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Harold Bloom's the Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread

Harold Bloom's The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread. In 2020, a year after his death, Knopf published literary critic Harold Bloom's list of 50 novels to be read
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
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Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
Samuel Richardson
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Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
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The Betrothed (Alessandro Manzoni)
The Betrothed
Alessandro Manzoni
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The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
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The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal
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Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
Honore De Balzac
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Lost Illusions (Honore De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
Honore De Balzac
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The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (Honoré De Balzac)
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans
Honoré De Balzac
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The Captain's Daughter (Alexander Pushkin)
The Captain's Daughter
Alexander Pushkin
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
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Our Mutual Friend (Charles Dickens)
Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
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Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
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A Sportsman's Sketches (Ivan Turgenev)
A Sportsman's Sketches
Ivan Turgenev
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First Love (Ivan Turgenev)
First Love
Ivan Turgenev
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The Cossacks (Leo Tolstoy)
The Cossacks
Leo Tolstoy
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War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
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Hadji Murad (Leo Tolstoy)
Hadji Murad
Leo Tolstoy
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The Return of the Native (Thomas Hardy)
The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Princess Cassamassima (Henry James)
The Princess Cassamassima
Henry James
30
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
Henry James
31
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
Joseph Conrad
32
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
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Under Western Eyes (Joseph Conrad)
Under Western Eyes
Joseph Conrad
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The Reef (Edith Wharton)
The Reef
Edith Wharton
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The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence)
The Rainbow
D. H. Lawrence
36
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
D. H. Lawrence
37
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
James Joyce
38
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
39
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
40
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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