referenced!) However, I am neither well read enough nor astute enough to catch them all! So I decided to just list the books, poems, and plays directly referenced by title within the text. Someone smarter/braver than I should attempt a list of all references!
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Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge
1
Charles Dickens
Riders of the Purple Sage (Zane Grey)
Riders of the Purple Sage
2
Zane Grey
All's Well That Ends Well (William Shakespeare)
All's Well That Ends Well
3
William Shakespeare
Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
4
Charles Dickens
The Virginian (Owen Wister)
The Virginian
5
Owen Wister
Wild Horse Mesa (Zane Grey)
Wild Horse Mesa
6
Zane Grey
The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle (Beatrix Potter)
The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
7
Beatrix Potter
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
8
William Shakespeare
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
9
Charlotte Bronte
Lake Wobegon Days (Garrison Keillor)
Lake Wobegon Days
10
Garrison Keillor
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
11
Isak Dinesen
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
12
William Shakespeare
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
13
Charles Dickens
The Concept of Dread (Kierkegaard)
The Concept of Dread
14
Kierkegaard
The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
The Mill on the Floss
15
George Eliot
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
16
Soren Kierkegaard
The Hardy Boys Series (Franklin W. Dixon)
The Hardy Boys Series
17
Franklin W. Dixon
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
18
Virginia Woolf
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
19
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Tailor of Gloucester (Beatrix Potter)
The Tailor of Gloucester
20
Beatrix Potter
The Midwich Cuckoos (John Wyndham)
The Midwich Cuckoos
21
John Wyndham
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
22
Edgar Allan Poe
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
23
Daphne Du Maurier
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
24
William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing (William Shakespeare)
Much Ado About Nothing
25
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
26
William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor (William Shakespeare)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
27
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
28
William Shakespeare
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
29
Charlotte Brontë
The Professor (Charlotte Brontë)
The Professor
30
Charlotte Brontë
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
31
Washington Irving
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
32
William Shakespeare
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
33
Carlo Collodi
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
34
Lewis Carroll
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
35
William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (William Shakespeare)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
36
William Shakespeare
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
37
Anonymous
The Lost World (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lost World
38
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
39
Michael Crichton
Allan Quatermain (Henry Rider Haggard)
Allan Quatermain
40
Henry Rider Haggard
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