Summary

Among the works selected are: - "Crime and Punishment (Feodor Dostoevsky)- "Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xuequin)- "The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)- "Native Son (Richard Wright)- "One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)- "Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)- "The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann von Goethe)- "The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)- "Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)- "Ulysses (James Joyce)- "War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy).

Author Biography

Daniel S. Burt has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at New York University and Wesleyan University on the history of the novel and on such figures as Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, and Jane Austen.

INTRODUCTION	ix
1. DON QUIXOTE	1	(4)
2. WAR AND PEACE	5	(5)
3. ULYSSES	10	(4)
4. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME	14	(5)
5. THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV	19	(5)
6. MOBY-DICK	24	(5)
7. MADAME BOVARP	29	(4)
8. MIDDLEMARCH	33	(5)
9. THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN	38	(5)
10. THE TALE OF GENJI	43	(4)
11. EMMA	47	(5)
12. BLEAK HO USE	52	(5)
13. ANNA KARENINA	57	(5)
14. ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN	62	(5)
15. TOM JONES	67	(4)
16. GREAT EXPECTATIONS	71	(5)
17. ABSALOM, ABSALOM!	76	(4)
18. THE AMBASSADORS	80	(4)
19. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE	84	(5)
20. THE GREAT GATSBY	89	(5)
21. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE	94	(4)
22. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT	98	(5)
23. THE SOUND AND THE FURY	103	(5)
24. VANITY FAIR	108	(5)
25. INVISIBLE MAN	113	(4)
26. FINNEGANE WAKE	117	(4)
27. THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES	121	(4)
28. GRAVITY'S RAINBOW	125	(5)
29. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY	130	(4)
30. WOMEN IN LOVE	134	(4)
31. THE RED AND THE BLACK	138	(4)
32. TRISTRAM SHANDY	142	(4)
33. DEAD SOULS	146	(5)
34. TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES	151	(5)
35. BUDDENBROOKS	156	(4)
36. LE PÈRE GORIOT	160	(5)
37. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN	165	(4)
38. WUTHERING HEIGHTS	169	(4)
39. THE TIN DRUM	173	(5)
40. MOLLOV, MALONE DIES, THE UNNAMABLE	178	(5)
41. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE	183	(4)
42. THE SCARLET LETTER	187	(5)
43. FATHERS AND SONS	192	(4)
44. NOSTROMO	196	(4)
45. BELOVED	200	(4)
46. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY	204	(5)
47. LOLITA	209	(4)
48. THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK	213	(5)
49. CLARISSA	218	(4)
50. DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER	222	(4)
51. THE TRIAL	226	(4)
52. JANE FYRE	230	(4)
53. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE	234	(5)
54. THE CRAPES OF WRATH	239	(5)
55. PETERSBURG	244	(4)
56. THINGS FALL APART	248	(4)
57. THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES	252	(5)
58. THE STRANGER	257	(4)
59. MY ANTONIA	261	(4)
60. THE COUNTERFEITERS	265	(4)
61. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE	269	(5)
62. THE GOOD SOLDIER	274	(4)
63. THE AWAKENING	278	(4)
64. A PASSAGE TO INDIA	282	(5)
65. HERZOG	287	(4)
66. GERMINAL	291	(4)
67. CALL IT SLEEP	295	(5)
68. U.S.A. TRILOGY	300	(4)
69. HUNGER	304	(5)
70. BERLIN ALEXANDER PLATZ	309	(4)
71. CITIES OF SALT	313	(4)
72. THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ	317	(4)
73. A FAREWELL TO ARMS	321	(4)
74. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED	325	(6)
75. THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET	331	(4)
76. THE PICKWICK PAPERS	335	(3)
77. ROBINSON CRUSOE	338	(4)
78. THE SORROWS OF YOUNG WERTHER	342	(4)
79. CANDIDE	346	(4)
80. NATIVE SON	350	(5)
81. UNDER THE VOLCANO	355	(4)
82. OBLOMOV	359	(5)
83. THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD	364	(5)
84. WAVERLEY	369	(4)
85. SNOW COUNTRY	373	(4)
86. NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR	377	(4)
87. THE BETROTHED	381	(4)
88. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS	385	(5)
89. UNCLE TOM'S CABIN	390	(5)
90. LES MISÉRABLES	395	(4)
91. ON THE ROAD	399	(5)
92. FRANKENSTEIN	404	(4)
93. THE LEOPARD	408	(4)
94. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE	412	(5)
95. THE WOMAN IN WHITE	417	(5)
96. THE GOOD SOLDIER SVEJK	422	(4)
97. DRACULA	426	(5)
98. THE THREE MUSKETEERS	431	(5)
99. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES	436	(5)
100. GONE WITH THE WIND	441	(4)
NOVELS BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION	445	(3)
A SECOND HUNDRED (HONORABLE MENTIONS)	448	(5)
INDEX	453

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A concise guide to the world's best novels and what makes them great.Much more than another list of best works, The Novel 100 is a unique reference that profiles 100 great novels drawn from all cultures and periods of literature. Each entry provides a plot summary and assessment, with an emphasis on facts about the novel's creation, critical reception, and contribution to literary history. Other features of the book include a chronology and a list of honorable mentions, or Second 100.
In consultation with other scholars, Daniel S. Burt has selected novels that reflect the culture of the times in which they were written and that continue to influence the novel as a genre. A concise reference and a starting point for further study or lively debate, The Novel 100 is a fascinating, accessible introduction to major novels from around the world.
Among the works selected are:
Crime and Punishment (Feodor Dostoevsky)
Dream of the Red Chamber (Cao Xuequin)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García M‡rquez)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Sorrows of Young Werther (Johann von Goethe)
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy).