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The Literary 100: The Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time - Page 4

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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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
121
Emily Brontë
The Complete Poems (Emily Brontë)
The Complete Poems
122
Emily Brontë
Britannicus, Phaedra, Athaliah (Jean Racine)
Britannicus, Phaedra, Athaliah
123
Jean Racine
Andromache (Jean Racine)
Andromache
124
Jean Racine
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
125
Ernest Hemingway
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
126
Ernest Hemingway
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
127
Vladimir Nabokov
Pnin (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pnin
128
Vladimir Nabokov
Germinal (Emile Zola)
Germinal
129
Emile Zola
L'assommoir (Emile Zola)
L'assommoir
130
Emile Zola
Volpone (Ben Jonson)
Volpone
131
Ben Jonson
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
132
Ben Jonson
The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1) (Cao Xueqin)
The Golden Days (The Story of the Stone #1)
133
Cao Xueqin
The Crab-Flower Club (The Story of the Stone #2) (Cao Xueqin)
The Crab-Flower Club (The Story of the Stone #2)
134
Cao Xueqin
Decamerone (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Decamerone
135
Giovanni Boccaccio
The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta (Giovanni Boccaccio)
The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta
136
Giovanni Boccaccio
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
137
Voltaire
Zadig Or, the Book of Fate (Voltaire)
Zadig Or, the Book of Fate
138
Voltaire
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
139
Samuel Richardson
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
140
Samuel Richardson
The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
141
Edmund Spenser
The Shepheardes Calender (Edmund Spenser)
The Shepheardes Calender
142
Edmund Spenser
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
143
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
144
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Bertolt Brecht)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
145
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht)
Mother Courage and Her Children
146
Bertolt Brecht
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Wallace Stevens)
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
147
Wallace Stevens
The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination (Wallace Stevens)
The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination
148
Wallace Stevens
Doctor Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Doctor Faustus
149
Christopher Marlowe
The Jew of Malta (Christopher Marlowe)
The Jew of Malta
150
Christopher Marlowe
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
151
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
152
Gabriel García Marquez
Ode to the West Wind (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Ode to the West Wind
153
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Prometheus Unbound (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Prometheus Unbound
154
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Duino Elegies (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Duino Elegies
155
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Sonnets to Orpheus (Rainer Maria Rilke)
The Sonnets to Orpheus
156
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
157
Robert Musil
The Confusions of Young Törless (Robert Musil)
The Confusions of Young Törless
158
Robert Musil
The Complete Odes and Epodes (Horace)
The Complete Odes and Epodes
159
Horace
Satires and Epistles (Horace)
Satires and Epistles
160
Horace
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