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World's Most Influential Stories - Page 3

The list tries to include influential fictional stories, the narratives you can't help but notice everywhere in our culture.
- every single human culture is sophisticated enough to have folk tales and I wouldn't even know where to begin and where to end... (I included The Grimm Brothers because they took the stories to paper and so have become super popular)
- I chose epic poems from every major area (at least 1)
- from hero tales to junkie tales. From ancient tales to post colonial stories. From knights to spaceships and everything in between
- poems are only included if they are very influential to multiple cultures, like Chinese poetry for instance, but epic poems are preferred
- I tried to include from as many areas as possible (just because Vietnam or Finland did not have the empire or industry or historical context to spread their culture as much as England or France, doesn't mean that their epic poems are not important to many people
- I avoided non fiction or philosophy books
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The Giver of the Worn Garland
The Giver of the Worn Garland
82
The Peony Pavilion (Tang Xianzu)
The Peony Pavilion
Tang Xianzu
83
The Peach Blossom Fan (K'ung Shang-Jen)
The Peach Blossom Fan
K'ung Shang-Jen
84
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
85
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
86
Oroonoko
Oroonoko
87
Hikayat Hang Tuah
Hikayat Hang Tuah
88
Chikamatsu Plays (Chikamatsu)
Chikamatsu Plays
Chikamatsu
89
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
Samuel Richardson
90
Clarissa (Samuel Richardson)
Clarissa
Samuel Richardson
91
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
92
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders
93
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
94
Tristram Shandy
Tristram Shandy
95
The Appeasement of Radhika (Radhika Santawanam) (Muddupalani)
The Appeasement of Radhika (Radhika Santawanam)
Muddupalani
96
The Scholars
The Scholars
97
Dream of Red Chamber
Dream of Red Chamber
98
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (Songling Pu)
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio
Songling Pu
99
Elective Affinities
Elective Affinities
100
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
101
Jacques the Fatalist
Jacques the Fatalist
102
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
Voltaire
103
Don Juan
Don Juan
104
Justine
Justine
105
Venus in Furs (Masoch)
Venus in Furs
Masoch
106
The Tale of Kieu
The Tale of Kieu
107
The Kalevala
The Kalevala
108
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther
109
Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
110
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
111
Vathek and Other Stories (William Beckford)
Vathek and Other Stories
William Beckford
112
Carmilla
Carmilla
113
The Purloined Letter
The Purloined Letter
114
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
115
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Howard Pyle)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle
116
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
117
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
118
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
119
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
120
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
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