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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Classical Literature

Here's the latest in my series of lists of the best books of each genre. This list contains what I believe are the 40 greatest works of classical literature in history. Enjoy...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
4
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
Guy De Maupassant
5
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
6
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
7
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell
8
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
9
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
10
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
Nikolai Gogol
11
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
George and Weedon Grossmith
12
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
Miguel De Cervantes
13
Dracula
Dracula
14
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
15
Faust (Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)
Faust
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
16
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
John Galsworthy
17
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
18
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
19
A Hero of Our Time (Mikhail Lermontov)
A Hero of Our Time
Mikhail Lermontov
20
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
21
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
22
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Les Miserables
Victor Hugo
23
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
24
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
25
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
26
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
27
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
Matthew Lewis
28
Pere Goriot (Honore De Balzac)
Pere Goriot
Honore De Balzac
29
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
30
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
31
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
32
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
33
The Red and the Black (Stendhal)
The Red and the Black
Stendhal
34
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
35
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
36
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
37
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
38
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
39
The Way We Live Now (Anthony Trollope)
The Way We Live Now
Anthony Trollope
40
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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