Sandra Newman, The Western Lit Survival Kitt: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, From Homer to Faulkner
588 entries: 424 monographical, 164 otherwise
Unrankedarranged chronologically within topical chapters
Sandra Newman's book traverses the entirety of Western literature quickly, largely for the sake of crafting persistent awkward maybe-jokes. Her selection of books suggests considerable breadth of knowledge, hidden behind a misguided attempt to appeal to... someonewe'd have to ask Newman and her editors and publicists whom they intended to reach. Even the most skeptical of, say, students struggling though a required English course or an adult wanting a modicum of familiarity with European and North American literary history would likely leave this book not wanting to read the writers discussed here. Newman mocks many of them, and works that are commonly considered canonical are discussed or at least listed next to minor and insignificant works, the primary criterion apparently being that they be written by one of the individuals that Newman and co. are apparently convinced have name recognition. The overall impression one gets is that in Newman's over-educated mileu, "western lit," once the source of extraordinary feats of knowledge and care, and the spark of much controversy, is now merely another source of cheap entertainment. That is, she does not care if her readers engage with the subject at hand.
One might think at first that, once past her comedic routine and persistent repetition of every cliche about certain periods of history or literary movements one would ever want to remember, Newman at least provides quick overviews of a great deal of fine literature and brief summaries of the major works by the authors discussed. But her efforts at concisely capturing the essence of various literary movements or broad trends of her own design (such as Nice Realism and Unwelcome Realism) are not insightful, and at times not explained at all. And unfortunately the cliches and the jokes completely ruin the text. Look to the first page of the book, no less: persons who learn Ancient Greek are "a disturbing asexual presence." Another example: "The detached elegance of his mind also makes us feel that Flaubert inhabits a purer sphere, until we remember that he lived with his mother, when he wasn't at a brothel getting icky diseases."
Other aspects suggest sloppiness in the book's construction, most of all in that Newman rates the works on three different scales of 0 to 10. Probably supposed to be 1 to 10. Those three areas are Importance, Accessibility, and Fun. Accessibility... one would think is easy to define; no surprise, James Joyce's Ulysses gets a 1. But every Rudyard Kipling work mentioned gets a 0, despite her noting that some of them are now classed as children's literature. She does not explain this apparent discrepancy. Is it a typo? The introduction to the Twentieth-Century chapter claims that only "authors who have been properly canonized" are discussed, though obviously date is another criterion, since the book stops at, roughly, the Second World War.
Newman's view of the canon is at least not excessively present-minded: included are farther-past authors once commonly taught but now obscure, and authors mostly important for understanding the history of literature. The advantages of her approach are, first, the sections actually providing relevant historical background, such as that on Grub Street or Restoration Drama, where genuine interest in the subject matter peeps out behind Newman's shroud of sarcasm (in her six paragraphs on Grub Street, she only attempts one joke); and, second, the reader getting a broader view of famous authors. Knowing that the authors so often spoken of as geniuses also wrote unremarkable early novels (Dostoevsky) or by-the-numbers political journalism (Defoe) helps place literature in its proper place: the authors' daily lives, careers, and slowly-developing artistry. This approach justifies the inclusion of works not considered by Newman to be important or reading-worthy... until, that is, her emphasis on personality traits comes back to annoy us.
As with other lists-as-books, works other than those formally listed are included. In this case, the formal list consists of those works listed in tables throughout the book with their three scores in columns to the right. Given that some of these works do not exactly receive a "thumbs up" from Newman and she rates some of the works not in those tables quite highly, we have no rule by which to exclude works mentioned in text; they're all included. The list's organization reflects the book's sequence of chapters as follows: Greece: Cradle of Greek Civilization; Rome: When the World Was Ruled by Italians; The Middle Ages and Points Between; The Renaissance: Back to the Future; and William "Look at Me, I Get My Own Chapter" Shakespeare; Here Come the Puritans: Parade, Meet Rain; France and England in the Seventeenth Century: The Shallows; The Age of Reason: When People Wised Up and Started Believing What We Believe; The Romantics: The Author as (the Author's) Hero; We Also Begin to Have Americans; Nice Realism: The Novel Novel; Unwelcome Realism: The French and the Russians Team Up to Depress Mankind; The Messy Twentieth: Finally Over.
