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Michael Dirda, Classics for Pleasure

397 entries: 226 monographical, 171 otherwise

Unranked—arranged topically

This book offers the second-best (after Philip Ward's) combination of a list of works for readers to enjoy and a enjoyable work to read in and of itself; or we could say, it offers a selection of books less predictable than Fadiman's or Van Doren's, and his prose is at least superior to Van Doren's. (Powys's selection is relatively limited, and as a novelist himself doesn't seem to have put as much care and effort into his text, presumably because he was somewhat dismissive of the entire concept).

Dirda's book specifically responds to Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan. The author explains that he read Fadiman's book as a child, adding, "Over the years I gradually meandered my way through nearly all the works" listed there. He then went on to a doctorate in comparative literature and a position as editor and writer at the Washington Post Book World. In turn, Dirda designed Classics for Pleasure not to overlap with the final, 1997 version of Fadiman's plan, arguing that the works listed there are "relatively familiar." As a result, Dirda's list ends up like Kanigel's Vintage Reading, directing its readers to "new authors and less obvious classics."

The works listed here are split into categories defined by a broad theme. These are as such: Playful Imaginations (1-Gorey); Heroes of Their Time (31-Agee); Love's Mysteries (Sappho-62); Words From the Wise (63-75); Everyday Magic (76-94); Lives of Consequence (95-Auden); The Dark Side (117-128); Traveler's Tales (129-154); The Way We Live Now (155-180); Realms of Adventure (181-Hammett); Encyclopedic Visions (203-224).

    Lucian
  1. Verae Historiae_6

    2. True History
    Second Century—Greek
    *Classics* *Downs* *Read* *Ward* *Dirda* *Newman*

  2. Asinus_1

    3. Lucius or The Ass
    Second Century—Greek
    *Dirda*

  3. Dialogi Mortuorum_2

    4. Dialogues of the Dead
    Second Century—Greek
    *Classics* *Dirda*

  4. Dialogi Meretricii_1

    5. Dialogues of the Courtesans
    Second Century—Greek
    *Dirda*

  5. Dialogi Deorum_2
    Dialogues of the Gods
    Second Century—Greek
    *Classics* *Dirda*

    • Essays_1

    6. Second Century—Greek
    *Dirda*

    Denis Diderot
  6. Le Neveu de Rameau ou la Satire Seconde_7
    German traslation, 1805; original, 1823—French
    *Classics* *Ward* *Adler* *Bloom* *Foundation* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • Selected works_1

    7. Eighteenth Century—French
    *Dirda*

  7. Les Bijoux Indiscrets_1

    8. originally anonymously published 1748—French
    *Dirda*

  8. Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville, ou Dialogue Entre A et B sur l'Inconvénient d'Attacher des Idées Morales à Certaines Actions Physiques Qui n'en Comportent Pas_1

    9. 1772—French
    *Dirda*

  9. La Religieuse_2
    The Nun
    1796—French
    *Ward* *Dirda*

    • 'Ceci N'Est pas un Conte'_1

    10. originally published 1773 in Correspondance Littérarire—French
    *Dirda*

  10. Jacques le Fataliste et son Maître_4
    Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
    published in part, 1785; in its entirety, 1796—French
    *Ward* *Norway* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • Denis Diderot et al.

    Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers_7

    11. published in 28 volumes, 1751-72—French
    *Downs* *SeymourSmith* *Trinity* *Dirda* *GlobeMail* *Telegraph* *Newman*

    Thomas Love Peacock
  11. Crotchet Castle_1
    1831; revised 1837—English
    *Dirda*

    • Novels_1

    12. Nineteenth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  12. Nightmare Abbey_2

    13. 1818; revised 1837—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  13. Gryll Grange_2

    14. originally published serially 1860 in Fraser's Magazine—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  14. Maid Marian_1

    15. 1822—English
    *Dirda*

    Max Beerbohm
  15. Seven Men_2

    16. 1919; second edition, entitled Seven Men, and Two Others, 1950
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  16. A Christmas Garland, Woven by Max Beerbohm_1

    17. 1912—English
    *Dirda*

  17. Zuleika Dobson; or, An Oxford Love Story_2
    1911—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • Essays_1

    late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—English
    *Dirda*

    • And Even Now_1

    18. 1920; essays—English
    *Dirda*

  18. Jaroslav Hasek

    19. Osudy Dobrého Vojáka Švejka za Svetové Války_4
    The Good Soldier Švejk
    1923—Czech
    *Ward* *Fadiman* *Dirda* *Deposit*

    Ivy Compton-Burnett
  19. Brothers and Sisters_1

    20. 1929—English
    *Dirda*

  20. Manservant and Maidservant_1
    1947; U S edition entitled Bullivant and the Lambs—English
    *Dirda*

    • Novels_1

    21. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  21. Daughters and Sons_1

    22. 1937—English
    *Dirda*

  22. Parents and Children_1

    23. 1941—English
    *Dirda*

  23. A House and Its Head_1

    24. 1935—English
    *Dirda*

  24. A Father and His Fate_1

    25. 1957—English
    *Dirda*

  25. Darkness and Day_1

    26. 1951—English
    *Dirda*

  26. Pastors and Masters_1

    27. 1925—English
    *Dirda*

  27. The Present and the Past_1
    1953—English
    *Dirda*

    S J Perelman
    • The Most of S J Perelman_1

    1958—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Strictly From Hunger'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Cloudland Revisited'_1

    28. series of essays—English
    *Dirda*

    Italo Calvino
  28. Le Città Invisibili_4

    29. Invisible Cities
    1972—Italian
    *Bloom* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Zane*

  29. Il Castello dei Destini Incrociati_1

    30. The Castle of Crossed Destinies
    first part published 1969, entitled Tarocchi: Il Mazzo Visconteo di Bergamo e New York; published in its entirety, 1973—Italian
    *Dirda*

  30. Se una Notte d'Inverno un Viaggiatore_5
    If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
    1979—Italian
    *Bloom* *Fadiman* *Dirda* *Harvard* *Educated*

    Edward Gorey
    • Amphigorey_1

    1972; includes The Unstrung Harp, 1953; The Listing Attic, 1954; The Doubtful Guest, 1957; The Object Lesson, 1958; The Bug Book, 1959; The Fatal Lozenge, 1960; The Hapless Child, 1961; The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Tale by Ogdred Weary, 1961; The Willowdale Handcar: Or, the Return of the Black Doll, 1962; The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction, 1963; The Wuggly Ump, 1963; The Sinking Spell, 1964; and The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken From Life, 1965—English
    *Dirda*

