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Classics That Were Good, Surprising And/Or Delightful

These are classics I enjoyed or even loved (A Town Like Alice). Lovable characters, interesting dilemmas, examples of creative writing for the times. Altho, IMO, even the ones I like tended to be too long and overly descriptive.
Books published before 1950, roughly.
Interested in seeing how people vote for these. Lots of ppl liked the ones I disliked. Go figure.
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The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
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A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
Nevil Shute
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The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
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Confederacy of Dunces
Confederacy of Dunces
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Silas Marner
Silas Marner
6
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
8
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
9
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
10
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
Jack London
11
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
Jack London
12
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton
13
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
14
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
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Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
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Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
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Erewhon
Erewhon
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Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd
20
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
21
Little Women Series (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women Series
Louisa May Alcott
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Little House on the Prairie Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie Series
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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To Have and to Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
To Have and to Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
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A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
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Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
Émile Zola
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The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
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Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons
31
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
Frederick Douglas
32
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
33
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
34
Anne of Green Gables Series (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables Series
L.M. Montgomery
35
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
36
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Barbara Comyns)
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
Barbara Comyns
37
Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
38
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
39
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
40
Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Donald Henderson)
Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper
Donald Henderson
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