Books That Survived My Education

A Listmania! list by Freya Reinsch (St. Andrews, Fife United Kingdom)
 
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1.  The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
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  "Fowles' best. A truly unsurpassable novel."
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Wise Children
2.  Wise Children by Angela Carter
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  "The best of Carter's books to start with...read Nights at the Circus next."
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Possession: A Romance
3.  Possession: A Romance by A S Byatt
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  "Ok, I admit I skipped the poetry..only cos I couldn't bear to leave the narrative for even a few pages!"
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Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics)
4.  Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by HARDY
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  "Simply the most devastating book I have ever read"
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Le Grand Meaulnes (Penguin Modern Classics)
5.  Le Grand Meaulnes (Penguin Modern Classics) by Henri Alain-Fournier
The list author says:
  "An eloquent articulation of loss and growing up. If only he'd lived to write more..."
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The Magus
6.  The Magus by John Fowles
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  "A complete page-turner...and strongly influenced by 'Le Grand Meaulnes'."
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The Garden of Eden
7.  The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "Hemingway never quite finished this and it was published posthumously. I've never been able to get it out of my head."
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A Pale View of Hills
8.  A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "I haven't read Remains of the Day...but I bought it as soon as i finished this."
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The Unicorn (Vintage Classics)
9.  The Unicorn (Vintage Classics) by Iris Murdoch
The list author says:
  "The Lady of Shalott meets Sleeping Beauty"
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Interpreter of Maladies: Stories of Bengal, Boston and Beyond
10.  Interpreter of Maladies: Stories of Bengal, Boston and Beyond by Jhumpa Lahiri
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  "An exquisite collection of short stories."
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In the Skin of a Lion (Picador Books)
11.  In the Skin of a Lion (Picador Books) by Michael Ondaatje
The list author says:
  "Liked it even better than The English Patient!"
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Moon Palace
12.  Moon Palace by Paul Auster
The list author says:
  "In my opinion, the best contemporary American writer. Read anything he's written..."
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Paradise
13.  Paradise by Toni Morrison
The list author says:
  "Hated Beloved, loved this."
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Where Angels Fear to Tread (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  Where Angels Fear to Tread (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
The list author says:
  "Unfairly overlooked in favor of Forster's other works. A beautiful short novel."
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Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics)
15.  Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jorge Luis Borges
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  "Genius. It will change the way you approach fiction."
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The Age of Innocence (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
16.  The Age of Innocence (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by Edith Wharton
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  "Eternally a favorite."
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics)
17.  Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean Rhys
The list author says:
  "Rhys' answer to Jane Eyre. A stunning work."
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Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
18.  Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
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  "Ridiculously funny...until you realize how very tragic it is."
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The Tempest
19.  The Tempest by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Such deeply moving language. Referenced with startling frequency in current English lit."
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Love in the Time of Cholera
20.  Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The list author says:
  "A love story that puts Lolita to shame. Beauty, pain and frustration on every page."
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