    • Amphigorey Too_1

    1975; includes The Beastly Baby, 1962; The Nursery Frieze, 1964; Three Books From Fantod Press, 1966; The Gilded Bat, 1967; The Iron Tonic: Or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley, 1969; Three Books From The Fantod Press, 1970; Three Books From The Fantod Press, 1971; The Lavender Leotard; The Disrespectful Summons; The Abandoned Sock, 1972; Leaves from a Mislaid Album, 1972; The Lost Lions, 1973; and A Limerick, 1973; plus translations of Alphonse Allais's Story for Saraand Charles Cros's The Salt Herring—English
    *Dirda*

    • Amphigorey Also_1

    1983; includes The Utter Zoo, 1967; The Blue Aspic, 1968; The Epiplectic Bicycle, 1969; The Sopping Thursday, 1970; The Grand Passion; Les Passementeries Horribles; The Eclectic Abecedarium; L'Heure Bleue; The Broken Spoke; The Awdrey-Gore Legacy; The Glorious Nosebleed: Fifth Alphabet, 1975; The Loathsome Couple; The Green Beads, 1978; Les Urnes Utiles; The Stupid Joke; The Prune People; and The Tuning Fork—English
    *Dirda*

    • Amphigorey Again_1

    31. 2006; includes The Galoshes of Remorse; Signs of Spring; Seasonal Confusion; Random Walk; Category; The Other Statue; Scenes de Ballet; Verse Advice; The Deadly Blotter; Creativity; The Retrieved Locket; The Water Flowers; The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas, 1998; Christmas Wrap-Up, The Headless Bust: A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millennium, 1999; The Just Dessert; The Admonitory Hippopotamus; Neglected Murderesses; Tragedies Topiares; The Raging Tide; The Unknown Vegetable; Another Random Walk; Serious Life: A Cruise; Figbash Acrobate; La Malle Saignante; and The Izzard Book; plus abridged versions of 10 Impossible Objects and The Universal Solvent—English
    *Dirda*

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  31. Beowulf_14

    32. ca. Eighth-Eleventh centuries; Mallison ("Smart") specifies Seamus Heaney's modern English version—English
    *Eliot* *Classics* *Rexroth* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Campbell* *Dirda* *Great* *Smart* *Newman* *Graphic* *Educated*

  32. Ferdowsi
    Shahnameh_7
    The Book of Kings
    written ca. 977-1010—Persian
    *Lubbock* *Ward* *Oriental* *Fadiman* *Dirda* *Great* *World*

    --
    • "The Icelandic Sagas"_1

    33. ca. Thirteenth Century—Norse
    *Dirda*

    --
  33. Njáls Saga_5

    34. ca. Thirteenth Century—Norse
    *Rexroth* *Read* *Ward* *Norway* *Dirda*

    --
  34. Laxdaela Saga_1

    35. ca. Thirteenth Century—Norse
    *Dirda*

    --
  35. Grettis Saga_1

    36. ca. Thirteenth Century—Norse
    *Dirda*

    --
  36. Egil Saga_1
    ca. Thirteenth Century—Norse
    *Dirda*

    Christopher Marlowe
    • Plays_2

    37. late Sixteenth Century—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  37. The Jew of Malta_5

    38. 1592—English
    *Baldwin* *Classics* *Ward* *Dirda* *Newman*

  38. The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus_10

    39. 1592—English
    *Baldwin* *Eliot* *Classics* *Ward* *Magill* *Recommended* *Campbell* *Dirda* *Newman* *Educated*

  39. Dido, Queen of Carthage_2

    40. ca. 1587-93—English
    *Dirda* *Newman*

  40. Edward II_5

    41. 1593—English
    *Eliot* *Classics* *Ward* *Dirda* *Newman*

  41. Tamburlaine the Great_7
    1590—English
    *Baldwin* *Classics* *Ward* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman*

    • Poems_2

    42. late Sixteenth Century—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Émile Zola
  42. Germinal_10
    originally published serially Apr. 1884-Jan. 1885 in Gil Blas—French
    *Ward* *Magill* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Great* *Guardian* *Zane* *Newman*

    • Novels_1

    43. late Nineteenth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  43. L'Assommoir_5

    44. 1877—French
    *Ward* *Bloom* *Dirda* *Zane* *Newman*

  44. Nana_6

    45. originally published serially 1879-80 in La Voltaire—French
    *Bloom* *Kanigel* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Zane* *Newman*

  45. La Bête Humaine_2

    46. 1890—French
    *Dirda* *Newman*

  46. Au Bonheur des Dames_1

    47. originally published serially 1883 in Gil Blas—French
    *Dirda*

  47. La Terre_1

    48. 1887—French
    *Dirda*

  48. Ernst Jünger

    49. In Stahlgewittern_2
    1920; revised through 1978 edition—German
    *Trinity* *Dirda*

    James Agee
  49. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men_6
    1941; photography by Walker Evans—English
    *Bloom* *Recommended* *Utne* *Dirda* *Smart* *Deposit*

    • "Film criticism"_1

    Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • Sappho

    Poems_6
    late Seventh-early Sixth centuries B C—Greek
    *Rexroth* *Bloom* *Dirda* *World* *Newman* *Graphic*

    --
    • "Arthurian romances"_1


    50. *Dirda*

  50. Chrétien de Troyes

    51. Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion_3
    written ca. 1170—French
    *Bloom* *Dirda* *World*

  51. Gottfried Von Strassberg

    52. Tristan_4
    early Thirteenth Century—German
    *Ward* *Magill* *Trinity* *Dirda*

  52. Wolfram Von Eschenbach

    53. Parzival_4
    ca. early Thirteenth Century—German
    *Magill* *Bloom* *Trinity* *Dirda*

  53. Madame de la Fayette
    La Princess de Clèves_4
    originally anonymously published 1678—French
    *France* *Bloom* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • Sǿren Kierkegaard

    54. Enten - Eller [excerpted]_1
    Either/ Or
    'Diary of a Seducer'; this section written under the pseudonym, Johannes; complete work originally published under the pseudonym, Victor Eremita, 1843—Danish
    *Dirda*

