Masterpieces of World LiteratureFrank Northen Magill Philosophy and fantasy, plays and poems, essays and epics -- 270 literary classics that range from The Divine Comedy and Death Comes for the Archbishop to The Aeneid and The Grapes of Wrath are summarized and analyzed in this essential reference. |
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Absalom AbsalomWilliam Faulkner | 1 |
Adventures of Tom Sawyer TheMark Twain | 9 |
Age of Reason TheThomas Paine | 17 |
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