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Novels, and a Few Collections of Stories, That Seem to Be or Seem Quite Likely to Be Important to Literary History (Some Read, Some TBR)

I know that there are going to be a lot of books that people want to add to this list, and I'd be happy to hear any suggestions. Happy reading.
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The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
The Golden Ass (Apuleius)
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
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La Celestina (Fernando De Rojas)
La Celestina (Fernando De Rojas)
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Lazarillo De Tormes (Anónimo)
Lazarillo De Tormes (Anónimo)
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Don Quijote De La Mancha (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quijote De La Mancha (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
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The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
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Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
Oroonoko (Aphra Behn)
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Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
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Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
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Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
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Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
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Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
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Fanny Hill (John Cleland)
Fanny Hill (John Cleland)
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The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
The Female Quixote (Charlotte Lennox)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
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The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
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The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
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A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
A Sentimental Journey (Laurence Sterne)
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Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
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Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
Dangerous Liaisons (Pierre Choderlos De Laclos)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
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Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (J. W. Von Goethe)
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (J. W. Von Goethe)
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Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
Jacques the Fatalist (Denis Diderot)
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Hyperion (Friedrich Hölderln)
Hyperion (Friedrich Hölderln)
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Rameau's Nephew (Denis Diderot)
Rameau's Nephew (Denis Diderot)
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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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Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
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Rob Roy (Sir Walter Scott)
Rob Roy (Sir Walter Scott)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr (E.T.A. Hoffmann)
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
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Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
Eugene Onegin (Aleksandr Pushkin)
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The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
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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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Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
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The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
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