Homer
- Iliad
ca. Ninth-Eighth centuries B CGreek
- Odýsseia
The Odyssey
ca. Ninth-Eighth centuries B CGreek
Hesiod
- Theogonía
ca. Eighth-Seventh centuries B CGreek
- Erga kai Hēmerai
Works and Days
ca. Eighth-Seventh centuries B CGreek
Poems
late Seventh-early Sixth centuries B CGreek
Poems
Fifth Century B CGreek
Aeschylus
- Promētheus Desmōtēs
Prometheus Bound
disputed authorship; Fifth Century B CGreek
- Oresteia
The House of Atreus
458 B CGreek
Sophocles
- Oidipous Tyrannos
Oedipus Rex; Oedipus the King
ca. 429 B CGreek
- Oidipous epi Kolōnō
Oedipus at Colonus
401 B CGreek
- Antigone
ca. 441 B CGreek
- Euripides
Mēdeia
Medea
431 B CGreek
Aristophanes
- Lysistrate
Lysistrata
411 B CGreek
- Nephelai
The Clouds
423 B C; revised 417 B C; only revised version remainsGreek
- Bátrachoi
The Frogs
405 B CGreek
Menander
- Dyskolos
ca. 317-16 B CGreek
- Samia
ca. 315-09 B CGreek
- Catullus
Poems
First Century B CLatin
- Sextus Propertius
Elegiae
First Century B CLatin
Poems
First Century B CLatin
Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro)
- Eclogues
First Century B CLatin
- Georgics
First Century B CLatin
- Aeneid
First Century B CLatin
Ovid
- Ars Amatoria
ca. late First Century B C-early First CenturyLatin
- Metamorphoseon
Metamorphoses
8Latin
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus)
- Epodon
Epodes
30 B CLatin
- Satirae
originally published in two volumes, 35 B C and 30 B CLatin
- Carmina
Odes
originally published in four volumes: first-third, 23 B C; fourth, 13 B CLatin
Selected works
First CenturyLatin
Selected works
late First-early Second centuriesLatin
- Lucan
De Bello Civili
Pharsalia
written 61-65Latin
Selected works
First CenturyLatin
Lucian
- Verae Historiae
True History
Second CenturyGreek
- De Morte Peregrini
The Passing of Peregrinus
Second CenturyGreek
- Longus
Daphnis kai Chloē
Daphnis and Chloe
Second CenturyGreek
- Heliodorus of Emesa
Aethiopica
ca. Third CenturyGreek
- Petronius
Satyricon
late First CenturyLatin
- Apuleius
Metamorphoseon
Asinus Aureus; The Golden Ass
Second CenturyLatin
- Augustine of Hippo
Confessionum Libri Tredecim
The Confessions of St. Augustine
written 397-98Latin
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- Beowulf
ca. Eighth-Eleventh centuriesEnglish
--
- The Wanderer
written ca. Fifth-Tenth centuriesEnglish
--
- Dream of the Rood
ca. Seventh-Ninth centuriesEnglish
--
- La Chanson de Roland
ca. Eleventh CenturyFrench
- Geoffrey of Monmouth
Historia Regum Britanniae
written ca. 1136Latin
Chrétien de Troyes
- Perceval, le Conte du Graal
written 1181-91French
- Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette
written ca. 1170French
- Thomas Malory
Le Morte d'Arthur
1485; revised through sixth edition, 1634English
- Pierre Abélard
Historia Calamitatum
written ca. 1132; includes the letters of Abélard and Héloïse d'ArgenteuilLatin
- Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
Roman de la Rose
written in two parts, the first by Lorris, the second by Muen, ca. 1230 and 1275, respectively
Geoffrey Chaucer
- Troilus and Criseyde
written ca. 1380sEnglish
- Canterbury Tales
1478English
--
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
probably the same author as Pearl (the "Gawain poet" or "Pearl poet"); late Fourteenth CenturyEnglish
Dante
- La Divina Commedia
The Divine Comedy
originally entitled La Commedia; written ca. 1308-21Italian
- La Vita Nuova
1295Italian
- Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca)
Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta
Il Canzoniere
1374Italian
- Giovanni Boccaccio
Il Decameron, Cognominato Prencipe Galeotto
ca. 1351-53Italian
- Benvenuto Cellini
Vita di Benvenuto di Maestro Giovanni Cellini Fiorentino, Scritta, per Lui Medesimo, in Firenze
Autobiography
written 1558-62Italian
François Villon
Fifteenth CenturyFrench
- Le Grand Testament Villon et le Petit. Son Codicille. Le Jargon et Ses Ballades
1489French
- François Rabelais
La Vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel
originally published in five volumes: Les Horribles et Épouvantables Faits et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel Roi des Dipsodes, Fils du Grand Géant Gargantua, 1532; La Vie Très Horrifique du Grand Gargantua, Père de Pantagruel, 1534; Le Tiers Livre des Faicts et Dicts Héroïques du Bon Pantagruel, 1546; Le Quart Livre des Faicts et Dicts Héroïques du Bon Pantagruel, 1552; Le Cinquiesme et Dernier Livre des Faicts et Dicts Héroïques du Bon Pantagruel, 1564French
- Michel de Montaigne
Les Essais
Essays
originally published in three volumes: 1580, 1588, and 1595French
Miguel de Cervantes
- Novelas Ejemplares
1613Spanish
- El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
Don Quixote
originally published in two volumes, 1605 and 1615Spanish
Christopher Marlowe
- Dido, Queen of Carthage
ca. 1587-93English
- Tamburlaine the Great
1590English
- The Jew of Malta
1592English
- The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus
1592English
- Edward II
1593English
- The Massacre at Paris
1593English
- 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love'
published in part in The Passionate Pilgrim, 1599; in its entirety in English Helicon, 1600English
'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd'
written 1596English
Selected works
Sixteenth CenturyEnglish
Philip Sidney
- Astrophel and Stella
1591English
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
written ca. 1580; revised versions published 1590 and 1593; English
- Defence of Poesie
1595English
- Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene
originally published in two volumes, 1590 and 1596English
Ben Jonson
- Volpone
1606English
- The Alchemist
1610English
- Bartholomew Fayre
1614English
William Shakespeare
- Hamlet
1602English
- King Lear
1606English
- Macbeth
ca. 1607English
- Othello
ca. 1604English
- Julius Caesar
1599English
- Antony and Cleopatra
ca. 1606-08English
- Romeo and Juliet
ca. 1591-97English
- Cymbeline
written ca. 1609English
- Coriolanus
written ca. 1605-08English
- Richard II
1597English
- The First Part of Henry IV
1597English
- The Second Part of Henry IV
1600English
- Henry V
1599English
- Richard III
ca. 1592-7English
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
ca. 1595-1600English
- Much Ado About Nothing
ca. 1598-99English
- The Taming of the Shrew
ca. 1592-94English
- The Merchant of Venice
ca. 1596-98English
- The Tempest
1611English
- The Comedy of Errors
1594English
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
