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Philip Ward's a Lifetime's Reading: The World's 500 Greatest Books - Page 2

A fifty-year reading guide by a librarian to the world's greatest books, eastern and western, ancient and modern.
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The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
41
Sylvia Plath
The Barber of Seville (Beaumarchais)
The Barber of Seville
42
Beaumarchais
The Marriage of Figaro (Beaumarchais)
The Marriage of Figaro
43
Beaumarchais
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
44
Ovid
Selected Fables (Jean De La Fontaine)
Selected Fables
45
Jean De La Fontaine
Parallel Lives (Plutarch)
Parallel Lives
46
Plutarch
Primitive Song (Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra)
Primitive Song
47
Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
48
Charles Dickens
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
49
Gustave Flaubert
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes (Aristophanes)
The Complete Plays of Aristophanes
50
Aristophanes
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
51
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
52
Albert Camus
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
53
Albert Camus
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
54
Joseph Conrad
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes
55
The Poems of Francois Villon (Francois Villon)
The Poems of Francois Villon
56
Francois Villon
Records of the Grand Historian of China (Ssu-Ma Ch'ien)
Records of the Grand Historian of China
57
Ssu-Ma Ch'ien
Poems (Reinder Kunze)
Poems
58
Reinder Kunze
Stories (Reiner Kunze)
Stories
59
Reiner Kunze
The Lovely Years (Reiner Kunze)
The Lovely Years
60
Reiner Kunze
Plays by Moliere (Moliere)
Plays by Moliere
61
Moliere
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
62
Boris Pasternak
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
63
Voltaire
Zadig (Voltaire)
Zadig
64
Voltaire
L 'Ingenu (Voltaire)
L 'Ingenu
65
Voltaire
The Letters of Pliny the Younger (Pliny the Younger)
The Letters of Pliny the Younger
66
Pliny the Younger
The Poem Itself (Ed. Stanley Burnshaw)
The Poem Itself
67
Ed. Stanley Burnshaw
Andorra, Max Frisch (Max Frisch)
Andorra, Max Frisch
68
Max Frisch
I'm Not Stiller
I'm Not Stiller
69
La Chanson De Roland (Unknown)
La Chanson De Roland
70
Unknown
The Visit (Friedrich Dürrenmatt)
The Visit
71
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Physicists (Friedrich Durrenmatt)
The Physicists
72
Friedrich Durrenmatt
Therese Raquin (Emile Zola)
Therese Raquin
73
Emile Zola
L'assommoir by Emile Zola
L'assommoir by Emile Zola
74
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
75
Émile Zola
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
76
Edgar Allan Poe
La Comedie Humaine
La Comedie Humaine
77
The Thunderstorm (Alexander Ostrovsky)
The Thunderstorm
78
Alexander Ostrovsky
The Father Brown Stories (G. K. Chesterton)
The Father Brown Stories
79
G. K. Chesterton
The Penguin Book of Latin Verse (Ed. Frederick Brittain)
The Penguin Book of Latin Verse
80
Ed. Frederick Brittain
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