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Some Books Read for an English Degree

Many years ago, I majored in English in college. These are some books I read for that degree. This doesn't count regular textbooks (for things like linguistics) and probably leaves off some books I've forgotten!
I noticed too late that I accidentally clicked on "Oedipus the King" instead of "Oedipus at Colonus" for the second Oedipus play, so Oedipus Rex is on the list twice!
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100 Best Loved Poems (Phillip Smith)
100 Best Loved Poems
1
Phillip Smith
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
2
William Faulkner
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
3
Virgil
Aesops Fables (Aesop)
Aesops Fables
4
Aesop
Agamemnon (Aeschylus)
Agamemnon
5
Aeschylus
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
6
Ben Jonson
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7
Lewis Carroll
Andromache (Euripides)
Andromache
8
Euripides
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
9
Sophocles
Around the World in Eighty Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in Eighty Days
10
Jules Verne
The Awakening and Other Stories (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening and Other Stories
11
Kate Chopin
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
12
Herman Melville
Beauty and the Beast (Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont)
Beauty and the Beast
13
Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
14
V.S. Naipaul
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
15
Richard Wright
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
16
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Civil War (Bruce Catton)
The Civil War
17
Bruce Catton
Civil War Stories
Civil War Stories
18
Co. Aytch (Sam R. Watkins)
Co. Aytch
19
Sam R. Watkins
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
20
Alice Walker
The Complete Sonnets and Poems (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Sonnets and Poems
21
William Shakespeare
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
Complete Works Edgar Allen Poe
22
Edgar Allen Poe
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
23
William Shakespeare
Cymbeline (William Shakespeare)
Cymbeline
24
William Shakespeare
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
25
Arthur Miller
Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White)
Elements of Style
26
William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Eugenie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugenie Grandet
27
Honoré De Balzac
Everything That Rises (O'Connor)
Everything That Rises
28
O'Connor
Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Fairy Tales
29
The Brothers Grimm
Fairy Tales (Charles Perrault)
Fairy Tales
30
Charles Perrault
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
31
Mary Shelley
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
32
Tennessee Williams
Henry V (William Shakespeare)
Henry V
33
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII (William Shakespeare)
Henry VIII
34
William Shakespeare
High Hearts (Rita Mae Brown)
High Hearts
35
Rita Mae Brown
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
36
Maya Angelou
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
37
Homer
Inferno (Dante)
Inferno
38
Dante
Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense
Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense
39
Jubilee (Margaret Walker)
Jubilee
40
Margaret Walker
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