ca. 1597-1602English
- Love's Labour Lost
1598English
- Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
1602English
- As You Like It
1603English
- Measure for Measure
1604English
- Troilus and Cressida
ca. 1602-09English
- All's Well That Ends Well
ca. 1606-08English
- Titus Andronicus
1594English
- Timon of Athens
written ca. 1607English
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
ca. 1606-08English
- The First Part of Henry VI
ca. 1592English
- The Second Part of Henry VI
ca. 1592English
- The Third Part of Henry VI
ca. 1592English
- Henry VIII
ca. 1613English
- The Two Noble Kinsmen
written ca. 1613-14English
- The Winter's Tale
ca. 1611English
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ca. 1590-94English
- Sonnets
1609; two sonnets originally published in The Passionate Pilgrim, 1599English
late Sixteenth-early Seventeenth centuriesEnglish
- The Rape of Lucrece
1594English
- Venus and Adonis
1593English
1599 anthology attributed to Shakespeare, though only five of the 20 poems are considered authenticEnglish
Robert Herrick
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
part of Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq., 1648English
- 'To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time'
part of Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq., 1648English
Poems
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
John Suckling
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
English
Poems
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
John Donne
early Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
part of Poems With Elegies on the Authors Death [1633]English
George Herbert
early Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
- The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations
1633English
Poems
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
part of Silex Scintillans: or Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 1650English
Poems
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
Poems
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
- Steps to the Temple. Sacred Poems, With Other Delights of the Muses
1646; expanded 1648
Andrew Marvell
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
written ca. early 1650'sEnglish
John Bunyan
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: or, A Brief and Faithful Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to his Poor Servant John Bunyan
1666English
- The Pilgrim's Progress From This World to That Which Is to Come
1678English
John Milton
- Paradise Lost
1667; revised 1674English
- Paradise Regained, a Poem, in IV Books, to Which Is Added Samson Agonistes
1671English
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
'On His Blindness'
written ca. 1655English
- Samuel Butler
Hudibras
originally published in three volumes: 1663, 1664, and 1678English
- Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy
1621; revised through fifth editionEnglish
- Izaak Walton
The Compleat Angler
1653; revised through sixth edition, 1676English
- Samuel Pepys
Diary
written 1660-69; published in part, 1825; expanded and revised 1875-79; further revised versions, 1893-99 and 1926; final work, in nine volumes, 1970-83
John Dryden
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
- All for Love; or, The World Well Lost
1677English
- William Wycherley
The Country Wife
1675English
- William Congreve
The Way of the World
1700English
- Nahum Tate
The History of King Lear
1681English
- Thomas Otway
Venice Preserv'd
1682English
Aphra Behn
- The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers
1677English
- Oroonoko: or, The Royal Slave. A True History
1688English
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
Seventeenth CenturyEnglish
written 1673-74English
Selected works
Seventeenth CenturyFrench
- Honoré d'Urfé
L'Astrée
originally published in six volumes, 1607-27French
- Madame de la Fayette
La Princess de Clèves
originally anonymously published 1678French
Molière
- Les Précieuses Ridicules
1659French
- L'Avare ou L'École du Mensonge
The Miser
1668French
- Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur
1664French
- Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire Amoureux
The Misanthrope
1666French
- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
1670French
Pierre Corneille
- Le Cid
1637French
- Cinna ou la Clémence d'Auguste
1639French
- Polyeucte
1643French
Jean Racine
- Andromaque
1667French
- Phèdre
1677French
- Athalie
1691French
- Jean de la Fontaine
Fables
originally published in 12 volumes: first-sixth, 1668; seventh-eleventh, 1678; twelfth, 1694French
- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (Madame de Sévigné)
Correspondence
Seventeenth CenturyFrench
Alexander Pope
- Essay on Criticism
1711English
- Essay on Man
1734English
- Four Ethic Epistles
Moral Essays
originally published in four volumes: An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington, 1731; Of the Use of Riches, an Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, 1733; An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham, 1734; Of The Characters of Women: An Epistle To A Lady, 1735; revised and retitled Ethic Epistles, the Second Book, to Several Persons, with the addition of three more epistles, as part of The Works of Alexander Pope, 1735; those additional epistles removed and work revised and retitled Four Ethic Epistles for unpublished collected works, 1744; retitled Moral Essays for inclusion in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. in Nine Volumes Complete, 1751English
- The Rape of the Lock
originally anonymously published 1712 in Linot's Miscellany; expanded 1714 and 1717English
Daniel Defoe
- The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner
originally anonymously published 1719English
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
1722English
- The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II
Roxana
1724English
- 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
originally anonymously published 1722English
Samuel Richardson
- Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded
1740; later revisedEnglish
- Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady
1748English
- The History of Sir Charles Grandison
1753English
Henry Fielding
- An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
1741English
- The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend, Mr. Abraham Abrams
1742English
