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The English Literary Canon

most of the books included in the English Literary Canon; might've missed some important works, but these are all pretty important
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Beowulf
Beowulf
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
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Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
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The Temple (George Herbert)
The Temple (George Herbert)
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
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The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
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John Donne (John Donne)
John Donne (John Donne)
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Utopia
Utopia
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Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
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The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
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The Poetry of John Dryden
The Poetry of John Dryden
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Thomas Gray)
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Thomas Gray)
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The Compleat Angler (Izaak Walton)
The Compleat Angler (Izaak Walton)
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The Beggar's Opera (John Gay)
The Beggar's Opera (John Gay)
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William Blake: Selected Poems (William Blake)
William Blake: Selected Poems (William Blake)
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Lyric Poetry of Lord Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron))
Lyric Poetry of Lord Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron))
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The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Complete Poems of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Selected Poems (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
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The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (William Wordsworth)
The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth (William Wordsworth)
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Keats - The Complete Poems (Poetry)
Keats - The Complete Poems (Poetry)
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Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
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Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
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Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
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The Female Quixote
The Female Quixote
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The Monk
The Monk
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Evelina
Evelina
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Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey
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Persuasion
Persuasion
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Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
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Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
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Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
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Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
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The Man of Feeling
The Man of Feeling
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Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
Belinda (Maria Edgeworth)
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
Confessions of an English Opium Eater (Thomas De Quincey)
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