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1. DonQuixotebyMigueldeCervantes
AlonsoQuixano,aretiredcountrygentlemaninhisfifties,livesinanunnamedsectionofLaManchawithhisnieceandahousekeeper.Hehasbecomeobsessedwithbooksofchivalry,andbelievesth... - Wikipedia
2. UlyssesbyJamesJoyce
UlysseschroniclesthepassageofLeopoldBloomthroughDublinduringanordinaryday,June16,1904.ThetitleparallelsandalludestoOdysseus(LatinisedintoUlysses),theheroofHomer'sOdyss... - Wikipedia
3. LolitabyVladimirNabokov
Thebookisinternationallyfamousforitsinnovativestyleandinfamousforitscontroversialsubject:
theprotagonistandunreliablenarrator,middleagedHumbertHumbert,becomesobsessedandse... - Wikipedia
4. TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwain
Reveredbyallofthetown'schildrenanddreadedbyallofitsmothers,HuckleberryFinnisindisputablythemostappealingchild-heroinAmericanliterature.Unlikethetall-tale,idyllicworl... -Publisher
5. TheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgerald
ThenovelchroniclesanerathatFitzgeraldhimselfdubbedthe"JazzAge".FollowingtheshockandchaosofWorldWarI,Americansocietyenjoyedunprecedentedlevelsofprosperityduringthe"roar... - Wikipedia
6. 1984byGeorgeOrwell
Thestoryfollowsthelifeofoneseeminglyinsignificantman,WinstonSmith,acivilservantassignedthetaskofperpetuatingtheregime'spropagandabyfalsifyingrecordsandpoliticalliteratur... - Wikipedia
7. WarandPeacebyLeoTolstoy
Epicinscale,WarandPeacedelineatesingraphicdetaileventsleadinguptoNapoleon'sinvasionofRussia,andtheimpactoftheNapoleoniceraonTsaristsociety,asseenthroughtheeyesoffi... - Wikipedia
8. InSearchofLostTimebyMarcelProust
Swann'sWay,thefirstpartofAlarecherchedetempsperdu,MarcelProust'sseven-partcycle,waspublishedin1913.Init,Proustintroducesthethemesthatrunthroughtheentirework.Thenarr... -Publisher
9. AnnaKareninabyLeoTolstoy
AnnaKareninatellsofthedoomedloveaffairbetweenthesensuousandrebelliousAnnaandthedashingofficer,CountVronsky.TragedyunfoldsasAnnarejectsherpassionlessmarriageandmustendu... -Publisher
10. MadameBovarybyGustaveFlaubert
Fordaringtopeerintotheheartofanadulteressandenumerateitscontentswithprofounddispassion,theauthorofMadameBovarywastriedfor"offensesagainstmoralityandreligion."Whatshoc... -Publisher
11. TheBrothersKaramazovbyFyodorDostoyevsky
Dostoevsky'slastandgreatestnovel,TheKaramazovBrothers,isbothabrilliantlytoldcrimestoryandapassionatephilosophicaldebate.ThedissolutelandownerFyodorPavlovichKaramazovismur... -Publisher
12. MiddlemarchbyGeorgeEliot
Middlemarch:
AStudyofProvincialLifeisanovelbyGeorgeEliot,thepennameofMaryAnneEvans,laterMarianEvans.Itisherseventhnovel,begunin1869andthenputasideduringthefinali... - Wikipedia
13. OneHundredYearsofSolitudebyGabrielGarciaMarquez
Oneofthe20thcentury'senduringworks,OneHundredYearsofSolitudeisawidelybelovedandacclaimednovelknownthroughouttheworld,andtheultimateachievementinaNobelPrize–winningcar... -Publisher
14. TheSoundandtheFurybyWilliamFaulkner
TheSoundandtheFuryissetinthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty.ThenovelcentersontheCompsonfamily,formerSouthernaristocratswhoarestrugglingtodealwiththedissolutionoftheirfa... -Wikipedia
15. InvisibleManbyRalphEllison
ThenoveladdressesmanyofthesocialandintellectualissuesfacingAfrican-Americansintheearlytwentiethcentury,includingblacknationalism,therelationshipbetweenblackidentityandMarx... - Wikipedia
16. TheCatcherintheRyebyJ.D.Salinger
TheCatcherintheRyeisa1945novelbyJ.D.Salinger.Originallypublishedforadults,thenovelhasbecomeacommonpartofhighschoolandcollegecurriculathroughouttheEnglish-speakingwo... - Wikipedia
17. TotheLighthousebyVirginiaWoolf
Alandmarknovelofhighmodernism,thetext,centeringontheRamsayfamilyandtheirvisitstotheIsleofSkyeinScotlandbetween1910and1920,skillfullymanipulatestemporalityandpsycholog... - Wikipedia
18. OntheRoadbyJackKerouac
OntheRoadisalargelyautobiographicalworkthatwasbasedonthespontaneousroadtripsofKerouacandhisfriendsacrossmid-centuryAmerica.Itisoftenconsideredadefiningworkofthepost... - Wikipedia
19. Gulliver'sTravelsbyJonathanSwift
FromthepreeminentprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage,agreatclassicrecountingthefourremarkablejourneysofship'ssurgeonLemuelGulliver.Forchildrenitremainsanenchantingfantasy;... -Publisher
20. TheGrapesofWrathbyJohnSteinbeck
SetduringtheGreatDepression,thenovelfocusesonapoorfamilyofsharecroppers,theJoads,drivenfromtheirhomebydrought,economichardship,andchangesintheagricultureindustry.Ina... - Wikipedia
21. MobyDickbyHermanMelville
Firstpublishedin1851,Melville'smasterpieceis,inElizabethHardwick'swords,"thegreatestnovelinAmericanliterature."ThesagaofCaptainAhabandhismonomaniacalpursuitofthewhitewh... -Publisher
22. BelovedbyToniMorrison
Beloved(1987)isaPulitzerPrize-winningnovelbyNobellaureateToniMorrison.Thenovel,herfifth,islooselybasedonthelifeandlegalcaseoftheslaveMargaretGarner,aboutwhomMorrison... - wikipedia
23. ThePortraitofaLadybyHenryJames
ThestorycentresonIsabelArcher,anattractiveAmericanwhomcircumstanceshavebroughttoEurope.IsabelrefusestheofferofmarriagetoanEnglishpeerandtoabulldog-likeNewEnglander,to... -Publisher
24. TheIliadbyHomer
TheIliadisanepicpoemindactylichexameters,traditionallyattributedtoHomer.SetintheTrojanWar,theten-yearsiegeofIliumbyacoalitionofGreekstates,ittellsofthebattlesande... - Wikipedia
