Guilt and redemption
Wrongdoing, conscience and the possibility of being forgiven.
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ConfessionsAugustine · 397-400On 9 lists
Oedipus the KingSophocles · c. 429 BCEOn 7 lists
The OresteiaAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 6 listsThe Great BooksThe Divine ComedyDante AlighieriDante Alighieri The Divine ComedyThe Divine ComedyDante Alighieri · c. 1308-1320On 6 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 lists
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1611On 6 lists
John Milton Paradise LostParadise LostJohn Milton · 1667On 6 lists
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe FaustFaustJohann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1808On 6 lists
Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers KaramazovFyodor Dostoevsky · 1880On 5 listsThe Great BooksGenesisAnonymousGenesisAnonymous · c. 10th c. BCEOn 4 listsOedipus at ColonusSophocles · c. 406 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksGospel of MatthewAnonymousGospel of MatthewAnonymous · c. 80-90 CEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksOn the Freedom of a ChristianMartin LutherOn the Freedom of a ChristianMartin Luther · 1520On 4 listsThe Great BooksMacbethWilliam ShakespeareMacbethWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606On 4 lists
Samson AgonistesJohn Milton · 1671On 4 listsThe Great BooksPhaedraJean RacinePhaedraJean Racine · 1677On 4 lists
On the Genealogy of MoralsFriedrich Nietzsche · 1887On 4 lists
Civilization and Its DiscontentsSigmund Freud · 1930On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe BibleAnonymousAnonymous The BibleThe BibleAnonymous · c. 1000 BCEOn 3 listsAgamemnonAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe EumenidesAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 listsThe Libation BearersAeschylus · 458 BCEOn 3 lists
Letter to the RomansThe Bible · c. 57 CEOn 3 listsGospel of LukeThe Bible · c. 80-90 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksInfernoDante AlighieriInfernoDante Alighieri · c. 1308-1314On 3 lists
John Calvin Institutes of the Christian ReligionInstitutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin · 1536On 3 listsThe Great BooksThe Book of PsalmsAnonymousThe Book of PsalmsAnonymous · c. 10th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Qur'anAnonymousAnonymous The Qur'anThe Qur'anAnonymous · 610On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Song of RolandAnonymousThe Song of RolandAnonymous · c. 1100On 2 listsThe Great BooksDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1787On 2 listsThe Great BooksFrankensteinMary ShelleyFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818On 2 lists
Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentFyodor Dostoevsky · 1866On 2 listsThe Great BooksThree StoriesGustave FlaubertThree StoriesGustave Flaubert · 1877On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Wild DuckHenrik IbsenThe Wild DuckHenrik Ibsen · 1884On 2 lists
The BearWilliam Faulkner · 1942On 2 listsJonahThe Bible · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
LeviticusThe Bible · c. 6th c. BCEOn 1 list
SamuelThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 55-56 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGospel of JudasAnonymousGospel of JudasAnonymous · c. 150 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn the IncarnationAthanasiusOn the IncarnationAthanasius · c. 318On 1 list
Anonymous The NibelungenliedThe NibelungenliedAnonymous · c. 1200On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymousThe Saga of the VolsungsAnonymous · c. 1250-1300On 1 listThe Great BooksPurgatorioDante AlighieriPurgatorioDante Alighieri · c. 1314-1316On 1 list
The Ascent of Mont VentouxPetrarch · 1336On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksShowingsJulian of NorwichShowingsJulian of Norwich · c. 1373-1393On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imitation of ChristThomas à KempisThe Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis · c. 1418-1427On 1 listThe Great BooksLe Morte d'ArthurThomas MaloryThomas Malory Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Ninety-Five ThesesMartin LutherThe Ninety-Five ThesesMartin Luther · 1517On 1 listThe Great BooksTwo Kinds of RighteousnessMartin LutherTwo Kinds of RighteousnessMartin Luther · 1519On 1 listThe Great BooksThree TreatisesMartin LutherThree TreatisesMartin Luther · 1520On 1 listThe Great BooksPreface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the RomansMartin LutherPreface to the Epistle of St. Paul to the RomansMartin Luther · 1522On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniThe Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini · 1558On 1 listThe Great BooksTable-TalkMartin LutherTable-TalkMartin Luther · 1531On 1 listThe Great BooksDoctor FaustusChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 list
The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1596-1597On 1 listThe Great BooksMeasure for MeasureWilliam ShakespeareMeasure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Winter's TaleWilliam ShakespeareThe Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1610-1611On 1 listThe Great BooksA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip MassingerA New Way to Pay Old DebtsPhilip Massinger · c. 1625On 1 listThe Great BooksPolyeuctePierre CorneillePolyeuctePierre Corneille · 1642-1643On 1 listThe Great BooksDon JuanMolièreDon JuanMolière · 1665On 1 list
The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan · 1678On 1 listThe Great BooksSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian BachSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach · 1727On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksManfredLord ByronManfredLord Byron · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksAdonaisPercy Bysshe ShelleyAdonaisPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsSamuel Taylor ColeridgePoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1796-1834On 1 listThe Great BooksA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert BrowningA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert Browning · 1843On 1 list
Charles Dickens David CopperfieldDavid CopperfieldCharles Dickens · 1849-1850On 1 list
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1850On 1 list
Charles Dickens Little DorritLittle DorritCharles Dickens · 1855-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksAdam BedeGeorge EliotGeorge Eliot Adam BedeAdam BedeGeorge Eliot · 1859On 1 list
Second Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1865On 1 list
Leo Tolstoy Anna KareninaAnna KareninaLeo Tolstoy · 1875-1878On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Master BuilderHenrik IbsenThe Master BuilderHenrik Ibsen · 1892On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesThe Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authorsHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authors · 1910On 1 list
Mourning and MelancholiaSigmund Freud · 1917On 1 listThe Great BooksSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloSix Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi Pirandello · 1921On 1 list
The Ego and the IdSigmund Freud · 1923On 1 list
The TrialFranz Kafka · 1925On 1 listThe Great BooksMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'NeillMourning Becomes ElectraEugene O'Neill · 1931On 1 listThe Great BooksNo ExitJean-Paul SartreNo ExitJean-Paul Sartre · 1944On 1 list
If This Is a ManPrimo Levi · 1947On 1 listThe Great BooksA Good Man Is Hard to FindFlannery O'ConnorA Good Man Is Hard to FindFlannery O'Connor · 1953On 1 list
Personal Responsibility Under DictatorshipHannah Arendt · 1964On 1 listThe Great BooksCancer WardAleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Cancer WardCancer WardAleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968On 1 list
BelovedToni Morrison · 1987On 1 list