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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
1
George Eliot
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
3
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
4
Mark Twain
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
5
Edith Wharton
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey
6
Anne Brontë
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
7
Lewis Carroll
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors
8
Henry James
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
9
Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 80 Days (Jules Verne)
Around the World in 80 Days
10
Jules Verne
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
11
Kate Chopin
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
12
Anthony Trollope
Barnaby Rudge (Charles Dickens)
Barnaby Rudge
13
Charles Dickens
Barry Lyndon (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon
14
William Makepeace Thackeray
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
15
Herman Melville
The Beast Within (Emile Zola)
The Beast Within
16
Emile Zola
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
17
Guy De Maupassant
The Belly of Paris (Emile Zola)
The Belly of Paris
18
Emile Zola
Billy Budd, Sailor (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd, Sailor
19
Herman Melville
The Black Arrow (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Black Arrow
20
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
21
Edgar Allan Poe
The Black Tulip (Alexandre Dumas)
The Black Tulip
22
Alexandre Dumas
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
23
Charles Dickens
The Blithedale Romance (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Blithedale Romance
24
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet
25
Gustave Flaubert
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
26
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
27
Jack London
Can You Forgive Her? (Anthony Trollope)
Can You Forgive Her?
28
Anthony Trollope
Candide (Voltaire, Trans. Theo Cuffe)
Candide
29
Voltaire, Trans. Theo Cuffe
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
30
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
31
Edgar Allan Poe
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
32
Horace Walpole
The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)
The Charterhouse of Parma
33
Stendhal
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
34
Charles Dickens
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
35
Samuel Richardson
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
36
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
37
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
38
Alexandre Dumas
Cousin Bette (Honoré De Balzac)
Cousin Bette
39
Honoré De Balzac
Cranford (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Cranford
40
Elizabeth Gaskell
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