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Culture and Anarchy (Oxford World's Classics)
1.  Culture and Anarchy (Oxford World's Classics) by Matthew Arnold
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  "Predicts the corruption of society which is now upon us"
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
2.  The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom
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  "Why we read, what we read, and what's the point"
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Dickens: Abridged
3.  Dickens: Abridged by Peter Ackroyd
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  "How can one man do this much? Inspiring"
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The Common Reader: Volume 1
4.  The Common Reader: Volume 1 by Virginia Woolf
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  "Everyone should be made to read this"
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare)
5.  William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Oxford Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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  "He invented society and personality as we know it"
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In Memoriam (Norton Critical Editions)
6.  In Memoriam (Norton Critical Editions) by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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  "Because this is a true celebrity, and not a fake tan in sight"
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Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics)
7.  Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics) by Stella Gibbons
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  "Because everyone needs a laugh, and this is hysterical"
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Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics)
8.  Selected Writings (Oxford World's Classics) by John Ruskin
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  "He taught the Victorians so much and we can still learn from him"
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Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics)
9.  Sartor Resartus (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Carlyle
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  "Someone who really knew how to value culture"
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Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics)
10.  Jude the Obscure (Oxford World's Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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  "If you have to ask - read the book!"
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Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift)
11.  Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (Dover Thrift) by Henry David Thoreau
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  "Ah, the simple life..."
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Arcadia
12.  Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
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  "Best play I've ever read/seen"
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