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Books You Know, Without Having Read Them

80 tales you may know without having read the book. You've learned these tales in conversations, TV, radio or somewhere other than a book.
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
Stevenson
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Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
9
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
10
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
12
Iliad (Homer)
Iliad
Homer
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Odyssey (Homer)
Odyssey
Homer
14
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
15
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
16
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
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Ben-Hur (Lew Wallace)
Ben-Hur
Lew Wallace
20
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
21
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
22
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
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Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Rob Roy by Walter Scott
Rob Roy by Walter Scott
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Ivanhoe (Sir Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
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Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Notre-Dame De Paris (Victor Hugo)
Notre-Dame De Paris
Victor Hugo
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Novela Los Miserables De Victor Hugo
Novela Los Miserables De Victor Hugo
32
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
33
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (Baroness Orczy)
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Baroness Orczy
35
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
Jane Austen
36
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
37
Arabian Nights (Mary Zimmerman)
Arabian Nights
Mary Zimmerman
38
Nutcracker & Mouse King/The Tale of the Nutcracker (E.T.A. Hoffmann/Alexandre Dumas)
Nutcracker & Mouse King/The Tale of the Nutcracker
E.T.A. Hoffmann/Alexandre Dumas
39
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
40
Dante's Divine Comedy
Dante's Divine Comedy
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