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The History of World Literature

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The Cairo Trilogy (Naguib Mahfouz)
The Cairo Trilogy
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Naguib Mahfouz
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
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William Faulkner
Absolom, Absolom! (William Faulkner)
Absolom, Absolom!
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William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
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William Faulkner
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
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Murasaki Shikibu
Anna Akhmatova Selected Poems (Akhmatova)
Anna Akhmatova Selected Poems
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Akhmatova
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
7
Yasunari Kawabata
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
8
Anonymous
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
9
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
10
Homer
Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
11
Homer
Anthology of Chinese Literature (Various)
Anthology of Chinese Literature
12
Various
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
13
Sophocles
Aeneid (Virgil)
Aeneid
14
Virgil
Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita
15
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
16
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
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Anonymous
Poems of the Late T'ang (A.C. Graham)
Poems of the Late T'ang
18
A.C. Graham
Traditional Japanese Poetry (Various)
Traditional Japanese Poetry
19
Various
Folk Tales and Fairy Stories From India (Surging N. Ghose)
Folk Tales and Fairy Stories From India
20
Surging N. Ghose
Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
Divine Comedy
21
Dante Alighieri
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
Canterbury Tales
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Geoffrey Chaucer
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
23
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-En (Translated by Arthur Whaley)
Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-En
24
Translated by Arthur Whaley
The Heptameron (Marguerite De Navarre)
The Heptameron
25
Marguerite De Navarre
Plays by Moliere (Moliere)
Plays by Moliere
26
Moliere
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
27
Voltaire
The Story of the Stone (Cao Xueqin)
The Story of the Stone
28
Cao Xueqin
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
29
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
30
Emily Bronte
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From the Underground
31
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Huckleberry Finn
32
Mark Twain
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
33
Emily Dickinson
An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore)
An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore
34
Rabindranath Tagore
Child's Play (Ichyô Higuchi)
Child's Play
35
Ichyô Higuchi
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
36
Marcel Proust
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
37
James Joyce
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
38
Franz Kafka
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
39
Luigi Pirandello
The Good Woman of Setzuan (Bertolt Brecht)
The Good Woman of Setzuan
40
Bertolt Brecht
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