100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)

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Amazon just released their "100 books to read in a lifetime." The oldest of which was published in 1813. That's a crying shame. Let's compile and vote on a list of the rest.
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szarka, casvelyn, smcwl, hvanloon, andejons, madpoet, cemanuel, Betelgeuse, anthonywillard, CGlanovsky, BlueSkies305, dontcallmeleslie, JoLynnsbooks, gypsysmom, Luisali, ahef1963, Dr.Vickie, cjmills, NinieB, PyrrhicVctry, dberndtd, JohnMB, ManWithAnAgenda, hubben,aulsmith , ,Bretzky1
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aulsmith : Awful. Instead of an adventure story, I got a White Man triumphs over nature with a sermon.
Betelgeuse: Wonderful. A gripping adventure and morality tale. More than a shipwreck story, it is also about repentance and humility. Defoe's novel has several Biblical parallels, including Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden, the parable of Jonah, and the sufferings of Job. Lessons can be learned from this book, if one overlooks Crusoe's anachronistic imperialism. But Robinson Crusoe is not a dour sermon. It is surprisingly fast-paced, and the first-person narrative gives it even more immediacy. Everyone knows the basics of the plot: the shocking discovery of the footprint, the appearance of Friday, the threat of cannibals, Crusoe's mastery of the island and its elements. There are also lesser known action sequences, such as the exciting wolfpack scene near the end of the book. A great early novel.
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szarka, hipdeep, henkl, yarb, janimar, smcwl, xenophon, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, toview, Matke, anthonywillard, perpender, Roberto823, dontcallmeleslie, drmom62, ahef1963, WriterWarrior, Dr.Vickie, jeffza, PyrrhicVctry, jaysonwm, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
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aulsmith : Not the whole thing. I took a seminar on Donne, and we didn't even read them all.
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LShelby, PyrrhicVctry,anglemark ,aulsmith ,Cynfelyn ,ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith : This is an adaptation. There is another work on this list that represents the original.
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szarka, janimar, hvanloon, WMGOATGRUFF, madpoet, Betelgeuse, BlueSkies305, PyrrhicVctry,anglemark ,henkl , ,aulsmith ,Cynfelyn ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith : There are four editions of this work on this list. One is more than enough.
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MaskedMumbler, ahef1963, mattries37315,yarb ,-pilgrim- ,ManWithAnAgenda
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yarb : duplicate
ManWithAnAgenda : Duplicate
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MaskedMumbler, Bretzky1,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda : Duplicate
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