Romance and tale
Quests, marvels and tales within tales.
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Miguel de Cervantes Don QuixoteDon QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes · 1605-1615On 7 lists
Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury TalesThe Canterbury TalesGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1387-1400On 6 lists
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1611On 6 lists
Gulliver's TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726On 5 listsThe Great BooksNew AtlantisFrancis BaconNew AtlantisFrancis Bacon · 1627On 3 lists
CandideVoltaire · 1759On 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Story of Hayy ibn YaqzanIbn TufaylThe Story of Hayy ibn YaqzanIbn Tufayl · c. 1160-1185On 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Faerie QueeneEdmund SpenserEdmund Spenser The Faerie QueeneThe Faerie QueeneEdmund Spenser · 1590-1596On 2 listsThe Great BooksFrankensteinMary ShelleyFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818On 2 listsThe Great BooksThree StoriesGustave FlaubertThree StoriesGustave Flaubert · 1877On 2 listsThe Great BooksSong of SolomonToni MorrisonSong of SolomonToni Morrison · 1977On 2 listsThe Great BooksFablesAesopFablesAesop · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
JonahThe Bible · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
WorksLucian · c. 160-180On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 list
The Lais of Marie de FranceMarie de France · c. 1160-1190On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksChroniclesJean FroissartJean Froissart ChroniclesChroniclesJean Froissart · c. 1370-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John FletcherPhilasterFrancis Beaumont and John Fletcher · c. 1609On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 list
The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan · 1678On 1 listThe Great BooksRobinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeRobinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1719On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksHermann and DorotheaJohann Wolfgang von GoetheHermann and DorotheaJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1797On 1 list
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Children's and Household TalesChildren's and Household TalesJacob and Wilhelm Grimm · 1812-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksTalesHans Christian AndersenTalesHans Christian Andersen · 1835-1872On 1 list
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesThe Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksTwenty-Three TalesLeo TolstoyTwenty-Three TalesLeo Tolstoy · 1872On 1 listThe Great BooksA Rose for EmilyWilliam FaulknerA Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner · 1930On 1 list