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theprotagonistandunreliablenarrator,middleagedHumbertHumbert,becomesobsessedandse... 

4. 

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnbyMarkTwain

Reveredbyallofthetown'

schildrenanddreadedbyallofitsmothers,HuckleberryFinnisindisputablythemostappealingchild-heroinAmericanliterature.Unlikethetall-tale,idyllicworl... 

-Publisher

5. 

TheGreatGatsbybyF.ScottFitzgerald

ThenovelchroniclesanerathatFitzgeraldhimselfdubbedthe"

JazzAge"

.FollowingtheshockandchaosofWorldWarI,Americansocietyenjoyedunprecedentedlevelsofprosperityduringthe"

roar... 

6. 

1984byGeorgeOrwell

Thestoryfollowsthelifeofoneseeminglyinsignificantman,WinstonSmith,acivilservantassignedthetaskofperpetuatingtheregime'

spropagandabyfalsifyingrecordsandpoliticalliteratur... 

7. 

WarandPeacebyLeoTolstoy

Epicinscale,WarandPeacedelineatesingraphicdetaileventsleadinguptoNapoleon'

sinvasionofRussia,andtheimpactoftheNapoleoniceraonTsaristsociety,asseenthroughtheeyesoffi... 

8. 

InSearchofLostTimebyMarcelProust

Swann'

sWay,thefirstpartofAlarecherchedetempsperdu,MarcelProust'

sseven-partcycle,waspublishedin1913.Init,Proustintroducesthethemesthatrunthroughtheentirework.Thenarr... 

9. 

AnnaKareninabyLeoTolstoy

AnnaKareninatellsofthedoomedloveaffairbetweenthesensuousandrebelliousAnnaandthedashingofficer,CountVronsky.TragedyunfoldsasAnnarejectsherpassionlessmarriageandmustendu... 

10. 

MadameBovarybyGustaveFlaubert

Fordaringtopeerintotheheartofanadulteressandenumerateitscontentswithprofounddispassion,theauthorofMadameBovarywastriedfor"

offensesagainstmoralityandreligion."

Whatshoc... 

11. 

TheBrothersKaramazovbyFyodorDostoyevsky

Dostoevsky'

slastandgreatestnovel,TheKaramazovBrothers,isbothabrilliantlytoldcrimestoryandapassionatephilosophicaldebate.ThedissolutelandownerFyodorPavlovichKaramazovismur... 

12. 

MiddlemarchbyGeorgeEliot

Middlemarch:

AStudyofProvincialLifeisanovelbyGeorgeEliot,thepennameofMaryAnneEvans,laterMarianEvans.Itisherseventhnovel,begunin1869andthenputasideduringthefinali... 

13. 

OneHundredYearsofSolitudebyGabrielGarciaMarquez

Oneofthe20thcentury'

senduringworks,OneHundredYearsofSolitudeisawidelybelovedandacclaimednovelknownthroughouttheworld,andtheultimateachievementinaNobelPrize–winningcar... 

14. 

TheSoundandtheFurybyWilliamFaulkner

TheSoundandtheFuryissetinthefictionalYoknapatawphaCounty.ThenovelcentersontheCompsonfamily,formerSouthernaristocratswhoarestrugglingtodealwiththedissolutionoftheirfa... 

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15. 

InvisibleManbyRalphEllison

ThenoveladdressesmanyofthesocialandintellectualissuesfacingAfrican-Americansintheearlytwentiethcentury,includingblacknationalism,therelationshipbetweenblackidentityandMarx... 

16. 

TheCatcherintheRyebyJ.D.Salinger

TheCatcherintheRyeisa1945novelbyJ.D.Salinger.Originallypublishedforadults,thenovelhasbecomeacommonpartofhighschoolandcollegecurriculathroughouttheEnglish-speakingwo... 

17. 

TotheLighthousebyVirginiaWoolf

Alandmarknovelofhighmodernism,thetext,centeringontheRamsayfamilyandtheirvisitstotheIsleofSkyeinScotlandbetween1910and1920,skillfullymanipulatestemporalityandpsycholog... 

18. 

OntheRoadbyJackKerouac

OntheRoadisalargelyautobiographicalworkthatwasbasedonthespontaneousroadtripsofKerouacandhisfriendsacrossmid-centuryAmerica.Itisoftenconsideredadefiningworkofthepost... 

19. 

Gulliver'

sTravelsbyJonathanSwift

FromthepreeminentprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage,agreatclassicrecountingthefourremarkablejourneysofship'

ssurgeonLemuelGulliver.Forchildrenitremainsanenchantingfantasy;

... 

20. 

TheGrapesofWrathbyJohnSteinbeck

SetduringtheGreatDepression,thenovelfocusesonapoorfamilyofsharecroppers,theJoads,drivenfromtheirhomebydrought,economichardship,andchangesintheagricultureindustry.Ina... 

21. 

MobyDickbyHermanMelville

Firstpublishedin1851,Melville'

smasterpieceis,inElizabethHardwick'

swords,"

thegreatestnovelinAmericanliterature."