25. Absalom,Absalom!
byWilliamFaulkner
Absalom,Absalom!
isaSouthernGothicnovelbytheAmericanauthorWilliamFaulkner,firstpublishedin1936.ItisastoryaboutthreefamiliesoftheAmericanSouth,takingplacebefore,during,... - Wikipedia
26. APassagetoIndiabyE.M.Forster
APassagetoIndiaissetagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRajandtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.Thestoryrevolvesaroundfourcharacters:
Dr.Aziz,hisBritishfriendCyrilFi... - Wikipedia
27. NativeSonbyRichardWright
Thenoveltellsthestoryof20-yearoldBiggerThomas,anAfricanAmericanlivinginutterpoverty.BiggerlivedinChicago'sSouthSideghettointhe1930s.Biggerwasalwaysgettingintotroubl... - Wikipedia
28. Mrs.DallowaybyVirginiaWoolf
Createdfromtwoshortstories,"MrsDallowayinBondStreet"andtheunfinished"ThePrimeMinister",thenovel'sstoryisofClarissa'spreparationsforapartyofwhichsheistobehostess.Wit... - Wikipedia
29. TheOdysseybyHomer
TheOdysseyisoneoftwomajorancientGreekepicpoemsattributedtoHomer.Itis,inpart,asequeltotheIliad,theotherworktraditionallyascribedtoHomer.Thepoemisfundamentaltothem... - Wikipedia
30. Catch-22byJosephHeller
Catch-22isasatirical,historicalnovelbytheAmericanauthorJosephHeller,firstpublishedin1961.Thenovel,setduringthelaterstagesofWorldWarIIfrom1943onwards,isfrequentlycite... - Wikipedia
31. APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManbyJamesJoyce
APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManisasemi-autobiographicalnovelbyJamesJoyce,firstserializedinTheEgoistfrom1914to1915andpublishedinbookformin1916.Itdepictstheformativ... - Wikipedia
32. PrideandPrejudicebyJaneAusten
ThebookisnarratedinfreeindirectspeechfollowingthemaincharacterElizabethBennetasshedealswithmattersofupbringing,marriage,moralrightnessandeducationinheraristocraticsocie... - Wikipedia
33. TheTrialbyFranzKafka
Writtenin1914,TheTrialisoneofthemostimportantnovelsofthetwentiethcentury:
theterrifyingtaleofJosefK.,arespectablebankofficerwhoissuddenlyandinexplicablyarrestedandmu... -Publisher
34. AsILayDyingbyWilliamFaulkner
Thebookistoldinstreamofconsciousnesswritingstyleby15differentnarratorsin59chapters.ItisthestoryofthedeathofAddieBundrenandherfamily'squest—nobleorselfish—tohonorhe... - Wikipedia
35. BraveNewWorldbyAldousHuxley
SetintheLondonofAD2540(632A.F.inthebook),thenovelanticipatesdevelopmentsinreproductivetechnologyandsleep-learningthatcombinetochangesociety.Thefuturesocietyisanembod... - Wikipedia
36. EmmabyJaneAusten
Beforeshebeganthenovel,Austenwrote,"Iamgoingtotakeaheroinewhomno-onebutmyselfwillmuchlike."[1]Intheveryfirstsentencesheintroducesthetitlecharacteras"EmmaWoodhouse,... -Wikipedia
37. NostromobyJosephConrad
EditedwithanintroductionandnotesbyMartinSeymour-Smith.InhisevocationoftherepublicofCostaguana,setamidtheexoticandgrandiosesceneryofSouthAmerica,Conradrevealsnotonlyth... -Publisher
38. ThingsFallApartbyChinuaAchebe
Anovelofgreatpowerthatturnstheworldupsidedown.TheNigeriannovelistAchebereachedbacktotheearlydaysofhispeople'sencounterwithcolonialism,the1890's,thoughthewhitemanand... - Time
39. ToKillaMockingbirdbyHarperLee
AsaSouthernGothicnovelandaBildungsroman,theprimarythemesofToKillaMockingbirdinvolveracialinjusticeandthedestructionofinnocence.ScholarshavenotedthatLeealsoaddressesis... - Wikipedia
40. Heart