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The Best of Western Literature - Page 2

"The dudes and gals at Duden compiled a very interesting list of the best of Western literature (with a few cameos from other literatures)." (Cleanthess, World Literature Forum). [Duden is a dictionary of the German language, equivalent to the OED]
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Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
41
Hans Christian Anderson
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
42
Nikolai Gogol
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
43
Honoré De Balzac
A Harlot High and Low (Honoré De Balzac)
A Harlot High and Low
44
Honoré De Balzac
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
45
Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
46
Emily Brontë
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
47
Victor Hugo
Book of Songs (Heine)
Book of Songs
48
Heine
Germany: A Winter's Tale (Heinrich Heine)
Germany: A Winter's Tale
49
Heinrich Heine
Lenz (Georg Büchner)
Lenz
50
Georg Büchner
The Jew's Beech (Annette Von Droste Hülshoff)
The Jew's Beech
51
Annette Von Droste Hülshoff
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
52
Herman Melville
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
53
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Green Henry (Gottfried Keller)
Green Henry
54
Gottfried Keller
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
55
Charles Dickens
The Idiot (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Idiot
56
Fyodor Dostoevsky
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
57
Leo Tolstoy
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
58
Mark Twain
The Rider on the White Horse (Theodor Storm)
The Rider on the White Horse
59
Theodor Storm
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
60
Oscar Wilde
Gösta Berling's Saga (Selma Lagerlöf)
Gösta Berling's Saga
61
Selma Lagerlöf
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson (Selma Lagerlöf)
The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson
62
Selma Lagerlöf
Effi Briest (Theodore Fontane)
Effi Briest
63
Theodore Fontane
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
64
Thomas Mann
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
65
Thomas Mann
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
66
Marcel Proust
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
67
James Joyce
Red Cavalry (Isaac Babel)
Red Cavalry
68
Isaac Babel
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
69
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Trial (Franz Kafka)
The Trial
70
Franz Kafka
The Castle (Franz Kafka)
The Castle
71
Franz Kafka
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
72
Virginia Woolf
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
73
Hermann Hesse
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
74
Hermann Hesse
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
75
Erich Maria Remarque
The Radetzky March (Joseph Roth)
The Radetzky March
76
Joseph Roth
The Death Ship (B. Traven)
The Death Ship
77
B. Traven
Little Man, What Now? (Hans Fallada)
Little Man, What Now?
78
Hans Fallada
Mephisto (Klaus Mann)
Mephisto
79
Klaus Mann
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
80
John Steinbeck
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