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Literature Titles Referenced in Jasper Fforde's "First Among Sequels"

Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next Series, the fifth book being First Among Sequels, 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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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
1
Charlotte Bronte
The Eyre Affair (Jasper Fforde)
The Eyre Affair
2
Jasper Fforde
The Well of Lost Plots (Jasper Fforde)
The Well of Lost Plots
3
Jasper Fforde
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
4
Laurence Sterne
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
5
Jane Austen
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
6
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
7
William Shakespeare
Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
8
Lewis Carroll
The Tiger Who Came to Tea (Judith Kerr)
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
9
Judith Kerr
The Twin Engines (W. Awdry)
The Twin Engines
10
W. Awdry
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
11
Jaroslav Hašek
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
12
Thomas Hardy
Chariots of the Gods (Erich Von Däniken)
Chariots of the Gods
13
Erich Von Däniken
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
14
George Orwell
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
15
Kurt Vonnegut
Fanny Hill (John Cleland)
Fanny Hill
16
John Cleland
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
17
Daniel Defoe
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D. H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
18
D. H. Lawrence
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
19
Henry Fielding
The Story of O (Pauline Reage)
The Story of O
20
Pauline Reage
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
21
Vladimir Nabokov
The Autobiography of a Flea (Anonymous)
The Autobiography of a Flea
22
Anonymous
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
23
George Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
24
William Golding
Gormenghast (Mervyn Peake)
Gormenghast
25
Mervyn Peake
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
26
Charles Dickens
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
27
Daphne Du Maurier
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
28
Virginia Woolf
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene)
Brighton Rock
29
Graham Greene
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
30
Carlo Collodi
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
31
E.B. White
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
32
William Shakespeare
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
33
Leo Tolstoy
Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
Pilgrim's Progress
34
John Bunyan
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
35
Leo Tolstoy
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
36
Salman Rushdie
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
37
Emily Bronte
The Magus (John Fowles)
The Magus
38
John Fowles
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
39
Jane Austen
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings
40
JRR Tolkien
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