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Princeton's 70 Great Books (1943)

Princeton University sent this list of books to students fighting in WWII in 1943. The students could pick 3 books from the list of 70 to be sent to them.
Some anthologies are not the same as the ones that appear here, but contain much the same material.
Adds up to 70 because: Shakespeare = 3 volumes; War and Peace = 3 volumes; Conspiracy of Pontiac = 2 volumes
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The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams
1
Short Stories From the Nineteenth Century (David Stuart Davies)
Short Stories From the Nineteenth Century
2
David Stuart Davies
Saint Augustine--Confessions
Saint Augustine--Confessions
3
In the Midst of Life (Ambrose Bierce)
In the Midst of Life
4
Ambrose Bierce
Lavengro (George Burrows)
Lavengro
5
George Burrows
The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps
6
The Pilgrims Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrims Progress
7
John Bunyan
The Complete Stories of Lewis Carroll (Lewis Carroll)
The Complete Stories of Lewis Carroll
8
Lewis Carroll
Benvenuto Cellini Autobiography
Benvenuto Cellini Autobiography
9
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
10
Miguel De Cervantes
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
11
Wilkie Collins
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Rita Dove (Editor))
The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry
12
Rita Dove (Editor)
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
13
Joseph Conrad
The Enormous Room
The Enormous Room
14
The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
The Origin of Species
15
Charles Darwin
Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
Pickwick Papers
16
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
17
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
18
Alexandre Dumas
The Nature of the Physical World (A. S. Eddington)
The Nature of the Physical World
19
A. S. Eddington
Elizabethan Playwrights (Jonson, Marlowe, Et Al.)
Elizabethan Playwrights
20
Jonson, Marlowe, Et Al.
The Penguin Book of English Verse (Various Authors)
The Penguin Book of English Verse
21
Various Authors
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
22
E.M. Forster
Abraham Lincoln (Lord Charnwood)
Abraham Lincoln
23
Lord Charnwood
How Russia Prepared (Maurice Edelman)
How Russia Prepared
24
Maurice Edelman
Fourteen Great Detective Stories (Howard Haycraft)
Fourteen Great Detective Stories
25
Howard Haycraft
Penguin Island
Penguin Island
26
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
27
Great American Short Stories (Various)
Great American Short Stories
28
Various
The Making of the Earth (J. W. Gregory)
The Making of the Earth
29
J. W. Gregory
Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
Farewell to Arms
30
Ernest Hemingway
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
31
Homer
The Purple Land (W.H. Hudson)
The Purple Land
32
W.H. Hudson
The Toilers of the Sea (Victor Hugo)
The Toilers of the Sea
33
Victor Hugo
Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
34
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience
35
Man: A History of the Human Body (Sir Arthur Keith)
Man: A History of the Human Body
36
Sir Arthur Keith
Short Stories (Ring Lardner)
Short Stories
37
Ring Lardner
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)
Arrowsmith
38
Sinclair Lewis
Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
39
W. Somerset Maugham
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
40
Herman Melville
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