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Name↕ | Title↕ | Author↕ | First Published↕ | Subjects↕ | Editions↕ | Languages↕ |
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Pride and Prejudice | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, British and Irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Brothers and sisters, Courtship | 4,036 | guj, sin, jpn |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | Alice (fictitious character : carroll), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, JUVENILE FICTION | 3,546 | guj, jpn, por |
A Christmas Carol | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens, Groth | 1843 | Children's fiction, Toy and movable books, Christmas, fiction, Children's plays, English | 3,198 | arm, jpn, por |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 1890 | British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Conduct of life, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Appearance (Philosophy) | 3,011 | arm, cos, jpn |
Wuthering Heights | Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | 1846 | form:novel, genre:tragedy, genre:gothic, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) | 2,886 | arm, jpn, por |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mark Twain | 1876 | adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature | 2,552 | arm, jpn, alb |
Robinson Crusoe | Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Defoe, J. J. Grandville | 1686 | Crusoe, robinson (fictitious character), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Survival, Fiction | 2,419 | arm, por, bre |
Hamlet | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | 1603 | performing arts, Stage history, Reyes, reinas, soberanos, Venganza | 2,388 | arm, guj, sin |
Emma | Emma | Jane Austen | 1815 | Social life and customs, Mate selection, Fiction, Fathers and daughters | 2,263 | heb, spa, rus |
Oliver Twist | Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens | 1822 | Bildungsromans, Boys, Brigands and robbers, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) | 2,209 | jpn, por, dan |
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus | Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus | Mary Shelley | 1818 | Frankenstein (Fictitious character), Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character), Fiction, Victor Frankenstein (Fictitious character) | 2,188 | spa, rus, ger |
A Tale of Two Cities | A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 1800 | British, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Criticism and interpretation | 2,059 | guj, jpn, por |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1899 | Witches, Toy and movable books, Spanish language materials, Fiction | 2,052 | arm, jpn, alb |
Sense and Sensibility | Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen | 1811 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Inheritance and succession, fiction, Mate selection, fiction, Social classes, fiction | 2,015 | pol, spa, rus |
Treasure Island | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | 1880 | Fiction, Treasure Island (Imaginary place), Treasure-trove, Pirates | 1,988 | guj, jpn, alb |
Little Women | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | 1848 | Romans, Jeunes filles, Soeurs, Sisters | 1,888 | pol, spa, rus |
Macbeth | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 1508 | Drama, Regicides, Kings and rulers, Texts | 1,847 | arm, jpn, alb |
Gulliver's Travels | Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | 1726 | YA, Young adult, Juvenile, Fiction | 1,810 | arm, jpn, por |
The Call of the Wild | The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 1903 | Gold discoveries, Bienestar, Lobos, Descubrimiento de oro | 1,699 | eng, gle, heb |
King Lear | King Lear | William Shakespeare | 1608 | Drama, King Lear (Legendary character), Fathers and daughters, Kings and rulers | 1,614 | arm, jpn, por |
The Secret Garden | The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett | 1911 | Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Great britain, fiction | 1,594 | spa, und, cat |
Don Quijote de la Mancha | Don Quijote de la Mancha | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | 1600 | Don Quixote (Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de), Quotations, Knights and knighthood, Social life and customs | 1,591 | jpn, ori, alb |
Madame Bovary | Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | 1856 | literary fiction, French literature, Fiction, Manners and customs, fiction | 1,557 | jpn, por, srp |
Great Expectations | Great Expectations | Charles Dickens | 1861 | Authors, Benefactors, Bildungsromans, Boys | 1,489 | heb, spa, rus |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | 1600 | Drama, Courtship, Plays, Hippolyta (Greek mythology) | 1,483 | jpn, por, dan |
A Study in Scarlet | A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle | 1887 | Action & Adventure Fiction, aortic aneurysm, Battle of Maiwand, Blessing and cursing | 1,447 | eng, por, fre |
The Art of War | The Art of War | 孙武, Sun Tzu | 1900 | Open Library Staff Picks, Early works to 1800, Military art and science, great_books_of_the_western_world | 1,434 | jpn, por, cmn |
The Prince | The Prince | Niccolò Machiavelli | 1515 | Political science, early works to 1800, Machiavel, Nicolas, 1469-1527. Prince, Classic Literature, Fiction | 1,407 | jpn, por, spa |
Through the Looking-Glass | Through the Looking-Glass | Lewis Carroll | 1865 | Fantasy, Fiction, English Nonsense verses, Children's poetry, English | 1,378 | ger, jpn, ukr |
The Wind in the Willows | The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | 1908 | Children's fiction, Animals, fiction, Friendship, fiction, England, fiction | 1,346 | pol, heb, spa |
La Divina Commedia | La Divina Commedia | Dante Alighieri | 1472 | Poetry (poetic works by one author), Literatura, Portraits, Paradise | 1,337 | arm, jpn, por |
Анна Каренина | Анна Каренина | Лев Толстой | 1876 | Fiction, Adultery, Married women, Social life and customs | 1,314 | arm, jpn, por |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Arthur Conan Doyle | 1900 | crime novel, English Civil War, mires, tors | 1,308 | jpn, por, kor |
Anne of Green Gables | Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery | 1908 | Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Country life, Friendship | 1,299 | pol, spa, jpn |
Persuasion | Persuasion | Jane Austen | 1789 | Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Love stories, English, Moški in ženske, V leposlovju | 1,236 | eng, ita, cat |
Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | 1656 | Antoine (Marcus Antonius), Assassination, Assassins, Bibliography | 1,226 | jpn, alb, por |
The Great Gatsby | The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1920 | Married people, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Long island (n.y.), fiction | 1,176 | heb, fre, ger |
Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 1847 | Fiction, Romance, Historical", Man-woman relationships, fiction | 1,170 | pol, spa, rus |
The Time Machine | The Time Machine | H. G. Wells | 1895 | Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Fiction, Time travel in fiction, Dystopias in fiction | 1,146 | epo, pol, spa |
Walden | Walden | Henry David Thoreau | 1854 | Biography, Homes and haunts, American Authors, Social life and customs | 1,138 | eng, fre, chi |
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