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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
1
Wilkie Collins
A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute)
A Town Like Alice
2
Nevil Shute
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
3
Stephen Crane
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
John Kennedy Toole
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
5
George Eliot
Three Men in a Boat (Jerome K. Jerome)
Three Men in a Boat
6
Jerome K. Jerome
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
7
Herman Melville
The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas)
The Three Musketeers
8
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
9
Alexandre Dumas
Call of the Wild (Jack London)
Call of the Wild
10
Jack London
White Fang (Jack London)
White Fang
11
Jack London
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
12
Edith Wharton
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
13
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
14
Mark Twain
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
15
Virginia Woolf
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
16
Robert Louis Stevenson
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
17
Jules Verne
Erewhon (Samuel Butler)
Erewhon
18
Samuel Butler
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
19
Thomas Hardy
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
20
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Little Women Series (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women Series
21
Louisa May Alcott
Little House on the Prairie Series (Laura Ingalls Wilder)
Little House on the Prairie Series
22
Laura Ingalls Wilder
To Have and to Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
To Have and to Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
23
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
24
Charles Dickens
The Celebrated Jumping Frog (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
25
Mark Twain
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
26
Charles Dickens
Germinal (Émile Zola)
Germinal
27
Émile Zola
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
28
H.G. Wells
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
29
H.G. Wells
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
30
Stella Gibbons
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (Frederick Douglas)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave
31
Frederick Douglas
The 39 Steps (John Buchan)
The 39 Steps
32
John Buchan
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
33
Erich Maria Remarque
Anne of Green Gables Series (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables Series
34
L.M. Montgomery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
35
Agatha Christie
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead (Barbara Comyns)
Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead
36
Barbara Comyns
Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Ohio: Winesburg, Ohio
37
Sherwood Anderson
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
38
Upton Sinclair
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
39
Albert Camus
Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Donald Henderson)
Mr.Bowling Buys a Newspaper
40
Donald Henderson
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