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Authors G-L From 100 Must-Read Classic Novels (Plus 112 Recommended Extras)

This is the 2nd episode of my 3-part mini-series based on 100 Must-Read Classic Novels (Nick Rennison, 2006). This episode covers 29 of the 'must-read' novels & 112 extra suggestions.
Novels on Rennison's Must-Read list are indicated by a monochrome author image, which is titled with the novel's name & the author's name and country of residence. This is followed by several works in a similar vein by the same or different authors, as recommended by Rennison (so you can explore your favourite styles of writing or subject matter).
This is a much expanded version of the list published by fleurette but differs from my 'Books on a Theme From "100 Must-Read Classic Novels"'.
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North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell/U.K.)
North and South
Elizabeth Gaskell/U.K.
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Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
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Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Mary Barton
Elizabeth Gaskell
4
Wives and Daughters (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Wives and Daughters
Elizabeth Gaskell
5
The Manchester Man (Mrs Linnaeus Banks)
The Manchester Man
Mrs Linnaeus Banks
6
Shirley (Charlotte Brontë)
Shirley
Charlotte Brontë
7
Hard Times (Charles Dickens)
Hard Times
Charles Dickens
8
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons/U.K.)
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons/U.K.
9
The Bachelor (Stella Gibbons)
The Bachelor
Stella Gibbons
10
The Matchmaker (Stella Gibbons)
The Matchmaker
Stella Gibbons
11
England, Their England (A. G. MacDonell)
England, Their England
A. G. MacDonell
12
Gone to Earth (Mary Webb)
Gone to Earth
Mary Webb
13
New Grub Street (George Gissing/U.K.)
New Grub Street
George Gissing/U.K.
14
The Nether World (George Gissing)
The Nether World
George Gissing
15
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (George Gissing)
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
George Gissing
16
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy
17
Esther Waters (George Moore)
Esther Waters
George Moore
18
A Child of the Jago (Arthur Morrison)
A Child of the Jago
Arthur Morrison
19
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe/Germany)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe/Germany
20
Elective Affinities (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Elective Affinities
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
21
Adolphe (Benjamin Constant)
Adolphe
Benjamin Constant
22
Gertrude: A Novel (Hermann Hesse)
Gertrude: A Novel
Hermann Hesse
23
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol/Russia)
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol/Russia
24
The Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)
The Diary of a Madman
Nikolai Gogol
25
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
26
The Golovlyov Family (Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin)
The Golovlyov Family
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
27
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov/Russia)
Oblomov
Ivan Goncharov/Russia
28
The Precipice (Ivan Goncharov)
The Precipice
Ivan Goncharov
29
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
30
A House of Gentlefolk (Ivan Turgenev)
A House of Gentlefolk
Ivan Turgenev
31
Brighton Rock (Graham Greene/U.K.)
Brighton Rock
Graham Greene/U.K.
32
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair
Graham Greene
33
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene
34
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
Graham Greene
35
King Solomon's Mines (H. Rider Haggard/U.K.)
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard/U.K.
36
Allan Quatermain (Henry Rider Haggard)
Allan Quatermain
Henry Rider Haggard
37
Montezuma's Daughter (H. Rider Haggard)
Montezuma's Daughter
H. Rider Haggard
38
She (H. Rider Haggard)
She
H. Rider Haggard
39
Prester John (John Buchan)
Prester John
John Buchan
40
Sanders of the River (Edgar Wallace)
Sanders of the River
Edgar Wallace
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