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Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLC

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

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DraculaBS

Dracula

Bram Stoker

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern PrometheusMWS

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesACD

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The MoonstoneWC

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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The Time MachineHGW

The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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The War of the WorldsHGW

The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

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Flatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsEAA

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

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The Wonderful Wizard of OzLFB

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

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The Wind in the WillowsKG

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

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Pride and PrejudiceJA

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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Jane Eyre: An AutobiographyCB

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Charlotte Bronte

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Little WomenLMA

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

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Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMT

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

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The Great GatsbyFSF

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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DublinersJJ

Dubliners

James Joyce

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The Yellow WallpaperCPG

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Call of the WildJL

The Call of the Wild

Jack London

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Crime and PunishmentFD

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The Tale of GenjiMS

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

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The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me TangereJR

The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere

José Rizal

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Moby Dick; Or, The WhaleHM

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

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Wuthering HeightsEB

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

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The Picture of Dorian GrayOW

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

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The Importance of Being EarnestOW

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRLS

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Hound of the BaskervillesACD

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

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A Study in ScarletACD

A Study in Scarlet

Arthur Conan Doyle

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The Lost WorldACD

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle

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MiddlemarchGE

Middlemarch

George Eliot

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EmmaJA

Emma

Jane Austen

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PersuasionJA

Persuasion

Jane Austen

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Anne of Green GablesLMM

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

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The Secret GardenFHB

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Peter PanJMB

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

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The Adventures of Tom SawyerMT

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

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The Scarlet LetterNH

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The Count of Monte CristoAD

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJV

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Jules Verne

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Around the World in Eighty DaysJV

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

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War and PeaceLT

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

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Anna KareninaLT

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

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The Brothers KaramazovFD

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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MetamorphosisFK

Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

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Don QuixoteMDC

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

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The OdysseyH

The Odyssey

Homer

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The IliadH

The Iliad

Homer

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Grimms' Fairy TalesJAW

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

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Andersen's Fairy TalesHCA

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen

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Heart of DarknessJC

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

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The Turn of the ScrewHJ

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James

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The Age of InnocenceEW

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

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Ethan FromeEW

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

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A Christmas CarolCD

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

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Great ExpectationsCD

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

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A Tale of Two CitiesCD

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

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David CopperfieldCD

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

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Tess of the d'UrbervillesTH

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

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Uncle Tom's CabinHBS

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFD

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlHJ

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs

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The Souls of Black FolkWEB

The Souls of Black Folk

W. E. B. Du Bois

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WaldenHDT

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

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The AwakeningKC

The Awakening

Kate Chopin

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HerlandCPG

Herland

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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My Man JeevesPGW

My Man Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

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Three Men in a BoatJKJ

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome

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The Scarlet PimpernelBO

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Baroness Orczy

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White FangJL

White Fang

Jack London

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A Princess of MarsERB

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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The Invisible ManHGW

The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells

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The Island of Doctor MoreauHGW

The Island of Doctor Moreau

H. G. Wells

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UlyssesJJ

Ulysses

James Joyce

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Winnie-the-PoohAAM

Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne

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The Sun Also RisesEH

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway

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A Farewell to ArmsEH

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway

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The ProphetKG

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

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The Maltese FalconDH

The Maltese Falcon

Dashiell Hammett

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CaneJT

Cane

Jean Toomer

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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManJWJ

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

James Weldon Johnson

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O Pioneers!WC

O Pioneers!

Willa Cather

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My ÁntoniaWC

My Ántonia

Willa Cather

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