  54. George Meredith
    Modern Love_2
    1862—English
    *Classics* *Dirda*

    C P Cavafy
    • Poems_1

    early Twentieth Century—Greek
    *Dirda*

    • 'Waiting for the Barbarians'_1

    —Greek
    *Dirda*

    • 'The God Abandons Antony'_1

    —Greek
    *Dirda*

    • 'Ithaka'_2

    —Greek
    *Dirda* *Smart*

    • 'A Byzantine Nobleman in Exile Composing Verses'_1

    —Greek
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Melancholy of Iason Kleandros, Poet in Kommagini, 595 C E'_1

    —Greek
    *Dirda*

    • 'And I Lounge and Lay on Their Beds'_1

    55. —Greek
    *Dirda*

    Georgette Heyer
  55. The Grand Sophy_1

    56. 1950—English
    *Dirda*

  56. Venetia_1

    57. 1958—English
    *Dirda*

  57. Friday's Child_1

    58. 1944—English
    *Dirda*

  58. Cotillion_1

    59. 1953—English
    *Dirda*

  59. A Civil Contract_1
    1961—English
    *Dirda*

    Anna Akhmatova
    • Poems_1

    Twentieth Century—Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'Evening'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'Rosary'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'White Flock'_1

    60. —Russian
    *Dirda*

  60. Requiem_1

    61. written 1935-40; published 1963—Russian
    *Dirda*

  61. Poem Without a Hero_1

    62. written 1940-60; published in part serially; in its entirety, in Tale Without a Hero and Twenty-Two Poems, 1973—Russian
    *Dirda*

  62. Daphne du Maurier

    63. Rebecca_5
    1938—English
    *Recommended* *Dirda* *Guardian* *Telegraph* *Deposit*

  63. Lǎozǐ (Lao-tzu) (Laocius)
    Dàodéjīng_11
    Tao te Ching
    ca. Sixth Century B C—Chinese
    *Rexroth* *Ward* *Oriental* *Good* *Recommended* *SeymourSmith* *Utne* *Dirda* *Great* *World* *Graphic*

    • Heraclitus

    64. Selected works_3
    ca. late Sixth-early Fifth centuries B C; only fragments of his works are extant—Greek
    *France* *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Marcus Tullius Cicero
  64. De Officiis_4

    65. written 44 B C—Latin
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Dirda* *World*

  65. Tusculanae Disputationes_1
    written ca. 45 B C—Latin
    *Dirda*

    • De Re Publica [excerpted]_1

    66. 'The Dream of Scipio'; written 54-51 B C—Latin
    *Dirda*

  66. Epistulae ad Atticum_1

    67. written 68-43 B C—Latin
    *Dirda*

  67. Desiderius Erasmus

    68. Stultitiae Laus_10
    In Praise of Folly
    1511; revised—Latin
    *Classics* *Downs* *Read* *Ward* *Adler* *Bloom* *Recommended* *SeymourSmith* *Dirda* *Reynolds*

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  68. The Bible_17

    69. Downs also lists John Wycliffe's 1382 English translation of the Vulgate; Bloom, Dirda, and the Globe and Mail specify the King James Version, translated 1604-11 to English from the Hebrew and Aramaic (Old Testament) and the Greek (New Testament), revised 1769 by Benjamin Blayney—Hebrew; Aramaic; Greek
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Hundred* *France* *Downs* *Read* *Ward* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *SeymourSmith* *Dirda* *Guardian* *Zane* *GlobeMail* *Taylor* *World*

    --
  69. The Book of Common Prayer_1

    70. 1549; revised 1552, 1559, 1604, 1662; first-second versions edited by Thomas Cranmer—English
    *Dirda*

  70. John Bunyan
    The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which Is to Come_18
    1678—English
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Eliot* *Invitation* *Downs* *Rexroth* *Zulli* *Magill* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *SeymourSmith* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman* *Educated*

    • Isaac Watts

    Hymns_1

    *Dirda*

    • Charles Wesley

    Hymns_2
    Eighteenth Century—English
    *Trinity* *Dirda*

    • George Whitefield

    Sermons_1

    *Dirda*

    • Jonathan Edwards

    71. Sermons_1

    *Dirda*

    Baruch Spinoza
  71. Tractatus Theologico-Politicus_4

    72. originally anonymously published 1670—Latin
    *Lubbock* *Classics* *Trinity* *Dirda*

  72. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata_15

    73. Ethics
    1677—Latin
    *Durant* *Invitation* *Classics* *Hundred* *France* *Read* *Ward* *Van Doren* *Magill* *Adler* *Good* *Recommended* *SeymourSmith* *Dirda* *Deposit*

    Samuel Johnson
  73. The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated_3

    74. 1749—English
    *Read* *Dirda* *Newman*

  74. The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale_7
    The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
    1759—English
    *Classics* *Read* *Ward* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Smart*

    • Essays from the Rambler and the Idler_4

    75. unspecified essays originally published in the Rambler, 1750-52; the Idler, 1758-60; Cowan and Guinness ("Trinity") and the Utne Reader also specify essays from the Adventurer, 1753-54—English
    *Trinity* *Utne* *Dirda* *Newman*

  75. Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets_6

    76. The Lives of the Poets
    published in part, 1744, as An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Strange, Son of the Earl Rivers; in its entirety, in ten volumes: first-fifth, 1779; sixth-tenth, 1781, as part of the anthology, The Works of the English Poets; published separately in six volumes, entitled The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; With Critical Observations on Their Works, 1781—English
    *Classics* *Read* *Ward* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Newman*

    --
  76. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_7

    77. probably the same author as Pearl (the "Gawain poet" or "Pearl poet"); late Fourteenth Century—English
    *Magill* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman* *Educated*

    --
  77. Pearl_2
    probably the same author as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (the "Pearl poet" or "Gawain poet"); late Fourteenth Century—English
    *Recommended* *Dirda*

    • Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm

    Stories_4
    Nineteenth Century—German
    *Bloom* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Graphic*

    • Hans Christian Andersen

    Fables_5
    Nineteenth Century—Danish
    *France* *Magill* *Norway* *Dirda* *Graphic*

    • Charles Perrault

    Stories_1
    Seventeenth Century—French
    *Dirda*

    • Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (Madame d'Aulnoy) (Countess d'Aulnoy)

    Stories_1
    Seventeenth Century—French
    *Dirda*

    • 'Le Nain Jaune'_1

    'The Yellow Dwarf'
    part of Contes Nouveaux ou Les Fées à la Mode, 1698
    *Dirda*

