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Essential Classics Challenge (A Publisher Publishes a List) - Page 2

This is an enhanced and updated version of a useful reference list published in 2014 by Jennifer Cairns, who might have also been using the challenge as advertising for Peirene Press, an English publishing house. As evidence, this was the only list that J.C. ever published. I have omitted the single icon that promoted Peirene Press.
BTW, I realise that, by publishing this challenge, I am breaking the sacred pact that nothing should ever be repeated on this site.
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Suite Française (Irène Némirovsky)
Suite Française
Irène Némirovsky
42
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
Isabel Allende
43
The Palace of Dreams (Ismael Kadare)
The Palace of Dreams
Ismael Kadare
44
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Italo Calvino)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Italo Calvino
45
Spring Torrents (Ivan Turgenev)
Spring Torrents
Ivan Turgenev
46
A Heart So White (Javier Marías)
A Heart So White
Javier Marías
47
Good Morning, Midnight (Jean Rhys)
Good Morning, Midnight
Jean Rhys
48
Nausea (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre
49
The Year of Magical Thinking (Play) (Joan Didion)
The Year of Magical Thinking (Play)
Joan Didion
50
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
51
The Book of Chameleons (José Eduardo Agualusa)
The Book of Chameleons
José Eduardo Agualusa
52
Blindness (José Saramago)
Blindness
José Saramago
53
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
54
All Fires the Fire (Julio Cortázar)
All Fires the Fire
Julio Cortázar
55
The Unconsoled (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Unconsoled
Kazuo Ishiguro
56
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy
57
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Lisa See)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Lisa See
58
Madame De (Louise De Vilmorin)
Madame De
Louise De Vilmorin
59
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
60
The Lover (Marguerite Duras)
The Lover
Marguerite Duras
61
Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
62
Conversation in the Cathedral (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Conversation in the Cathedral
Mario Vargas Llosa
63
The Wall (Marlen Haushofer)
The Wall
Marlen Haushofer
64
The Space of Literature (Maurice Blanchot)
The Space of Literature
Maurice Blanchot
65
Magda (Meike Ziervogel)
Magda
Meike Ziervogel
66
The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje
67
Widow: Stories (Michelle Latiolais)
Widow: Stories
Michelle Latiolais
68
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
69
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
70
They Were Counted (Miklós Bánffy)
They Were Counted
Miklós Bánffy
71
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
72
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
73
The Driver's Seat (Muriel Spark)
The Driver's Seat
Muriel Spark
74
Sanshiro (Natsume Sōseki)
Sanshiro
Natsume Sōseki
75
God Dies by the Nile (Nawal El Saadawi)
God Dies by the Nile
Nawal El Saadawi
76
Snow (Orhan Pamuk)
Snow
Orhan Pamuk
77
No Longer Human (Osamu Dazai)
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
78
The Slaves of Solitude (Patrick Hamilton)
The Slaves of Solitude
Patrick Hamilton
79
Perfume (Patrick Süskind)
Perfume
Patrick Süskind
80
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons
Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
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