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The English Literary Canon According to Trinity Western University

Prepared by the English Department of Trinity Western University, this list is intended to guide students through the most vital works of Western literature.
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Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
1
Aesop
City of God
City of God
2
Book of Job
Book of Job
3
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
4
Dante Alighieri
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
5
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
6
Homer
Le Morte D'Arthur
Le Morte D'Arthur
7
Norse Myths (Norse)
Norse Myths
8
Norse
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Metamorphoses
9
Ovid
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
10
Plato
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
11
Sophocles
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
12
Virgil
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
13
Anonymous
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
14
Jane Austen
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
15
Samuel Beckett
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
16
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Bronte
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
18
Mary Zimmerman
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
19
Geoffrey Chaucer
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
20
Joseph Conrad
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
21
Charles Dickens
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
22
George Eliot
The Wasteland
The Wasteland
23
Four Quartets
Four Quartets
24
Murder in the Cathedral (T. S. Eliot)
Murder in the Cathedral
25
T. S. Eliot
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
26
Henry Fielding
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
27
Thomas Hardy
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins
28
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
29
James Joyce
Odes of John Keats
Odes of John Keats
30
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
31
D.H. Lawrence
Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis)
Mere Christianity
32
C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
33
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus
34
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
35
John Milton
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
36
Alexander Pope
Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
37
Sir Walter Scott
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
38
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
39
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
40
William Shakespeare
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