    • Angela Carter

    'The Company of Wolves'_1
    part of The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, 1979—English
    *Dirda*

    • Tanith Lee

    Red as Blood, or Tales From the Sisters Grimmer_1
    1983; versions of stories by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, and Alexander Afanasyev—English
    *Dirda*

    E T A Hoffmann
    • Stories_1

    early Nineteenth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Der Goldne Topf. Ein Märchen aus der Neuen Zeit_1

    'The Golden Pot'
    originally published 1814 as part of Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier—German
    *Dirda*

    • 'Der Sandmann'_1

    'The Sandman'
    included in Die Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), 1817—German
    *Dirda*

    • 'Das Fräulein von Scuderi. Erzählung aus dem Zeitalter Ludwig des Vierzehnten'_1

    'Mademoiselle de Scudéri'
    originally published 1819 in Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1820. Der Liebe und Freundschaft Gewidmet; included in Die Serapionsbrüder, 1819—German
    *Dirda*

    • 'Die Bergwerke zu Falun'_1

    78. 'The Mines of Falun'
    included in Die Serapionsbrüder, 1819—German
    *Dirda*

  78. Die Elixiere des Teufels_2
    1815—German
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Prosper Mérimée
    • Stories_2

    79. Nineteenth Century—French
    *France* *Dirda*

  79. Carmen_2
    published in part, Oct. 1845, in Revue des Deux Mondes; in its entirety, 1846
    *Dirda* *Newman*

    • 'Mateo Falcone'_1

    originally published May 1829 in Revue de Paris; included in Mosaïque, 1833—French
    *Dirda*

    • 'La Double Méprise'_1

    —French
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Spanish Witches'_1

    —French
    *Dirda*

    • 'Djoumane'_1

    80. —French
    *Dirda*

  80. Lokis_1

    81. originally published Sep. 1869 in Revue des Deux Mondes—French
    *Dirda*

  81. Colomba_1
    originally published Jul. 1840 in Revue des Deux Mondes—French
    *Dirda*

    • 'La Vénus d'Ille'_1

    82. —French
    *Dirda*

  82. La Chronique du Temps de Charles IX_1

    83. 1829—French
    *Dirda*

    Frances Hodgson Burnett
  83. The Secret Garden_2

    84. originally published serially 1910-11 in the American Magazine—English
    *Dirda* *Guardian*

  84. Little Ford Fauntleroy_1

    85. originally published serially Nov. 1885-Oct. 1886 in St. Nicholas Magazine—English
    *Dirda*

  85. A Little Princess_2

    86. originally entitled Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School, published serially 1888 in St. Nicholas Magazine; revised and retitled 1905—English
    *Dirda* *Harvard*

    E Nesbit
  86. Five Children and It_1

    87. published in part as a series of stories collectively entitled The Psammead, or The Gifts in the Strand, 1900; in its entirety, 1902—English
    *Dirda*

  87. The Story of the Treasure-Seekers_1

    88. 1899—English
    *Dirda*

  88. The Railway Children_2

    89. originally published serially 1905 in the London Magazine—English
    *Dirda* *Telegraph*

  89. The Story of the Amulet_1

    90. 1906—English
    *Dirda*

  90. Wet Magic_1

    91. 1913—English
    *Dirda*

  91. The Phoenix and the Carpet_1

    92. 1904—English
    *Dirda*

  92. John Masefield

    93. The Box of Delights_1
    1935—English
    *Dirda*

    Walter de la Mare
  93. Memoirs of a Midget_2
    1921—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • Selected works_1

    Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Listeners'_1

    94. included in The Listeners and Other Poems, 1912—English
    *Dirda*

  94. Peacock Pie_1
    1913—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Seaton's Aunt'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'All Hallows'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Riddle'_1

    included in The Riddle and Other Stories, 1923—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Crewe'_1

    95. —English
    *Dirda*

  95. The Return_1

    96. 1910; revised 1922 and 1945—English
    *Dirda*

  96. Plutarch

    97. Bìoi Paràllēloi_18
    Parallel Lives; Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
    First Century—Greek
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Durant* *France* *Downs* *Rexroth* *Zulli* *Read* *Ward* *Van Doren* *Adler* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *SeymourSmith* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Educated*

    Girolamo Cardano
  97. De Vita Propria_1
    1576—Latin
    *Dirda*

    • De Arcanis Aeternitatis_1

    98. The Mysteries of Eternity
    part of Opera Omnia, 1663—Latin
    *Dirda*

  98. John Aubrey
    Brief Lives_2
    written 1680-93; published 1813 as Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; expanded 1898 as Brief Lives, Chiefly of Contemporaries, Set Down by John Aubrey, Between the Years 1669 and 1696—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Alexander Pope
    • Poems_3

    99. Nineteenth Century—English
    *Baldwin* *Bloom* *Dirda*

  99. Essay on Criticism_4

    100. 1711—English
    *Lubbock* *Read* *Dirda* *Newman*

  100. The Rape of the Lock_7
    originally anonymously published 1712 in Linot's Miscellany; expanded 1714 and 1717—English
    *Lubbock* *Read* *Magill* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman*

    • 'Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady'_1

    included in the The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Eloisa to Abelard'_1

    included in the The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot'_1

    101. 1735—English
    *Dirda*

  101. The Dunciad_2

    102. originally anonymously published 1728; revised through fourth edition, 1743—English
    *Recommended* *Dirda*

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  102. Du Contrat Social ou Principes du Droit Politique_17

    103. The Social Contract
    1762—French
    *Invitation* *Classics* *Hundred* *Downs* *Read* *Ward* *Van Doren* *Adler* *Good* *Foundation* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Great* *GlobeMail* *Telegraph* *Newman* *Educated*

  103. Les Confessions_14

    104. 1782—French
    *Durant* *Invitation* *Classics* *France* *Ward* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *SeymourSmith* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Newman* *Educated*

  104. Discours sur les Sciences et les Arts_3

    105. Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
    1750—French
    *Classics* *Trinity* *Dirda*

  105. Julie, ou la Nouvelle Héloïse_3

    106. originally entitled Lettres de Deux Amans Habitans d'une Petite Ville au Pied des Alpes, published 1761—French
    *Bloom* *Dirda* *Newman*

  106. Émile, ou de l'Éducation_6

    107. 1762—French
    *Read* *Ward* *Bloom* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Newman*

