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Modern Library's the Best of the World's Best Books - Page 2

This compilation came straight from the back of my Modern Library copy of Doctor Zhivago, so I'm sharing in hopes others will enjoy this list as much as I did!
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God's Little Acre (Erskine Caldwell)
God's Little Acre
41
Erskine Caldwell
Tobacco Road (Erskine Caldwell)
Tobacco Road
42
Erskine Caldwell
The Plague, the Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Albert Camus)
The Plague, the Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays
43
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
44
Albert Camus
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (Albert Camus)
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
45
Albert Camus
Notebooks 1935–1942 (Albert Camus)
Notebooks 1935–1942
46
Albert Camus
Selected Writings of Truman Capote (Truman Capote)
Selected Writings of Truman Capote
47
Truman Capote
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
48
Lewis Carroll
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova De Seingalt, 1725-1798 (Giacomo Casanova)
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova De Seingalt, 1725-1798
49
Giacomo Casanova
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
50
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
51
Miguel De Cervantes
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
52
Geoffrey Chaucer
Anton Chekhov: Plays (Anton Chekhov)
Anton Chekhov: Plays
53
Anton Chekhov
Best Short Stories of Anton Chekov (Anton Chekov)
Best Short Stories of Anton Chekov
54
Anton Chekov
Works of Cicero (Cicero)
Works of Cicero
55
Cicero
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poetry and Prose (Schneider, Elisabeth)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Selected Poetry and Prose
56
Schneider, Elisabeth
Short Novels of Colette (Anthology)
Short Novels of Colette
57
Anthology
A Short History of the United States (Nevins, Allan; Commager, Henry Stelle)
A Short History of the United States
58
Nevins, Allan; Commager, Henry Stelle
The Wisdom of Confucius (Confucius (Tr. James Legge))
The Wisdom of Confucius
59
Confucius (Tr. James Legge)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
60
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
61
Joseph Conrad
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
62
Joseph Conrad
The Pathfinder (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pathfinder
63
James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
64
Stephen Crane
The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre (Robert D. Cumming)
The Philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre
65
Robert D. Cumming
The Enormous Room (E.E. Cummings)
The Enormous Room
66
E.E. Cummings
Two Years Before the Mast (Richard Henry Dana)
Two Years Before the Mast
67
Richard Henry Dana
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
68
Dante Alighieri
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
69
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
70
Daniel Defoe
Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
Journal of the Plague Year
71
Daniel Defoe
The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Vol. 1 (René Descartes)
The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Vol. 1
72
René Descartes
Human Nature and Conduct (John Dewey)
Human Nature and Conduct
73
John Dewey
John Dewey on Education (John Dewey)
John Dewey on Education
74
John Dewey
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
75
Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
76
Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
77
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
78
Charles Dickens
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson
79
Emily Dickinson
Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
80
Isak Dinesen
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