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The Rough Guide to Classic Novels: Books on a Theme

Romance, passion, fantasy, adventure, historical fiction, war and conflict, horror and vampires, humour, crime and mystery - it's all here.
These are works mentioned in the themed box sections of "The Rough Guide to Classic Novels", as detailed below.
A Fine Romance (1-6)
Sex, censorship and the novel (7-9)
Magic Realism (10-18)
School books (18-23)
Novel sequences (24-40)
La Comédie humaine (the most outstanding 9) (41-49)
Bildungsroman (50-53)
The historical novel (54-62)
The picaresque (63-70)
Novels of the Great War (71-78)
The Chronicles of Bartsetshire (79-84) and The Pallisers (85-90)
Good place, bad place (91-98)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (99-107)
Literary bloodsuckers (108-123)
The first detective (124-130)
The best of Maigret (131-140)
Wodehouse's world:
- Six of the best Jeeves & Wooster (141-146)
- Five great Blandings Castle novels (147-151)
- The best of Psmith (152-155)
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Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
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Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
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Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (John Cleland)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
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The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
The Kingdom of This World (Alejo Carpentier)
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The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
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The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
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The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
The Cloven Viscount (Italo Calvino)
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The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees
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The Non-Existent Knight (Italo Calvino)
The Non-Existent Knight (Italo Calvino)
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
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Tom Brown's Schooldays (Thomas Hughes)
Tom Brown's Schooldays (Thomas Hughes)
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Botchan - Soseki Natsume
Botchan - Soseki Natsume
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Frost in May (Antonia White)
Frost in May (Antonia White)
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
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Old School (Tobias Wolff)
Old School (Tobias Wolff)
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The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Deerslayer (James Fenimore Cooper)
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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 Pathfinder (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pathfinder (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Pioneers (James Fenimore Cooper)
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The Prairie (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Prairie (James Fenimore Cooper)
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In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
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The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
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Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb (Dorothy M. Richardson)
Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb (Dorothy M. Richardson)
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Pilgrimage, Volume 2: The Tunnel and Interim (Dorothy M. Richardson)
Pilgrimage, Volume 2: The Tunnel and Interim (Dorothy M. Richardson)
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Pilgrimage, Volume 3: Deadlock, Revolving Lights, the Trap (Dorothy M. Richardson)
Pilgrimage, Volume 3: Deadlock, Revolving Lights, the Trap (Dorothy M. Richardson)
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Pilgrimage, Volume 4: Oberland, Dawn's Left Hand, Clear Horizon, Dimple Hill, March Moonlight (Dorothy M. Richardson)
Pilgrimage, Volume 4: Oberland, Dawn's Left Hand, Clear Horizon, Dimple Hill, March Moonlight (Dorothy M. Richardson)
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A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
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Martha Quest (Children of Violence #1) (Doris Lessing)
Martha Quest (Children of Violence #1) (Doris Lessing)
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A Proper Marriage (Children of Violence #2) (Doris Lessing)
A Proper Marriage (Children of Violence #2) (Doris Lessing)
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A Ripple From the Storm (Children of Violence #3) (Doris Lessing)
A Ripple From the Storm (Children of Violence #3) (Doris Lessing)
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Landlocked (Children of Violence #4) (Doris Lessing)
Landlocked (Children of Violence #4) (Doris Lessing)
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The Four-Gated City (Children of Violence #5) (Doris Lessing)
The Four-Gated City (Children of Violence #5) (Doris Lessing)
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