  107. Discours sur les Sciences et les Arts_2

    108. Discourse on the Arts and Sciences
    1750—French
    *Classics* *Dirda*

  108. Les Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire_1

    109. Reveries of a Solitary Walker
    1782—French
    *Dirda*

  109. Frederick Douglass

    110. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave_6
    1845—English
    *Rexroth* *Bloom* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Smart* *Educated*

  110. Jacob Burckhardt
    Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien_3
    The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy; 1860—German
    *Dirda* *World* *Educated*

    Henry James
    • Complete correspondence_1

    late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—English
    *Dirda*

    • Complete essays_1

    111. late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—English
    *Dirda*

  111. The American Scene_1
    published in part serially 1905-06 in the North American Review, Harper's Weekly, and the Fortnightly Review; in its entirety, 1907—English
    *Dirda*

    • Italian Hours_1

    112. 1909; two new essays and 20 additional essays, two of which previously uncollected in book form, originally published 1873-1902 in periodicals or other books; many of the essays revised for inclusion in this book—English
    *Dirda*

  112. A Small Boy and Others_1

    113. 1913—English
    *Dirda*

  113. The Turn of the Screw_9

    114. originally published in The Two Magics, with a second novella, Covering End, 1898—English
    *Invitation* *Classics* *Hundred* *Magill* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Newman*

  114. The Aspern Papers_2

    115. originally published serially 1888 in the Atlantic Monthly—English
    *Dirda* *Smart*

  115. The Beast in the Jungle_4
    originally published in The Better Sort, 1903—English
    *Powys* *Adler* *Foundation* *Dirda*

    W H Auden
    • Poems_2

    Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda* *Educated*

    • 'Meiosis'_1

    originally untitled, published as one of five poems, Oct. 1933, in New Verse; included in Look Stranger!, 1936; retitled for inclusion in The Collected Poetry of W H Auden, 1945; included in Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957, 1966, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Ode'_1

    originally published 1932 in New Signatures; included in The Orators, 1932; revised for inclusion in W H Auden: A Selection by the Author, 1958, Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957, 1966, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Letter to Lord Byron'_1

    part of Auden and Louis MacNeice's Letters From Iceland, 1937; revised for inclusion in Longer Contemporary Poems, 1966; included in Collected Longer Poems, 1968, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Sea and the Mirror'_1

    published in part in the Atlantic Monthly and the Partisan Review; in its entirety as part of For the Time Being, 1944; included in Collected Longer Poems, 1968, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Platonic Blow'_1

    poem inaccurately attributed to Auden; originally untitled, published Mar. 1965 in Fuck You; retitled and published separately later the same year—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Spain 1937'_1

    originally entitled 'Spain', published separately 1937; retitled and revised for inclusion in Another Time, 1940; included in Collected Shorter Poems, 1930-1944, 1950—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'September 1, 1939'_1

    originally published Oct. 1939 in the New Republic; included in Another Time, 1940; revised for inclusion in Collected Shorter Poems, 1930-1944, 1950—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'In Memory of W B Yeats'_2

    originally published Mar. 1939 in the New Republic; expanded for inclusion in the London Mercury, Apr. 1939, and Another Time, 1940; revised for inclusion in Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957, 1966, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Fadiman* *Dirda*

    • 'In Memory of Sigmund Freud'_2

    originally published Winter 1940 in the Kenyon Review and Mar. 1940 in Horizon; included in Another Time, 1940, Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957, 1966, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Fadiman* *Dirda*

    • 'On the Circuit'_1

    originally published Jul. 1964 in the New Yorker; included in About the House, 1965, and Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Cave of Making'_1

    116. originally published Oct. 1964 in the Listener; included in About the House, 1965, and published separately later the same year; included in Collected Poems, 1976—English
    *Dirda*

  116. The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays_2

    117. 1962; includes Making, Knowing and Judging, 1956; other portions published in varied periodicals and anthologies, 1946-62; many of the essays, whether previously published or not, derive from 1956-60 lectures at the University of Oxford—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  117. The Enchafèd Flood: or, The Romantic Iconography of the Sea_1
    1950; edited 1949 lectures—English
    *Dirda*

    • Forewords and Afterwords_1

    118. 1973; 46 essays published 1943-72 in periodicals and books—English
    *Dirda*

    John Webster
  118. The White Devil_2

    119. 1612—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  119. The Duchess of Malfi_4

    120. ca. 1613-14—English
    *Eliot* *Rexroth* *Bloom* *Dirda*

  120. Mary Shelley

    121. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus_12
    originally anonymously published 1818—English
    *Magill* *Learning* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Campbell* *Dirda* *Great* *Smart* *Telegraph* *Newman* *Graphic* *Deposit*

  121. James Hogg
    The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Written by Himself: With a Detail of Curious Traditionary Facts and Other Evidence by the Editor_2
    originally anonymously published 1824—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Sheridan Le Fanu
    • "Ghost stories"_1

    Nineteenth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Green Tea'_1

    122. part of In a Glass Darkly, 1872—English
    *Dirda*

  122. Carmilla_1
    originally published as part of In a Glass Darkly, 1872—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Mr. Justice Harbottle'_1

    part of In a Glass Darkly, 1872—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Dead Sexton'_1

    123. —English
    *Dirda*

  123. Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram Haugh_1

    124. originally published serially 1864 in Dublin University Magazine—English
    *Dirda*

  124. The House by the Church-Yard_1

    125. 1863—English
    *Dirda*

  125. Bram Stoker
    Dracula_6
    1897—English
    *Magill* *Learning* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Guardian*

    M R James
    • "Ghost stories"_1

    early Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book'_1

    originally published 1894 in the National Review; included in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Mezzotint'_1

    included in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Treasure of Abbot Thomas'_1

    included in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Casting the Runes'_1

    included in More Ghost Stories, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'A Warning to the Curious'_1

    included in A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories, 1925—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Count Magnus'_1

    included in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Diary of Mr. Poynter'_1

    included in A Thin Ghost and Others, 1919—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance'_1

    included in More Ghost Stories, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    William Roughead
    • Tales of the Criminous: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead_1

    1956—English
    *Dirda*

    • The Evil That Men Do_1

    1929—English
    *Dirda*

    • Classic Crimes: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead_1

    1951—English
    *Dirda*

    H P Lovecraft
    • 'The Dunwich Horror'_1

    126. originally published Apr. 1929 in Weird Tales; included in The Dunwich Horror and Others, 1963—English
    *Dirda*

