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Lesser Known Classics

You know of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice or Crime and Punishment or the Secret Harden or War and Peace, perhaps Huckleberry Finn, but have you heard of the following titles. You won't find The Odyssey or Moby Dick on this list.
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An Ethiopian Romance
An Ethiopian Romance
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The Recognition of Sakuntala (Kalidasa)
The Recognition of Sakuntala
Kalidasa
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The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien (T'ao Ch'ien)
The Poems of T'ao Ch'ien
T'ao Ch'ien
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The Pillow Book (Sei Shonagon)
The Pillow Book
Sei Shonagon
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
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The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
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The Essential Rumi (Rumi)
The Essential Rumi
Rumi
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The Bostan of Saadi
The Bostan of Saadi
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The Tain (Anon)
The Tain
Anon
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Essays in Idleness & Hojoki (Kenko & Chomei)
Essays in Idleness & Hojoki
Kenko & Chomei
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The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)
The Cloud of Unknowing
Anonymous
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The Book of Margery Kempe
The Book of Margery Kempe
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Lazarillo De Tormes
Lazarillo De Tormes
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The Heptameron (Marguerite De Navarre)
The Heptameron
Marguerite De Navarre
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The Blazing World
The Blazing World
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The Princess of Cleves (Madame De La Fayette)
The Princess of Cleves
Madame De La Fayette
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Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko
Aphra Behn
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Brief Lives
Brief Lives
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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Love in Excess (Eliza Haywood)
Love in Excess
Eliza Haywood
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A Journal of the Plague Year (Daniel Defoe)
A Journal of the Plague Year
Daniel Defoe
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Letters of a Peruvian Woman (Francoise De Graffigny)
Letters of a Peruvian Woman
Francoise De Graffigny
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Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
John Cleland
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Dream of Red Chamber
Dream of Red Chamber
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The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote
Charlotte Lennox
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Letters of Mistress Henley (Isabelle De Charrieres)
Letters of Mistress Henley
Isabelle De Charrieres
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
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A Simple Story (Elizabeth Inchbald)
A Simple Story
Elizabeth Inchbald
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Caleb Williams (William Godwin)
Caleb Williams
William Godwin
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A Voyage Around My Room (Xavier De Maistre)
A Voyage Around My Room
Xavier De Maistre
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Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist
Denis Diderot
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
James Hogg
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Hope Leslie (Catharine Sedgwick)
Hope Leslie
Catharine Sedgwick
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Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
Mary Wollstonecraft
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The Coquette (Hannah Webster Foster)
The Coquette
Hannah Webster Foster
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Wieland
Wieland
37
The Wide, Wide World (Susan Warner)
The Wide, Wide World
Susan Warner
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Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
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Ruth Hall (Fanny Fern)
Ruth Hall
Fanny Fern
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Harriet Jacobs
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