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The 10 Essential Penguin Classics

Become well-read in a few weeks (or less) with this minimalist list from Penguin! I stumbled across it while looking for recommended translations of "The Castle" by Kafka. Ranked in descending order.
The source article features "Why It's a Classic" and "What It Influenced" notes for each work.
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Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
1
John Steinbeck
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
2
Charlotte Brontë
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
3
Jane Austen
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
4
Homer
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
5
William Shakespeare
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
6
Herman Melville
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
7
Franz Kafka
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus
8
Sophocles
Walden (Henry David Thoreau)
Walden
9
Henry David Thoreau
Inferno (Dante Alighieri)
Inferno
10
Dante Alighieri
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