  126. The Shadow Out of Time_1
    originally published in Astounding Stories, Jun. 1936—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Colour Out of Space'_1

    originally published Sep. 1927 in Amazing Stories; included in The Dunwich Horror and Others, 1963—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Thing on the Doorstep'_1

    originally published Jan. 1937 in Weird Tales; included in The Dunwich Horror and Others, 1963—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Call of Cthulhu'_1

    127. originally published Feb. 1928 in Weird Tales; included in The Dunwich Horror and Others, 1963—English
    *Dirda*

  127. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward_1

    128. published in part serially May-Jul. 1941 in Weird Tales; in its entirety in Beyond the Wall of Sleep, 1943—English
    *Dirda*

  128. At the Mountains of Madness_1
    originally published serially Feb.-Apr. 1936 in Astounding Stories—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Supernatural Horror in Literature'_1

    129. originally 1927 in the Recluse; included in Dagon and Other Macabre Tales, 1963—English
    *Dirda*

  129. The Shadow Over Innsmouth_1

    130. 1936—English
    *Dirda*

  130. Thomas More

    131. Libellus Uere Aureus, nec Minus Salutaris Quam Festivus, de Optimo rei Publicae Statu Deque Nova Insula Utopia_14
    Utopia
    1516—Latin
    *Eliot* *Classics* *Downs* *Rexroth* *Read* *Ward* *Magill* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Great* *Educated*

    Daniel Defoe
  131. A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, Divided Into Circuits or Journies_1

    132. 1724-27—English
    *Dirda*

  132. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner_21

    133. originally anonymously published 1719—English
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Classics* *Hundred* *France* *Downs* *Rexroth* *Zulli* *Read* *Ward* *Van Doren* *Magill* *Good* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Dirda* *Great* *Zane* *Deposit* *Newman*

  133. A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials, of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public and Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665_6

    134. originally anonymously published 1722—English
    *Classics* *Van Doren* *Bloom* *Kanigel* *Dirda* *Newman*

  134. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders_8

    135. 1722—English
    *Invitation* *Classics* *Van Doren* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Smart* *Newman*

  135. A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Balgrave at Canterbury the Eighth of September, 1705_1
    originally anonymously published 1706—English

    136. *Dirda*

    Xavier de Maistre
  136. Voyage Autour de ma Chambre_1

    137. 1794—French
    *Dirda*

  137. Expédition Nocturne Autour de ma Chambre_1

    138. 1825—French
    *Dirda*

    Jules Verne
  138. Voyage au Centre de la Terre_1

    139. A Journey to the Center of the Earth
    1864—French
    *Dirda*

  139. Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers: Tour du Monde Sous-Marin_5

    140. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    1870—French
    *Magill* *Learning* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Telegraph*

  140. Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-vingts Jours_1

    141. Around the World in Eighty Days
    1873—French
    *Dirda*

  141. L'Île Mystérieuse_1
    The Mysterious Island
    1874—French
    *Dirda*

    • Selected works_1

    142. late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—French
    *Dirda*

  142. Voyages et Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras_1

    143. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
    1864; revised 1866—French
    *Dirda*

  143. Le Testament d'un Excentrique_1

    144. The Will of an Eccentric
    originally published serially Jan.-Dec. 1899 in Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation—French
    *Dirda*

  144. Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum_1
    The Begum's Fortune
    1879—French
    *Dirda*

    • 'Une Fantaisie du Docteur Ox'_1

    145. 'Dr. Ox's Experiment'
    1872; included in Le Docteur Ox, 1974—French
    *Dirda*

  145. Maître du Monde_1

    146. Master of the World
    1904—French
    *Dirda*

  146. Robur-le-Conquérant_1

    147. Robur the Conquerer
    1886—French
    *Dirda*

  147. Mathias Sandorf_1

    148. originally published serially 1885 in Le Temps—French
    *Dirda*

    Jules Verne; Michael Verne
  148. L'Étonnante Aventure de la Mission Barsac_1
    The Barsac Mission
    originally published serially 1914—French
    *Dirda*

    • 'L'Éternel Adam'_1

    149. —French
    *Dirda*

    J K Huysmans
  149. À Rebours_1

    150. 1884—French
    *Dirda*

  150. Là-Bas_1

    151. 1891—French
    *Dirda*

    Isak Dinesen
  151. Out of Africa_2

    152. originally published under the author's given name, Karen Blixen, 1937; Danish version entitled Den Afrikanske Farm published the same year—English
    *Recommended* *Dirda*

  152. Seven Gothic Tales_4
    1934; Danish version entitled Syv Fantastiske Fortaellinger published 1935—English
    *Van Doren* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Dirda*

    • Stories_1

    Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Roads Around Pisa'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Monkey'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Babette's Feast'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Deluge at Norderney'_1

    153. —English
    *Dirda*

    Robert Byron
  153. The Road to Oxiana_1

    154. 1937—English
    *Dirda*

  154. The Station_1

    155. 1928—English
    *Dirda*

  155. The Byzantine Achievement_1

    156. 1929—English
    *Dirda*

  156. Petronius

    157. Satyricon_7
    late First Century—Latin
    *Classics* *Rexroth* *Ward* *Bloom* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman*

    Elizabeth Gaskell
  157. Cranford_2
    originally published serially 1851 in Household Words—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • Selected works_1

    158. Nineteenth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  158. A Life of Charlotte Brontë_2

    159. 1857—English
    *Dirda* *Telegraph*

  159. North and South_2

    160. originally published serially Sep. 1854-Jan. 1855 in Household Words—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  160. Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life_2

    161. 1848—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  161. Ivan Goncharov

    162. Oblomov_4
    1859—Russian
    *Ward* *Bloom* *Dirda* *Newman*

    José Maria de Eça de Queirós
  162. O Crime do Padre Amaro_2

    163. 1875; revised 1876 and 1880—Portuguese
    *Ward* *Dirda*

  163. O Primo Basílio_2

    164. 1878—Portuguese
    *Ward* *Dirda*

  164. Os Maias: Episódios da Vida Romântica_3

    165. 1888—Portuguese
    *Ward* *Bloom* *Dirda*

  165. A Relíquia_1

    166. 1887—Portuguese
    *Dirda*

  166. A Ilustre Casa de Ramires_1

    167. 1900—Portuguese
    *Dirda*

  167. Alves e C.a_1
    The Yellow Sofa
    1925—Portuguese
    *Dirda*

    Anton Chekhov
    • Stories_7

    late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—Russian
    *Classics* *Fadiman* *Norway* *Dirda* *Zane* *GlobeMail* *Newman*

