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War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics)
1.  War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "A masterpiece of Tolstoy that gives both an in depth account of how and why the Napoleonic war with Russia was lost while also describing the events of characters in an intriging plot."
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Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics)
2.  Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics) by Charlotte Bronte
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  "An excelent novel of a woman vacilliating over various aspects of life due to sinister events."
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare)
3.  William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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  "No one can go without reading all of these, each one another masterpiece."
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
4.  Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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  "My Favourite Book! Stalin's Russia represented in Britain with the everpresent ey of Big Brother and the Thought Police. A must have!"
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
5.  Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
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  "Arguably the best political satire of all time. The Russia revolution, animal style!"
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The Iliad and the Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
6.  The Iliad and the Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Homer
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  "One of the best translations of these epic tales, with an easy to understandinh, conprehensible introdution and summary of each book by Jan Parker."
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics)
7.  The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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  "Short and sinister, excellent. But do not read with any conceptions of modern day- it is nothing like it!"
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Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
8.  Collins Classics - Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
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  "Comedy at its best- mixing the sinister Dorian Grey with the entertaining Importance of Being Ernest. Absolutely great!"
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The Great Gatsby (Pocket Penguin Classics)
9.  The Great Gatsby (Pocket Penguin Classics) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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  "Fitzgeralds's greatest work- a unputdownable account of 1920's America, of wealth, alcohole, vourism and corruption."
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The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
10.  The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent B Leitch
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  "Essential reading. A simple summary of all the great theorists and critics, as well as samples of their works."
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The Monk (Dover Thrift Editions)
11.  The Monk (Dover Thrift Editions) by Matthew Gregory Lewis
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  "The Gothic, unbeatable. Religion, corruption, temptation, incest and murder."
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The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe :
12.  The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe : by Edgar Allan Poe
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  "Where would we be without Edgar Allan Poe?"
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Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics)
13.  Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics) by James Joyce
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  "hated every page, but it is an interesting take on Homer. Not to be read by those who hate monologues!"
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics)
14.  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Penguin Classics) by James Joyce
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  "You must read this to understand the above."
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Hard Times (Penguin Popular Classics)
15.  Hard Times (Penguin Popular Classics) by Charles Dickens
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  "Dickens! Must any more be said?"
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Time's Arrow
16.  Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
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  "A controversial take on the holocaust. Masterpiece."
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The Communist Manifesto
17.  The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
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  "Communist heaven!"
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
18.  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
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  "Why did it fall. Well find out."
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The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia
19.  The Dictators: Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia by Richard Overy
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  "Stalin vs Hitler- how similar were they? Very. Read it."
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Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered, 1933-1938 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies)
20.  Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered, 1933-1938 (Cambridge Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies) by John Archibald Getty
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  "Was Stalin responsible for the purges? You won't think so after this!"
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Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis
21.  Hitler, 1936-1945: Nemesis 
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  "Absolutely anything by Kershaw. Hitler will be opened up to you."
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Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics)
22.  Wuthering Heights (Penguin Popular Classics) by Emily Brontë
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  "heathcliff and Cathy, will anyone forget them? Gothic and disturbing, and excellent read."
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The Canterbury Tales: A Selection (Penguin Popular Classics)
23.  The Canterbury Tales: A Selection (Penguin Popular Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer
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  "For anyone who loves language. Its a bit hard going, but worth it."
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Capital: Critique of Political Economy v. 1 (Classics S.)
24.  Capital: Critique of Political Economy v. 1 (Classics S.) by Karl Marx
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  "The abridged version might be shorter, but don't give in! For an understanding of Communism, Marx, why captialism is wrong, and how to fix it, please please read this!"
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Zofloya: or The Moor (Oxford World's Classics)
25.  Zofloya: or The Moor (Oxford World's Classics) by Charlotte Dacre
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  "Unconventional serial killer herorine!"
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