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Just some books that everyone should read
The Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes (Oxford World's Classics)The Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes (Oxford World's Classics) by Elias Lönnrot
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Well worth a look
Beowulf: A New TranslationBeowulf: A New Translation
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A truely great translation of a must-read classic
The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic MythThe White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth by Robert Graves
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Labyrinthine for sure, but what a labyrinth
The Koran (Oxford World's Classics)The Koran (Oxford World's Classics)
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Offers much, if you are prepared to listen
The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics)The Bible: Authorized King James Version (Oxford World's Classics)
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Any serious student of literature should read this
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford World's Classics)The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion: A Study in Magic and Religion: A New Abridgement from the Second and Third Editions (Oxford World's Classics) by Sir James George Frazer
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Full of poetic truth
The SilmarillionThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A true classic of literature, following the thought that there is an underlying myth behind all others
Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics)Leaves of Grass (Oxford World's Classics) by Walt Whitman
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Beautiful
The Complete Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)The Complete Poems (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
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Lawrence was maybe a better poet than an author - discuss
The Complete Fairy Tales (Routledge Classics)The Complete Fairy Tales (Routledge Classics) by Jacob Grimm
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Full of symbolism
John Keats: Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)John Keats: Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by John Keats
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Over familiar, but well worth a look
Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics)Aesop's Fables (Oxford World's Classics) by Aesop
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Like Grimm, essential, as are all these books