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30 Essential Works of Classical Literature

Classical literature brings together major works from ancient Greece and Rome, including epic, drama, poetry, satire, philosophy and historical prose. These texts are read both as literature and as evidence of the societies that produced them.

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Ancient World 2,200 BCE–628 CE 28 books American History 1607–1912 CE 5 books Asia & the Islamic World 221 BCE–1,997 CE 4 books Medieval Period 330–1,816 CE 8 books Renaissance & Early Modern Europe c. 1300–1789 CE 4 books Russian Empire & Revolution 1721–1922 CE 5 books Tudor & Stuart Britain 1485–1714 CE 1 book Georgian & Regency Britain 1714–1837 CE 5 books Age of Revolutions 1763–1848 CE 1 book Nineteenth-Century Europe 1815–1900 CE 18 books World War I & Interwar Era 1914–1939 CE 46 books World War II 1939–1945 CE 8 books Cold War and Post-war Era 1945–1991 CE 27 books

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