ThesagaofCaptainAhabandhismonomaniacalpursuitofthewhitewh... 

22. 

BelovedbyToniMorrison

Beloved（1987）isaPulitzerPrize-winningnovelbyNobellaureateToniMorrison.Thenovel,herfifth,islooselybasedonthelifeandlegalcaseoftheslaveMargaretGarner,aboutwhomMorrison... 

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23. 

ThePortraitofaLadybyHenryJames

ThestorycentresonIsabelArcher,anattractiveAmericanwhomcircumstanceshavebroughttoEurope.IsabelrefusestheofferofmarriagetoanEnglishpeerandtoabulldog-likeNewEnglander,to... 

24. 

TheIliadbyHomer

TheIliadisanepicpoemindactylichexameters,traditionallyattributedtoHomer.SetintheTrojanWar,theten-yearsiegeofIliumbyacoalitionofGreekstates,ittellsofthebattlesande... 

25. 

Absalom,Absalom!

byWilliamFaulkner

isaSouthernGothicnovelbytheAmericanauthorWilliamFaulkner,firstpublishedin1936.ItisastoryaboutthreefamiliesoftheAmericanSouth,takingplacebefore,during,... 

26. 

APassagetoIndiabyE.M.Forster

APassagetoIndiaissetagainstthebackdropoftheBritishRajandtheIndianindependencemovementinthe1920s.Thestoryrevolvesaroundfourcharacters:

Dr.Aziz,hisBritishfriendCyrilFi... 

27. 

NativeSonbyRichardWright

Thenoveltellsthestoryof20-yearoldBiggerThomas,anAfricanAmericanlivinginutterpoverty.BiggerlivedinChicago'

sSouthSideghettointhe1930s.Biggerwasalwaysgettingintotroubl... 

28. 

Mrs.DallowaybyVirginiaWoolf

Createdfromtwoshortstories,"

MrsDallowayinBondStreet"

andtheunfinished"

ThePrimeMinister"

thenovel'

sstoryisofClarissa'

spreparationsforapartyofwhichsheistobehostess.Wit... 

29. 

TheOdysseybyHomer

TheOdysseyisoneoftwomajorancientGreekepicpoemsattributedtoHomer.Itis,inpart,asequeltotheIliad,theotherworktraditionallyascribedtoHomer.Thepoemisfundamentaltothem... 

30. 

Catch-22byJosephHeller

Catch-22isasatirical,historicalnovelbytheAmericanauthorJosephHeller,firstpublishedin1961.Thenovel,setduringthelaterstagesofWorldWarIIfrom1943onwards,isfrequentlycite... 

31. 

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManbyJamesJoyce

APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungManisasemi-autobiographicalnovelbyJamesJoyce,firstserializedinTheEgoistfrom1914to1915andpublishedinbookformin1916.Itdepictstheformativ... 

32. 

PrideandPrejudicebyJaneAusten

ThebookisnarratedinfreeindirectspeechfollowingthemaincharacterElizabethBennetasshedealswithmattersofupbringing,marriage,moralrightnessandeducationinheraristocraticsocie... 

33. 

TheTrialbyFranzKafka

Writtenin1914,TheTrialisoneofthemostimportantnovelsofthetwentiethcentury:

theterrifyingtaleofJosefK.,arespectablebankofficerwhoissuddenlyandinexplicablyarrestedandmu... 

34. 

AsILayDyingbyWilliamFaulkner

Thebookistoldinstreamofconsciousnesswritingstyleby15differentnarratorsin59chapters.ItisthestoryofthedeathofAddieBundrenandherfamily'

squest—nobleorselfish—tohonorhe... 

35. 

BraveNewWorldbyAldousHuxley

SetintheLondonofAD2540（632A.F.inthebook）,thenovelanticipatesdevelopmentsinreproductivetechnologyandsleep-learningthatcombinetochangesociety.Thefuturesocietyisanembod... 

36. 

EmmabyJaneAusten

Beforeshebeganthenovel,Austenwrote,"

Iamgoingtotakeaheroinewhomno-onebutmyselfwillmuchlike."

[1]Intheveryfirstsentencesheintroducesthetitlecharacteras"

EmmaWoodhouse,... 

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37. 

NostromobyJosephConrad

EditedwithanintroductionandnotesbyMartinSeymour-Smith.InhisevocationoftherepublicofCostaguana,setamidtheexoticandgrandiosesceneryofSouthAmerica,Conradrevealsnotonlyth... 

38. 

ThingsFallApartbyChinuaAchebe

Anovelofgreatpowerthatturnstheworldupsidedown.TheNigeriannovelistAchebereachedbacktotheearlydaysofhispeople'

sencounterwithcolonialism,the1890'

s,thoughthewhitemanand... 

Time

39. 

ToKillaMockingbirdbyHarperLee

AsaSouthernGothicnovelandaBildungsroman,theprimarythemesofToKillaMockingbirdinvolveracialinjusticeandthedestructionofinnocence.ScholarshavenotedthatLeealsoaddressesis... 

40. 

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