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How to Be Well Read in English Literature

What follows may be idiosyncratic at times but will, I hope, provide a reasonably reliable overview of the high points of English Literature. I won't attempt to look at the works of other countries; I scarcely know the creations of my realm well enough, and I wouldn't dream of pontificating about other cultures. Indeed, the act of creating this list has made me realise how personal my choices are, and how little use they are likely to be to anyone.
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Beowulf
Beowulf
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The Wanderer
The Wanderer
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Simon Armitage (Translator))
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Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
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Pearl
Pearl
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The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing
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Fairy Queen (Spencer)
Fairy Queen (Spencer)
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The Complete Poems (Sir Thomas Wyatt)
The Complete Poems (Sir Thomas Wyatt)
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Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
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Edward II
Edward II
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Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
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Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
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MacBeth
MacBeth
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King Lear (Shakespeare)
King Lear (Shakespeare)
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A Midsummer's Night Dream (Shakespeare)
A Midsummer's Night Dream (Shakespeare)
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Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
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Measure for Measure (Shakespeare)
Measure for Measure (Shakespeare)
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Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)
Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)
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The Tempest (Shakespeare)
The Tempest (Shakespeare)
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The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
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The Duchess of Malfi (Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi (Webster)
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The Complete English Poems by John Donne
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
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George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
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Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
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Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
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William Wordsworth: Collected Poems
William Wordsworth: Collected Poems
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Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
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Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
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Emma
Emma
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Persuasion (Austen)
Persuasion (Austen)
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John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) (John Keats)
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) (John Keats)
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Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
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Villette (Charlotte Bronte)
Villette (Charlotte Bronte)
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