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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
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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)
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The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang (Jack London)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
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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
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
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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)
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
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The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Anne of Green Gables Series (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables Series (L.M. Montgomery)
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
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Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Barbara Comyns)
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Barbara Comyns)
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Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
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The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Donald Henderson)
Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Donald Henderson)
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