- The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
1749English
- The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great
originally published as the third volume of Miscellanies, 1743English
- Amelia
1751English
Samuel Johnson
- A Dictionary of the English Language
1755English
- Essays from the Rambler and the Idler
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, 1753-54English
Eighteenth CenturyEnglish
- London: A Poem in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal
originally anonymously published 1738English
- The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated
1749English
- Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets
The Lives of the Poets
published in part as An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Strange, Son of the Earl Rivers, 1744; 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, 1781English
- James Boswell
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
1791English
Jonathan Swift
- A Tale of a Tub
1704; revised through fifth edition, 1710English
- A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public
originally anonymously published 1729English
- Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships
Gulliver's Travels
1726; revised 1735English
Laurence Sterne
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
originally published in nine volumes, 1759-67English
- A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
1768English
- Thomas Gray
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
1751English
Francis Burney
written 1768-1840; generally published in part accompanied by correspondenceEnglish
- Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
originally anonymously published 1778English
- Oliver Goldsmith
The Vicar of Wakefield
1766English
Voltaire
- Lettres Philosophiques
Letters Concerning the English Nation
English translation, 1733; French original, 1734; revised 1778English
- Candide, ou L'Optimisme
1759French
Denis Diderot
- Le Neveu de Rameau ou la Satire Seconde
German traslation, 1805; original, 1823French
- Jacques le Fataliste et son Maître
Jacques the Fatalist and His Master
published in part 1785; in its entirety, 1796French
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
published in 28 volumes, 1751-72French
- Choderlos de Laclos
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
The Dangerous Liaisons
1782French
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Les Confessions
1782French
- Du Contrat Social ou Principes du Droit Politique
The Social Contract
1762French
- Émile, ou de l'Éducation
1762French
- Julie, ou la Nouvelle Héloïse
originally entitled Lettres de Deux Amans Habitans d'une Petite Ville au Pied des Alpes, published 1761French
Marquis de Sade
- Justine ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu
1791; revised and retitled La Nouvelle Justine ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu, 1797French
- Les 120 Journées de Sodome ou l'École du Libertinage
written 1785; published 1905French
Robert Burns
late Eighteenth CenturyEnglish
- 'Why Should Na Poor Folk Mowe'
'When Princes and Prelates'
part of The Merry Muses of Caledonia, 1799English
- 'My Luve Is Like a Red, Red Rose'
originally published in Pietro Urbani's Scots Songs, 1794English
William Blake
- Songs of Innocence and Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
published in part, 1789, as Songs of Innocence; in its entirety, 1794English
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
ca. 1793English
- The Book of Thel
ca. 1789-90English
- Tiriel
written ca. 1789; originally published as part of The Poetical Works of William Blake, 1874English
- Visions of the Daughters of Albion
1793English
- America a Prophecy
1793English
- Europe a Prophecy
1794English
- The Book of Urizen
originally entitled The First Book of Urizen, published 1794English
- The Book of Ahania
1795English
- The Book of Los
1795English
- The Song of Los
1795English
- Vala, or The Four Zoas
written ca. 1797-1807English
- Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion
1820English
- Milton, a Poem in 2 Books
ca. 1811English
- Poetical Sketches
1783English
William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems
1798; expanded 1800 and 1802English
William Wordsworth
late Eighteenth-early Nineteenth centuriesEnglish
- The Prelude or, Growth of the Poet's Mind: An Autobiographical Poem
1850; earlier versions written 1799 and 1805English
five poems, four of which ('Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known', 'She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways', 'Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower', 'A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal') were originally published in the second edition of Lyrical Ballads, 1800, the other ('I Travelled Among Unknown Men') originally published in Poems, in Two Volumes, 1807English
- 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality From Recollections of Early Childhood'
originally entitled 'Ode', published in Poems, in Two Volumes, 1807; retitled and revised for inclusion in Poems, 1815; revised for inclusion in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, 1820English
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions
1817English
late Eighteenth-early Nineteenth centuriesEnglish
- 'The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere'
originally published in Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems, 1798; revised for inclusion in Sibylline Leaves, 1817English
- 'Kubla Khan, a Vision in a Dream'
originally published in Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision in a Dream; The Pains of Sleep, 1816English
Poems
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
Lord Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron)
- Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
1812-18English
- Don Juan
originally published in six volumes: Jul. 1819; Aug. 1821; Jul. 1823; Aug. 1823; Dec. 1823; Mar. 1824English
early Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
originally published in Hebrew Melodies, 1815English
Percy Bysshe Shelley
early Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of Prometheus Unbound, 1820English
part of Prometheus Unbound, 1820English
originally published Jan. 1818 in the Examiner; included in Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems, 1818English
- Adonais: An Elegy Upon the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperon, etc.
