50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 2

Stendhal, Laurence Sterne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jonathan Swift, Rabindranath Tagore, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Troloppe, Ivan Turgenev, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, Lew Wallace, H. G. Wells, Rebecca West, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Cao Xueqin, Émile Zola

• Publisher: Elm & Ivory Press
• Year: 2026
• Subtopic: Classics
• eBook ISBN:
  9782700117790

Every great book opens a door to another world—and some leave you thinking long after the final page. Continue exploring the world of enduring literature with 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read – Volume 2, a companion collection for readers eager to discover more classic works. Classic literature brings together extraordinary storytelling, complex characters, memorable conflicts, and ideas that remain relevant across generations. From adventure and romance to philosophical reflection and social commentary, these works offer a rich variety of reading experiences. This volume provides another opportunity to broaden your literary horizons, revisit influential traditions, and discover the creative voices that have shaped the history of storytelling. Whether you are building a home library, exploring literary classics for the first time, or seeking your next meaningful read, this collection invites you to keep discovering. Expand your literary journey with Volume 2 and explore more classic works filled with imagination, insight, and enduring human stories.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Jerome, Jerome K.: “Three Men in a Boat”
• Joyce, James: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”
• Joyce, James: “Ulysses”
• Kingsley, Charles: “The Water-Babies”
• Kipling, Rudyard: “Kim”
• La Fayette, Madame de: “The Princess of Clèves”
• Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: “Dangerous Liaisons”
• Lawrence, D. H.: “Sons and Lovers”
• Lawrence, D. H.: “The Rainbow”
• Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: “In a Glass Darkly”
• Lewis, Matthew Gregory: “The Monk”
• Lewis, Sinclair: “Main Street”
• London, Jack: “The Call of the Wild”
• Lovecraft, H. P.: “At the Mountains of Madness”
• Mann, Thomas: “Royal Highness”
• Maugham, W. Somerset: “Of Human Bondage”
• Maupassant, Guy de: “Bel-Ami”
• Melville, Herman: “Moby-Dick”
• Poe, Edgar Allan: “The Fall of the House of Usher”
• Proust, Marcel: “Swann’s Way”
• Radcliffe, Ann: “The Mysteries of Udolpho”
• Richardson, Samuel: “Clarissa”
• Sand, George: “The Devil’s Pool”
• Scott, Walter: “Ivanhoe”
• Shelley, Mary: “Frankenstein”
• Sienkiewicz, Henryk: “Quo Vadis”
• Sinclair, May: “Life and Death of Harriett Frean”
• Sinclair, Upton: “The Jungle”
• Stendhal: “The Red and the Black”
• Stendhal: “The Chartreuse of Parma”
• Sterne, Laurence: “Tristram Shandy”
• Stevenson, Robert Louis: “Treasure Island”
• Stoker, Bram: “Dracula”
• Stowe, Harriet Beecher: “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
• Swift, Jonathan: “Gulliver’s Travels”
• Tagore, Rabindranath: “The Home and the World”
• Thackeray, William Makepeace: “Vanity Fair”
• Tolstoy, Leo: “War and Peace”
• Tolstoy, Leo: “Anna Karenina”
• Troloppe, Anthony: “The Way We Live Now”
• Turgenev, Ivan: “Fathers and Sons”
• Twain, Mark: “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
• Verne, Jules: “Journey to the Interior of the Earth”
• Wallace, Lew: “Ben-Hur”
• Wells, H. G.: “The Time Machine”
• West, Rebecca: “The Return of the Soldier”
• Wharton, Edith: “The Age of Innocence”
• Wilde, Oscar: “The Picture of Dorian Gray”
• Xueqin, Cao: “The Dream of the Red Chamber”
• Zola, Émile: “Germinal”