1. Herodotus, The Histories, trans. Waterfield (Oxford)
2. Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book, trans. Morris (Columbia)
3. Anonymous, The Nibelungenlied, trans. Hatto (Penguin)
4. Molière, The Misanthrope, trans. Wilbur (Harcourt/Harvest)
5. Balzac, Père Goriot, trans. Raffel (Norton)
6. Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, eds. Evans & Walsh (Cambridge)
7. Undset, Kristin Lavransdatter, Vol I: The Wreath, trans. Nunnally (Penguin)
8. Naipaul, A Bend in the River (Vintage) 

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