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The Comprehensive Classical Literature Reading List

I love classical literature. More specially, classical European literature, which I view as being the period from c.1650-1905. This list includes all the European works of classical literature of that period which I believe are both enjoyable to read but also foundational to those seeking to understand the rich 'platform' that all subsequent literature was able to build from. Importantly, it does not include works which I don't believe meet either of those criteria. I spent my twenties reading these novels (yes, I had a life outside that), and I'm so grateful that I did so. It now allows me to enjoy modern literature and to understand the context of great novels in the larger scheme of literature. I hope someone finds this list useful.
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Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
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The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
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Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
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Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
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Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
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Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
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Barry Lyndon (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon (William Makepeace Thackeray)
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Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
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The Beast Within (Emile Zola)
The Beast Within (Emile Zola)
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Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
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The Belly of Paris (Emile Zola)
The Belly of Paris (Emile Zola)
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Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
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The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
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The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
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The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
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Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
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The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
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The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
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Can You Forgive Her? (Anthony Trollope)
Can You Forgive Her? (Anthony Trollope)
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Candide (Voltaire, Trans. Theo Cuffe)
Candide (Voltaire, Trans. Theo Cuffe)
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The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
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The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
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The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
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The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
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A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
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Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
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Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
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Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
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Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
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