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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Classical Literature

Here's the latest in my series of lists of the best books of each genre. This list contains what I believe are the 40 greatest works of classical literature in history. Enjoy...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1
Mark Twain
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2
Lewis Carroll
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
3
Leo Tolstoy
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
4
Guy De Maupassant
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
5
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
6
Alexandre Dumas
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
7
Elizabeth Gaskell
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
8
Fyodor Dostoevsky
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
9
Charles Dickens
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
10
Nikolai Gogol
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
11
George and Weedon Grossmith
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
12
Miguel De Cervantes
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
13
Bram Stoker
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
14
Edgar Allan Poe
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
15
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
16
John Galsworthy
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
18
Jonathan Swift
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
19
Mikhail Lermontov
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
20
Edith Wharton
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
21
Charlotte Bronte
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
22
Victor Hugo
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
23
Louisa May Alcott
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
24
Gustave Flaubert
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
25
George Eliot
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
26
Herman Melville
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
27
Matthew Lewis
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
28
Honore De Balzac
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
29
Oscar Wilde
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
30
John Bunyan
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
31
Henry James
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
32
Jane Austen
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
33
Stendhal
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
34
Daniel Defoe
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
35
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
36
Anne Brontë
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
37
Thomas Hardy
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
38
Leo Tolstoy
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
39
Anthony Trollope
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
40
Emily Brontë
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