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The Comprehensive Classical Literature Reading List - Page 2

I love classical literature. More specially, classical European literature, which I view as being the period from c.1650-1905. This list includes all the European works of classical literature of that period which I believe are both enjoyable to read but also foundational to those seeking to understand the rich 'platform' that all subsequent literature was able to build from. Importantly, it does not include works which I don't believe meet either of those criteria. I spent my twenties reading these novels (yes, I had a life outside that), and I'm so grateful that I did so. It now allows me to enjoy modern literature and to understand the context of great novels in the larger scheme of literature. I hope someone finds this list useful.
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Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
41
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Custom of the Country (Edith Wharton)
The Custom of the Country
42
Edith Wharton
Daisy Miller and Other Stories (Henry James)
Daisy Miller and Other Stories
43
Henry James
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
44
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
45
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
46
George Eliot
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
47
Charles Dickens
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
48
Nikolai Gogol
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
49
Leo Tolstoy
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer
50
James Fenimore Cooper
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
51
Nikolai Gogol
The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Samuel Pepys)
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
52
Samuel Pepys
Doctor Thorne (Anthony Trollope)
Doctor Thorne
53
Anthony Trollope
Dombey and Son (Charles Dickens)
Dombey and Son
54
Charles Dickens
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
55
Bram Stoker
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
56
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
57
Jane Austen
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
58
Samuel Butler
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
59
Edith Wharton
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin
60
Aleksandr Pushkin
Eugénie Grandet (Honoré De Balzac)
Eugénie Grandet
61
Honoré De Balzac
Evelina (Frances Burney)
Evelina
62
Frances Burney
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
63
Edgar Allan Poe
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
64
Thomas Hardy
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
65
Ivan Turgenev
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
66
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Fear and Trembling (Sǿren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
67
Sǿren Kierkegaard
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote
68
Charlotte Lennox
First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
69
Ivan Turgenev
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
70
Mary Shelley
The Gambler (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Gambler
71
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
72
François Rabelais
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
73
Émile Zola
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
74
O. Henry
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
75
Henry James
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
76
Charles Dickens
Growth of the Soil (Knut Hamsun)
Growth of the Soil
77
Knut Hamsun
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
78
Jonathan Swift
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales
79
Hans Christian Andersen
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
80
Charles Dickens
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