1821English
- 'Mont Blanc: Lines Written in the Vale of Chamouni'
part of Percy and Mary Shelley's History of a Six Weeks' Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva and of the Glaciers of Chamouni, 1817English
- Epipsychidion
originally anonymously published 1821English
- Prometheus Unbound
1820English
- Mary Shelley
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
originally anonymously published 1818English
John Keats
originally anonymously published Jan. 1820 in Annals of the Fine Arts; included in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
originally published Jul. 1820 in Annals of the Fine Arts; included in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
originally published in The Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats, 1848English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
- 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'
originally published May 1820 in the IndictaorEnglish
originally published 1738 in the Plymouth and Devonport Weekly JournalEnglish
early Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
- Endymion
1818English
part of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, 1820English
- 'The Fall of Hyperion: A Dream'
originally published 1857 in the Bibliographical and Historical Miscellanies of the Philobiblon SocietyEnglish
early Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers
The Sorrows of Young Werther
1774; revised 1787German
- Faust
originally published in two volumes: first, Faust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil, published in part, 1790; in its entirey, 1808; revised 1829; second, Faust. Der Tragödie Zweiter Teil, 1832German
Alexander Pushkin
Nineteenth CenturyRussian
- Kapitanskaâ Dočka
The Captain's Daughter
originally published 1836 in SovremennikRussian
originally published Mar. 1834 in Biblioteka dlya ChteniyaRussian
- Evgénij Onegin
Eugene Onegin
published in part serially 1825-32; in its entirety, 1833; revised 1837Russian
- Mikhail Lermontov
Geroj Našego Vremeni
A Hero of Our Time
1840; revised 1841Russian
- Ivan Turgenev
Otcy i Deti
Fathers and Children; Fathers and Sons
originally published Feb. 1862 in Rússkij VéstnikRussian
- Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov
1859Russian
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of Poems, 1833English
- In Memoriam A H H
1849English
- 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
originally published Dec. 1854 in the Examiner; included in Maud and Other Poems, 1855English
- Maud and Other Poems
1855English
- Idylls of the King
published in parts, 1859-85English
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
'How Do I Love Thee?'
part of Sonnets From the Portuguese, 1850English
Robert Browning
part of Bells and Pomegrantes No. III, Dramatic Lyrics, 1842English
- 'Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came'
part of Men and Women, 1855English
- The Ring and the Book
originally published in four volumes, 1868-69English
- 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'
part of Bells and Pomegrantes No. III, Dramatic Lyrics, 1842English
Alexandre Dumas
- Les Trois Mousquetaires
The Three Musketeers
originally published serially Mar.-Jul. 1844 in Le SiècleFrench
- Vingt ans Après
originally published serially Jan.-Aug. 1845French
- Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans Plus Tard
originally published serially 1847-50French
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
originally published serially Aug. 1844-Jan. 1846 in Journal des DébatsFrench
- Alexandre Dumas, fils
La Dame aux Camélias
1848French
Victor Hugo
- Notre-Dame de Paris
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1831French
- Les Misérables
1862French
- Edmond Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
1897French
- Prosper Mérimée
Carmen
published in part, Oct. 1845, in Revue des Deux Mondes; in its entirety, 1846French
Walter Scott
- The Bride of Lamermoor
originally anonymously published 1819English
- Rob Roy
originally anonymously published 1817English
- Ivanhoe
originally anonymously published 1819English
Washington Irving
- A History of New York From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
originally published under the pseudonym, Diedrich Knickerbocker, 1809English
- The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards
1832; revised and retitled Tales of the Alhambra, 1851English
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., published serially Jun. 1819-Jul. 1820, expanded 1848
- 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'
part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., published serially Jun. 1819-Jul. 1820, expanded 1848
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of Essays: First Series, 1841English
part of Essays: First Series, 1841English
- The American Scholar
originally entitled, An Oration, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, published 1837English
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
part of Poems, 1847English
- Henry David Thoreau
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
1854English
Edgar Allan Poe
Newman specifies "Gothic stories" and "Auguste Dupin stories"; Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
- 'The Pit and the Pendulum'
originally published 1842 in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843; revised for inclusion in the Broadway Journal, May 1845English
originally published Jul. 1844 in the Philadelphia Dollar NewspaperEnglish
- 'The Fall of the House of Usher'
originally published Sep. 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine; revised for inclusion in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, 1840English
originally published Jan. 1843 in the Pioneer; revised for inclusion in the Broadway Journal, Aug. 1845English
originally published Aug. 1843 in the United States Saturday Post; included in Tales, 1845English
- 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'
originally published Apr. 1841 in Graham's Magazine; revised for inclusion in The Prose Romances of Edgar A Poe, 1843English
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
originally published Jan. 1845 in the Evening Mirror and Feb. 1845, under the pseudonym, Quarles, in the American Review; included in The Raven and Other Poems, 1845English
