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The Outsider: Novels of Alienation - A College Elective Reading List

15 works of fiction and drama culled from college reading lists to create a core syllabus for an imaginary seminar. 15 was set the maximum number of works that could be covered by a seminar, and choices were limited to one work by an author. Some very hard choices had to be made - the hardest cut: Beckett's " Three Novels".
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
1
Kate Chopin
A Burnt-Out Case (Graham Greene)
A Burnt-Out Case
2
Graham Greene
Dangling Man
Dangling Man
3
Dying Inside (Robert Silverberg)
Dying Inside
4
Robert Silverberg
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
5
Carson McCullers
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
6
Edith Wharton
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
7
Ralph Ellison
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (Sillitoe)
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner
8
Sillitoe
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
9
Nathanael West
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
10
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
11
James Joyce
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
12
Kurt Vonnegut
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
13
Albert Camus
Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
Stranger in a Strange Land
14
Robert A. Heinlein
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
15
Samuel Beckett
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