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Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education - Page 3

An eclectic mix indeed. We have Becket, we have Burroughs, we have Ovid, we have Pratchett. We have letters, diaries, criticism, poetry, novels, plays. We don't, however, have any Shakespeare. Anyway, Simon at Goodreads was kind enough to list all the literary works mentioned in Dirda's opus...
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Lectures on Literature (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lectures on Literature
Vladimir Nabokov
82
Selected Letters, Vol. 4: 1918-1921 (Marcel Proust)
Selected Letters, Vol. 4: 1918-1921
Marcel Proust
83
Proust's Way: A Field Guide to 'In Search of Lost Time' (Roger Shattuck)
Proust's Way: A Field Guide to 'In Search of Lost Time'
Roger Shattuck
84
Kipling, Auden and Co.: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (Randall Jarrell)
Kipling, Auden and Co.: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964
Randall Jarrell
85
Seven Types of Ambiguity (William Empson)
Seven Types of Ambiguity
William Empson
86
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays (Northrop Frye)
Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays
Northrop Frye
87
Theory of Prose (Victor Scklovsky)
Theory of Prose
Victor Scklovsky
88
Night Watch (Terry Pratchett)
Night Watch
Terry Pratchett
89
Second Sight (Paul Christopher #7) (Charles McCarry)
Second Sight (Paul Christopher #7)
Charles McCarry
90
Grievance (K.C. Constantine)
Grievance
K.C. Constantine
91
Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death (Christopher Frayling)
Sergio Leone: Something to Do With Death
Christopher Frayling
92
Suspects (Thomas Berger)
Suspects
Thomas Berger
93
A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes)
A Rage in Harlem
Chester Himes
94
The End of a Primitive (Chester Himes)
The End of a Primitive
Chester Himes
95
Chester Himes: A Life (James Sallis)
Chester Himes: A Life
James Sallis
96
The Wine-Dark Sea (Robert Aickman)
The Wine-Dark Sea
Robert Aickman
97
The Avram Davidson Treasury (Avram Davidson)
The Avram Davidson Treasury
Avram Davidson
98
Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die (Francis M. Nevins, Jr.)
Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die
Francis M. Nevins, Jr.
99
Tarzan of the Apes (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Tarzan of the Apes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
100
Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs the Creator of Tarzan (John Taliaferro)
Tarzan Forever: The Life of Edgar Rice Burroughs the Creator of Tarzan
John Taliaferro
101
Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life (Mike Ashley)
Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life
Mike Ashley
102
Uncle Fred in the Springtime (P.G. Wodehouse)
Uncle Fred in the Springtime
P.G. Wodehouse
103
Right Ho, Jeeves (P. G. Wodehouse)
Right Ho, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse
104
Leave It to Psmith (P. G. Wodehouse)
Leave It to Psmith
P. G. Wodehouse
105
Yours, Plum the Letters of P.G. Wodehouse (P.G. Wodehouse)
Yours, Plum the Letters of P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse
106
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett (James Knowlson)
Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett
James Knowlson
107
Watt (Samuel Beckett)
Watt
Samuel Beckett
108
Murphy (Samuel Beckett)
Murphy
Samuel Beckett
109
Why Beckett (Enoch Brater)
Why Beckett
Enoch Brater
110
Endgame (Samuel Beckett)
Endgame
Samuel Beckett
111
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
112
Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes (Phillip Herring)
Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes
Phillip Herring
113
Nightwood (Djuna Barnes)
Nightwood
Djuna Barnes
114
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
Jorge Luis Borges
115
The Aleph (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph
Jorge Luis Borges
116
No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien (Anthony Cronin)
No Laughing Matter: The Life and Times of Flann O'Brien
Anthony Cronin
117
The Best of Myles (Flann O'Brien)
The Best of Myles
Flann O'Brien
118
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
119
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa (Fernando Pessoa)
The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
120
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
Fernando Pessoa
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