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The Best Bildungsroman (Coming-Of-Age) Novels

A Bildungsroman is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important. Basically, it's a novel where the protagonist doesn't just change, but grows up.
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Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan (Ibn Tufayl)
Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan
Ibn Tufayl
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Parzival
Parzival
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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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Lazarillo De Tormes (Anónimo)
Lazarillo De Tormes
Anónimo
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Simplicius Simplicissimus
Simplicius Simplicissimus
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Les Aventures De Télémaque (Fénelon)
Les Aventures De Télémaque
Fénelon
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Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
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Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
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Emile
Emile
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Wilhelm Meister'S Apprenticeship
Wilhelm Meister'S Apprenticeship
12
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
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The Captain's Daughter
The Captain's Daughter
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Pendennis (William Thackeray)
Pendennis
William Thackeray
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Green Henry
Green Henry
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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A Sentimental Education (Gustave Flaubert)
A Sentimental Education
Gustave Flaubert
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The Story of an African Farm (Olive Schreiner)
The Story of an African Farm
Olive Schreiner
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Pharaoh
Pharaoh
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What Maisie Knew (Henry James)
What Maisie Knew
Henry James
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Young Torless
Young Torless
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Martin Eden
Martin Eden
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Book of Khalid
Book of Khalid
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Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes
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Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
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Of Human Bondage (W. Somerset Maugham)
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
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Demian
Demian
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Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
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This Side of Paradise (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
This Side of Paradise
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
Thomas Mann
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Pather Panchali
Pather Panchali
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Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
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