    • 'Gooseberries'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'A Dreary Story'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Darling'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'Gusev'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'Ward No. 6'_2

    —Russian
    *Dirda* *Newman*

    • 'The Lady With the Dog'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Bishop'_1

    —Russian
    *Dirda*

    • Correspondence_1

    late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—Russian
    *Dirda*

    • Plays_3

    168. late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—Russian
    *Rexroth* *Good* *Dirda*

  168. Čajka_7

    169. The Seagull
    1896—Russian
    *Powys* *Classics* *Ward* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Newman*

  169. Tri Sestry_8

    170. Three Sisters
    1901—Russian
    *Classics* *Ward* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Dirda* *Newman*

  170. Dâdâ Vanâ_10

    171. Uncle Vanya
    1897—Russian
    *Classics* *Ward* *Adler* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Foundation* *Dirda* *Great* *Newman*

  171. Jean Toomer

    172. Cane_2
    published in part in varied periodicals; in its entirety, 1923—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Willa Cather
  172. Death Comes for the Archbishop_4

    173. 1927—English
    *Magill* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Dirda*

  173. A Lost Lady_3
    1923—English
    *Adler* *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • Selected works_1

    174. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  174. The Professor's House_3

    175. 1925—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda* *Zane*

  175. The Song of the Lark_1

    176. 1915—English
    *Dirda*

  176. My Mortal Enemy_1

    177. 1926—English
    *Dirda*

  177. My Ántonia_8

    178. 1918—English
    *Hundred* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Kanigel* *Dirda* *Smart*

    Louis-Ferdinand Céline
  178. Mort à Crédit_1

    179. 1936—French
    *Dirda*

  179. Voyage au Bout de la Nuit_4

    180. Journey to the End of Night
    1932—French
    *Bloom* *Norway* *Dirda* *Deposit*

  180. Zora Neale Hurston
    Their Eyes Were Watching God_7
    1937—English
    *Bloom* *Kanigel* *Trinity* *Campbell* *Dirda* *Zane* *Harvard*

    Eudora Welty
    • The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty_3

    181. 1980; includes A Curtain of Green and Other Stories, 1941; The Wide Net and Other Stories, 1943; The Golden Apples, 1949; The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories, 1955; plus two 'Uncollected Stories': 'Where Is the Voice Coming From?', 1963, and 'The Demonstrators', 1966, both originally published in the New Yorker—English
    *Bloom* *Fadiman* *Dirda*

  181. Losing Battles_1

    182. 1970—English
    *Dirda*

  182. The Optimist's Daughter_1

    183. 1972—English
    *Dirda*

    H Rider Haggard
  183. She: A History of Adventure_1

    184. originally published serially Oct. 1886-Jan. 1887 in the Graphic—English
    *Dirda*

  184. King Soloman's Mines_1

    185. 1885—English
    *Dirda*

    Arthur Conan Doyle
  185. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_6

    186. 1892; stories originally published serially Jul. 1891-Jun. 1892 in the Strand—English
    *Invitation* *Hundred* *Ward* *Dirda* *Guardian* *Telegraph*

  186. The Lost World_1
    1912—English
    *Dirda*

    • The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales_1

    1890—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Lot No. 49'_1

    originally published 1892—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Horror of the Heights'_1

    originally published Nov. 1913 in the Strand—English
    *Dirda*

    • "Brigadier Gerard stories"_1

    19 stories, all but one included in either The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard or The Adventures of Gerard—English
    *Dirda*

    • The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard_1

    eight stories originally published serially Dec. 1894-Dec. 1895 in the Strand—English
    *Dirda*

    • The Adventures of Gerard_1

    nine stories originally published serially Jan. 1900-May 1903 in the Strand; plus an additional story—English
    *Dirda*

    • "Captain Sharkey stories"_1

    187. four stories—English
    *Dirda*

    Rudyard Kipling
  187. Kim_6
    originally published serially Dec. 1900-Oct. 1901 in McClure's and Jan. 1901-Oct. 1901 in Cassell's—English
    *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Kanigel* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • Stories_1

    late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Without Benefit of Clergy'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Phantom 'Rickshaw'_1

    part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales, 1888—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Miracle of Purun Bhagat'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Man Who Would Be King'_1

    part of The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales, 1888—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Mary Postgate'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Dayspring Mishandled'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Village That Voted the Earth Was Flat'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Wireless'_1

    —English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Finest Story in the World'_1

    188. —English
    *Dirda*

    H G Wells
  188. The Time Machine_5
    1895—English
    *Rexroth* *Magill* *Recommended* *Dirda* *Telegraph*

    • Selected works_1

    189. late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuries—English
    *Dirda*

  189. The Island of Doctor Moreau_2

    190. 1896—English
    *Rexroth* *Dirda*

  190. The War of the Worlds_4

    191. originally published serially 1897 in Pearson's Magazine—English
    *Rexroth* *Learning* *Recommended* *Dirda*

  191. The Invisible Man_2

    192. originally published serially 1897 in Pearson's Magazine—English
    *Rexroth* *Dirda*

  192. The First Men in the Moon_2
    1901—English
    *Rexroth* *Dirda*

    • 'The Crystal Egg'_1

    originally published May 1897 in the New Review; included in Tales of Space and Time, 1899—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Truth About Pyecraft'_1

    originally published Apr. 1903 in the Strand; included in Twelve Stories and a Dream, 1903—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'Pollock and the Porroh Man'_1

    1895—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Sea Raiders'_1

    originaly published Dec. 1896 in the Weekly Sun Literary Supplement—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Plattner Story'_1

    originally published Apr. 1896 in the New Review; included in The Plattner Story and Others, 1897—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Country of the Blind'_1