originally published Oct. 1849 in the New York Daily Tribune, Nov. 1849 in the Southern Literary Messenger, and Jan. 1850 in Sartain's Union MagazineEnglish
- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Of Nantucket
published in part, 1836-37, in the Southern Literary Messenger, under the author's given name; in its entirety, 1838, under the pseudonym, Arthur Gordon PymEnglish
- Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
1855; expanded and revised through ninth edition, 1892English
Emily Dickinson
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
- 'It Was Not Death, for I Stood Up'
part of Poems: Second Series, 1891English
- 'She Died This Was the Way She Died'
part of Poems: Second Series, 1891English
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
originally anonymously published 1835 in the New-England Magazine; included in Mosses From an Old Manse, 1846English
- The Scarlet Letter
1850English
- The Blithedale Romance
1852English
- The House of Seven Gables
1851English
- The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni
1860English
Herman Melville
- Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
1846English
- Oomo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South
1847English
- Mardi, and a Voyage Thither
1849English
- White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War
1850English
- Redburn: His First Voyage
1849English
- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
1851English
- Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
1852English
- The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
1857English
- Billy Budd, Foretopman
Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative)
1924English
- The Piazza Tales
1856; originally published serially Nov. 1853-Aug. 1855 in Putnam's MonthlyEnglish
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
Mark Twain
- Life on the Mississippi
1883English
- Roughing It
1872English
- The Innocents Abroad
1869English
- The Prince and the Pauper
1881English
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1889English
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1876English
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1884English
- Letters From the Earth
written in part ca. 1910; published 1962English
Stephen Crane
- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
1893; revised 1896English
- The Red Badge of Courage
published in part serially Dec. 1894 in the Philadelphia Press; in its entirety, 1895English
late Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
originally published Jun. 1897 in Scribner's; included in The Open Boat and Other Tales of Adventure, 1898English
originally published serially Nov.-Dec. 1898 in Collier's Weekly; included in The Monster and Other Stories, 1899English
Jane Austen
- Pride and Prejudice
originally anonymously published 1813English
- Emma
originally anonymously published 1815English
- Persuasion
originally anonymously published 1817English
- Sense and Sensibility
originally published under the pseudonym, A Lady, 1811English
- Mansfield Park
originally anonymously published 1814English
- Northanger Abbey
originally anonymously published 1817English
Charlotte Brontë
- Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
originally published under the pseudonym, Currer Bell, 1847English
- Shirley
originally published under the pseudonym, Currer Bell, 1849English
- Villette
originally published under the pseudonym, Currer Bell, 1853English
Emily Brontë
- Wuthering Heights
originally published 1847 under the pseudonym, Ellis Bell; revised 1850English
Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
Anne Brontë
- Agnes Grey
originally published under the pseudonym, Acton Bell, 1847English
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
originally published under the pseudonym, Acton Bell, 1848English
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1886English
- Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
originally published under the pseudonym, Onuphrio Muralto, 1764English
Charles Dickens
- The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
The Pickwick Papers
originally published serially Apr. 1836-Nov. 1837 under the pseudonym, BozEnglish
- Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress
originally published under the pseudonym, Boz, serially Feb. 1837-April 1839 in Bentley's MiscellanyEnglish
- Dealings With the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation
originally published serially Oct. 1846-Apr. 1848English
- The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)
originally published serially May 1849-Nov. 1850English
- Bleak House
originally published serially Mar. 1852-Sep. 1853English
- Hard Times - For These Times
originally published serially Apr. 1854-Aug. 1854 in Household WordsEnglish
- Little Dorrit
originally published serially Dec. 1855-Jun. 1857English
- A Tale of Two Cities
originally published serially Apr.-Nov. 1859 in All the Year RoundEnglish
- Great Expectations
originally published serially Dec. 1860-Aug. 1861 in All the Year RoundEnglish
- The Old Curiosity Shop
originally published serially Apr. 1840-Nov. 1841 in Master Humphrey's Clock under the pseudonym, BozEnglish
- A Christmas Carol
1843English
William Makepeace Thackeray
- Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
originally published serially Jan. 1847-Jul. 1848English
- The Luck of Barry Lyndon
originally published serially 1844English
George Eliot
- Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
originally published serially Dec. 1871-Dec. 1872English
- Daniel Deronda
1876English
- The Mill on the Floss
1860English
- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
1861English
- Adam Bede
1859English
Thomas Hardy
- Far From the Madding Crowd
originally anonymously published serially Jan.-Dec. 1874 in Cornhill Magazine; revised 1895 and 1901English
- The Return of the Native
originally published serially Jan.-Dec. 1878 in Belgravia, the Magazine of Fashion and AmusementEnglish
- The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character
1886English
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented
