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The Literary 100: The Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time - Page 3

Something much less frivolous than my recent challenges. This is an epic challenge (not least in terms of the time it took to assemble). It is derived from "The Literary 100, Revised Edition: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time" (Daniel S.Burt, 2009).
The authors are ranked in descending order. I have chosen 2 representative works for each of them (except for Sappho, in which case I have inserted Erica Jong's "Sappho's Leap " into the 2nd spot (176). The chosen works might not have been mentioned in the source book.
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
81
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal (Jonathan Swift)
A Modest Proposal
82
Jonathan Swift
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
83
Stendhal
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
84
Stendhal
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
85
Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
86
Thomas Hardy
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
Major Barbara
87
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
88
George Bernard Shaw
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
89
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper (Mark Twain)
The Prince and the Pauper
90
Mark Twain
The Flowers of Evil (Charles Baudelaire)
The Flowers of Evil
91
Charles Baudelaire
Paris Spleen (Charles Baudelaire)
Paris Spleen
92
Charles Baudelaire
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
93
Samuel Beckett
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
94
Samuel Beckett
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
95
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
96
Virginia Woolf
The Rape of the Lock (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock
97
Alexander Pope
Essay on Criticism (Alexander Pope)
Essay on Criticism
98
Alexander Pope
Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Pantagruel
99
François Rabelais
Gargantua (François Rabelais)
Gargantua
100
François Rabelais
Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics (Francesco Petrarch)
Petrarch's Lyric Poems: The Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics
101
Francesco Petrarch
Letters of Old Age (Rerum Senilium Libri) (Francesco Petrarch)
Letters of Old Age (Rerum Senilium Libri)
102
Francesco Petrarch
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson)
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
103
Emily Dickinson
Selected Letters (Emily Dickinson)
Selected Letters
104
Emily Dickinson
Tales of Mystery & Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
105
Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven and Other Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven and Other Poems
106
Edgar Allan Poe
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
107
Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews & Shamela (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews & Shamela
108
Henry Fielding
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
109
Joseph Conrad
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
110
Joseph Conrad
The Father (August Strindberg)
The Father
111
August Strindberg
Miss Julie (August Strindberg)
Miss Julie
112
August Strindberg
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
113
D. H. Lawrence
The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
114
D. H. Lawrence
Men and Women (Robert Browning)
Men and Women
115
Robert Browning
The Ring and the Book (Robert Browning)
The Ring and the Book
116
Robert Browning
Long Day's Journey Into Night (Eugene O'Neill)
Long Day's Journey Into Night
117
Eugene O'Neill
Mourning Becomes Electra (Eugene O'Neill)
Mourning Becomes Electra
118
Eugene O'Neill
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
119
Charlotte Brontë
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
120
Charlotte Brontë
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