    193. originally published Apr. 1904 in the Strand—English
    *Dirda*

    G K Chesterton
  193. The Man Who Was Thursday_3
    1908—English
    *Ward* *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • "The Father Brown Mysteries"_1

    early Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown'_1

    194. part of The Club of Queer Trades, 1905—English
    *Dirda*

  194. The Club of Queer Trades_1
    1905—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Blue Cross'_1

    originally entitled 'Valentin Follows a Curious Trail', published Jun. 1910 in the Saturday Evening Post; retitled for publication Sep. 1910 in the Story-Teller; included in The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Hammer of God'_1

    originally entitled 'The Bolt From the Blue', published Nov. 1910 in the Saturday Evening Post; included in The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Oracle of the Dog'_1

    included in The Incredulity of Father Brown, 1926—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Sins of Prince Saradine'_1

    originally published Apr. 1911 in the Saturday Evening Post; included in The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Invisible Man'_1

    originally published Jan. 1911 in the Saturday Evening Post; included in The Innocence of Father Brown, 1911—English
    *Dirda*

    • Essays_1

    early Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    • Stories_1

    early Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

    Agatha Christie
    • "The Hercule Point Mysteries"_1

    195. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  195. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd_1

    196. 1926—English
    *Dirda*

  196. Murder on the Orient Express_2

    197. Murder in the Calais Coach
    1934—English
    *Dirda* *Telegraph*

  197. The A.B.C Murders_1
    1936—English
    *Dirda*

    • "The Jane Maple Mysteries"_1

    198. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  198. 4-50 From Paddington_1

    199. What Mrs. Gillicuddy Saw
    1957—English
    *Dirda*

  199. The Mirror Crack'd From Side to Side_1

    200. 1962—English
    *Dirda*

  200. The Moving Finger_1

    201. 1942—English
    *Dirda*

  201. Ten Little Niggers_1

    202. And Then There Were None
    1939—English
    *Dirda*

  202. Dorothy L Sayers

    203. Gaudy Night_1
    1935—English
    *Dirda*

    Dashiell Hammett
  203. The Maltese Falcon_4
    1930—English
    *Recommended* *Dirda* *Telegraph* *Graphic*

    • Selected works_1

    204. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  204. Red Harvest_1
    1929—English
    *Dirda*

    • 'The Whosis Kid'_1

    205. originally published Mar. 1925 in Black Mask Magazine—English
    *Dirda*

    Ovid
  205. Metamorphoseon_14

    206. Metamorphoses
    8; Mallison ("Smart") specifies Charles Martin's English translation—Latin
    *Classics* *Read* *Ward* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Norway* *Dirda* *Great* *O'Hear* *Smart* *World* *Newman*

  206. Robert Burton

    207. The Anatomy of Melancholy_4
    1621; revised through fifth edition—English
    *Baldwin* *Bloom* *Dirda* *Newman*

    Edward Gibbon
  207. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_23

    208. originally published in six volumes: first, 1776; second-third, 1781; fourth-sixth, 1788—English
    *Lubbock* *Baldwin* *Durant* *Invitation* *Hundred* *Downs* *Rexroth* *Read* *List* *Ward* *Van Doren* *Magill* *Adler* *Good* *Bloom* *Foundation* *Kanigel* *SeymourSmith* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Telegraph* *World* *Educated*

  208. Memoirs of My Life and Writings_3

    209. originally published as part of Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbons, 1796; expanded 1896—English
    *Classics* *Read* *Dirda*

  209. James George Frazer

    210. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion_6
    originally entitled The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion, published in two volumes, 1890; expanded and retitled 1900, in three volumes; expanded 1906-15, in 12 volumes; supplemental volume added for 1937 edition; distinct abridged versions, 1922, 1959, and 1994; Durant and the Jasper Lee Company ("Hundred") list the 1922 abridged edition, while Good Reading lists the 1959—English
    *Durant* *Hundred* *Downs* *List* *Good* *Dirda*

  210. Henry Watson Fowler
    A Dictionary of Modern English Usage_1
    1926; later editions considered distinct works—English
    *Dirda*

    Ezra Pound
    • Poems_2

    Twentieth Century—French
    *Dirda* *Educated*

    • Cathay_2

    211. 1915; translations—English
    *Dirda* *Newman*

  211. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley_2
    1920—English
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    • Homage to Sextus Propertius_1

    212. 1934; translations; published in part in Poetry, 1919—English
    *Dirda*

  212. Personae of Ezra Pound_3

    213. 1909—English
    *Bloom* *Fadiman* *Dirda*

  213. Cantos_7
    published in part in Poetry, Jun.-Aug. 1917; the Criterion, Jul. 1923; the Transatlantic Review, Jan. 1924; and in the following volumes: The Fourth Canto, 1919; A Draft of XVI Cantos, 1925; A Draft of Cantos 17-27, 1928; A Draft of XXX Cantos, 1930; Eleven New Cantos XXXI-XLI, 1934; The Fifth Decad of Cantos, 1937; Cantos LII-LXXI, 1940; The Pisan Cantos, 1948; Seventy Cantos, 1950; Section: Rock-Drill, 85-95 de los Cantares, 1955; Thrones: 96-109 de los Cantares, 1959; Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII, 1968; in its entirety, revised and expanded, 1987—English
    *Ward* *Magill* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Trinity* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • "Literary essays"_1

    214. Twentieth Century—French
    *Dirda*

  214. The Spirit of Romance_2

    215. 1910; edited lectures—English
    *Ward* *Dirda*

  215. A.B.C of Reading_3
    1934—English
    *Ward* *Dirda* *Newman*

    • Correspondence_1

    216. Twentieth Century—French
    *Dirda*

    André Malraux
  216. La Condition Humaine_5

    217. Man's Fate
    1933—French
    *France* *Bloom* *Recommended* *Fadiman* *Dirda*

  217. L'Espoir_2

    218. Man's Hope
    1938—French
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

  218. Les Voix du silence_2

    219. 1951—French
    *Bloom* *Dirda*

    Philip K Dick
  219. The Man in the High Castle _1
    1961—English
    *Dirda*

    • "Novels and stories"_1

    220. Twentieth Century—English
    *Dirda*

  220. Martian Time-Slip _1

    221. 1962—English
    *Dirda*

  221. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We All Got Along After the Bomb _1

    222. 1963—English
    *Dirda*

  222. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? _2

    223. 1968—English
    *Dirda* *Telegraph*

  223. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch _1

    224. 1964—English
    *Dirda*

  224. A Scanner Darkly _1

    225. 1977—English
    *Dirda*

  225. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said _1

    226. 1974—English
    *Dirda*

  226. VALIS _1

    227. 1981—English
    *Dirda*