published in part serially Jul.-Dec. 1891 in the GraphicEnglish
- Jude the Obscure
originally published serially Dec. 1894-Nov. 1895 in Harper's New Monthly MagazineEnglish
- A Pair of Blue Eyes
originally published serially Sep. 1872-Jul. 1873English
Rudyard Kipling
late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuriesEnglish
part of Rewards and Fairies, 1910English
part of Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1892English
originally published 1899 in McClure'sEnglish
- The Jungle Book
1894English
- The Second Jungle Book
1895English
- Kim
originally published serially Dec. 1900-Oct. 1901 in McClure's and Jan. 1901-Oct. 1901 in Cassell'sEnglish
Oscar Wilde
- The Importance of Being Earnest
1895English
- An Ideal Husband
1895English
- Lady Windmere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman
1892English
- A Woman of No Importance
1893English
- Salomé
1893; English version, 1894French
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol
originally published under the pseudonym, c.3.3., 1898English
- De Profundis
published in part, 1905; additional portions published 1913; in its entirety, 1949; revised and included in The Letters of Oscar Wilde, 1962English
Edith Wharton
- The House of Mirth
1905English
- The Custom of the Country
1913English
- The Age of Innocence
1920English
- Ethan Frome
1911English
D H Lawrence
- Sons and Lovers
1913English
- The Rainbow
1915English
- Women in Love
1920English
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
abridged version, 1928; complete work, 1960English
- Aaron's Rod
1922English
- The Plumed Serpent
1926English
- The Escaped Cock
1929English
- Kangaroo
1923English
- 'The Rocking-Horse Winner'
originally published Jul. 1926 in Harper's Bazaar; included in The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories, 1928English
- 'The Odour of Chrysanthemums'
originally published Jul. 1911 in the English Review; included in The Prussian Officer and Other Stories, 1914English
Stendhal
- Le Rouge et le Noir, Chronique du XIXe Siècle
The Red and the Black
1830French
- Le Chartreuse de Parme
The Charterhouse of Parma
1839French
Honoré de Balzac
- Eugénie Grandet
1833French
- Le Père Goriot
Father Goriot
originally published serially Dec. 1834-Feb. 1835 in Revue de ParisFrench
- Illusions Perdues
Lost Illusions
1837-43French
- Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes
The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans; A Harlot High and Low
originally published in four volumes, 1838-47French
- La Cousine Bette
originally published in Le Constitutionnel Oct.-Dec. 1846French
Gustave Flaubert
- Salammbô
1862French
- La Tentation de Sainte Antoine
published in part, 1856; in its entirety, 1874French
- Madame Bovary
originally published serially Oct. 1856-Dec. 1856 in La Revue de ParisFrench
- L'Éducation Sentimentale
1869French
- Bouvard et Pécuchet
1881French
Émile Zola
- Germinal
originally published serially Apr. 1884-Jan. 1885 in Gil BlasFrench
- Nana
originally published serially 1879-80 in La VoltaireFrench
- La Bête Humaine
1890French
- L'Assommoir
1877French
Joseph Conrad
- Lord Jim
originally published serially Oct. 1899-Nov. 1900 in Blackwood's MagazineEnglish
- Heart of Darkness
originally published serially Feb.-Apr. 1899 in Blackwood'sEnglish
- Nostromo
originally published serially 1904 in T P's WeeklyEnglish
- The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Sea
1897English
originally published serially Jun.-Jul. 1897 in Cosmopolis; included in Tales of Unrest, 1898English
Nikolai Gogol
Nineteenth CenturyRussian
'The Nose'
originally published 1836 in SovremennikRussian
'The Diary of a Madman'
1835Russian
- Revizor
The Government Inspector
1836; revised 1842Russian
- Mërtvyâ Duši
Dead Souls
1842Russian
Leo Tolstoy
- Anna Karenina
published in part serially 1873-7 in Rússkij Véstnik; in its entirety, 1877Russian
- Voyna i Mir"
War and Peace
originally entitled 1805, published in part, 1865 and 1867; retitled and published in its entirety, 1869Russian
Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Bednye Lûdi
Poor Folk
1846Russian
- Dvojnik
The Double
originally published 1846 in Otečestvennye ZapiskiRussian
- Zapiski iz Mërtvogo Doma
The House of the Dead
originally published 1861 in VrémâRussian
- Zapaski iz Podpol'â
Notes From Underground
1864Russian
- Prestuplénie i Nakazániye
Crime and Punishment
originally published serially Jan.-Dec. 1866 in Rússkij VéstnikRussian
- Idiot
originally published serially 1868-9 in Rússkij VéstnikRussian
- Besy
Demons; The Devils; The Possessed
1872Russian
- Brat'â Karamazovy
The Brothers Karamazov
originally published serially 1880 in Rússkij VéstnikRussian
Henrik Ibsen
- Et Dukkehjem
A Doll's House
1879Norwegian
- Gengangere
Ghosts
1881Norwegian
- En Folkefiende
An Enemy of the People
1882Norwegian
- Vildanden
The Wild Duck
1885Norwegian
- Hedda Gabler
1890Norwegian
August Strindberg
- Fröken Julie
Miss Julie
written 1888Swedish
- Spöksonaten
The Ghost Sonata
1908Swedish
- Ett Drömspel
1907Swedish
Anton Chekhov
- Čajka
The Seagull
1896Russian
- Dâdâ Vanâ
Uncle Vanya
1897Russian
- Tri Sestry
Three Sisters
1901Russian
- Višhnëvyj Sad
The Cherry Orchard
1904Russian
late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuriesRussian
Russian
Russian
- 'Big Volodya and Little Volodya'
Russian
Russian
'Rothschild's Violin'
originally published Feb. 1894 in Russkie VedomostiRussian
Russian
Russian
Charles Baudelaire
- Les Fleurs du Mal
The Flowers of Evil
1857French
- Journaux Intimes
1887French
Arthur Rimbaud
early Nineteenth CenturyEnglish
'The Stolen Heart'
written May-Jun. 1871 along with two alternate versions: Le Coeur Supplicié and Coeur de PitreFrench
'The Drunken Boat'
written 1871English
- Une Saison en Enfer
A Season in Hell
1873French
- Les Illuminations
published in part serially May-Jun. 1886 in La Vogue; in its entirety later the same yearFrench
Comte de Lautreamont
Nineteenth CenturyFrench
- Les Chants de Maldoror
The Songs of Maldoror
1869French
Poems
Nineteenth CenturyFrench
Poems
Nineteenth CenturyFrench
Poems
late Nineteenth CenturyFrench
Poems
late Nineteenth CenturyFrench
Stéphane Mallarmé
- 'L'Après-midi d'un Faune'
1876French
- Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard
originally published May 1897 in Cosmopolis; published separately 1914French
Alexander Blok
early Twentieth CenturyRussian
'Twelve'
written 1918Russian
- André Breton
Le Manifeste du Surréalisme
1924French
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
'Manifesto Iniziale del Futurismo'
'Futurist Manifesto'
originally published Feb. 1909 in Gazzetta dell'Emilia
Guillaume Apollinaire
early Twentieth CenturyFrench
- Le Poete Assassine
1916French
William Butler Yeats
late Nineteenth-early Twentieth centuriesEnglish
originally published Nov. 1920 in both the Dial and the Nation; included in Michael Robartes and the Dancer, 1921English
part of Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems, 1932; entitled 'For Anne Gregory' for inclusion in the Spectator, Dec. 1932English
- 'Meditations in Time of Civil War'
part of The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems, 1924; that book (except 'The Cat and the Moon') made part of The Tower, 1928English
part of October Blast, 1927; the entirety of that book made part of The Tower, 1928English
Henry James
- The American
originally publishsed serially 1876-77 in the Atlantic Monthly; revised 1907English
- The Europeans
originally published serially Jul.-Oct. 1878 in the Atlantic MonthlyEnglish
- The Portrait of a Lady
originally published serially Oct. 1880-Nov. 1881 in Macmillan's and Nov. 1880-Dec. 1881 in the Atlantic MonthlyEnglish
- The Bostonians
originally published serially 1885-86 in the Century MagazineEnglish
- The Spoils of Poynton
originally entitled The Old Things, published serially 1896 in the Atlantic MonthlyEnglish
- The Turn of the Screw
originally published in The Two Magics, with a second novella, Covering End, 1898English
- What Maisie Knew
originally published serially 1897 in the Chap-Book and, revised, in the New ReviewEnglish
- The Wings of the Dove
1902English
- The Ambassadors
originally published serially 1903 in the North American ReviewEnglish
- The Golden Bowl
1904English
Gertrude Stein
- The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas
published in part in the Atlantic Monthly; in its entirety, 1933English
- Three Lives
1906English
- The Making of Americans: Being the History of a Family's Progress
published in part, 1924, in the Transatlantic Review; in its entirety, 1925; abridged version, 1934
- Tender Buttons
1914English
- Geography and Plays
1922English
Franz Kafka
early Twentieth CenturyGerman
- Die Verwandlung
The Metamorphosis
originally published 1915 in Die Weißen BlätterGerman
- Der Prozess
The Trial
1925German
- Das Schloss
The Castle
1926German
- Der Verschollene
Amerika
published in part, 1913, as 'Der Heizer'; in its entirety, 1927German
T S Eliot
- 'The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock'
originally published Jun. 1915 in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse; included in Prufrock and Other Observations, 1917English
originally published Oct. 1922 in the CriterionEnglish
originally published in Poems: 1909-1925, 1925English
- Ash Wednesday
1930English
- Four Quartets
originally published in four volumes: Burnt Norton, in Collected Poems 1909-1935, 1936; East Coker, in the New English Weekly, 1940; The Dry Salvages, in the New English Weekly, 1941; Little Gidding, in the New English Weekly, 1942English
William Carlos Williams
- Spring and All
1923English
- Paterson
originally published in five volumes: 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, and 1958English
originally entitled 'XXII', published as part of Spring and All, 1923English
originally published in Collected Poems, 1921-1931, 1934English
Ezra Pound
- A B C of Reading
1934English
- Guide to Kulchur
1938English
- Cantos
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, 1987English
1915; translationsEnglish
Twentieth CenturyFrench
James Joyce
- Dubliners
1914English
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
originally published serially Feb. 1914-Sep. 1915, in the EgoistEnglish
- Ulysses
published in part serially Mar. 1918-Dec. 1920 in the Little Review; in its entirety, 1922English
- Finnegans Wake
1939English
- Marcel Proust
À la Recherche du Temps Perdu
In Search of Lost Time; In Remembrance of Things Past
originally published in seven volumes, two of which originally published as two books each, 1913-27French
Virginia Woolf
- A Room of One's Own
1929English
- To the Lighthouse
1927 English
- Mrs. Dalloway
published in part, Jul. 1923, as 'Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street', in the Dial; in its entirety, 1925English
- The Waves
1931English
- Orlando: A Biography
1928English
Selected works
Twentieth CenturyEnglish
Ernest Hemingway
Twentieth CenturyEnglish
- 'Hills Like White Elephants'
originally published Aug. 1927 in Transition; included in Men Without Women, 1927English
originally published May 1925 in This Quarter; included in the expanded edition of In Our Time, 1925English
- 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber'
originally published Sep. 1936 in Cosmopolitan; included in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, 1938English
- 'A Clean, Well-Lighted Place'
originally published 1933 in Scribner's; included in Winner Take Nothing, 1933English
included in the expanded second edition of In Our Time, 1925English
- A Farewell to Arms
1929English
- The Sun Also Rises
1926English
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
1940English
- The Old Man and the Sea
1952English
- A Moveable Feast
1964English
- Death in the Afternoon
1932English
F Scott Fitzgerald
- This Side of Paradise
1920English
- The Beautiful and the Damned
1922English
- The Great Gatsby
1925English
- Tender Is the Night
originally published serially Jan.-Apr. 1934 in Scribner's MagazineEnglish
- The Last Tycoon
1941; expanded and retitled The Love of the Last Tycoon, 1993English
- The Pat Hobby Stories
1962; originally published serially Jan. 1940-May 1941 in EsquireEnglish
- 'A Diamond as Big as the Ritz'
originally published Jun. 1922 in the Smart Set; included in Tales of the Jazz Age, 1922English
William Faulkner
- As I Lay Dying
1930English
- The Sound and the Fury
1929English
- Absalom, Absalom!
1936English
- Light in August
1932English
- The Hamlet
1940English
- The Town
1957English
- The Mansion
1959English