Collection 40

Well-Educated Mind — Novels

The novel in Susan Wise Bauer's curriculum: the form that lets a serious mind live inside someone else's story, from Cervantes forward.

What does it mean to see the world through another mind?

Level 1·Accessible
  • Pride and Prejudice
    Jane Austen
    Coming soon
    Pride and Prejudice
    Jane Austen
Level 2·Engagement
  • Don Quixote
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Coming soon
    Don Quixote
    Miguel de Cervantes
  • The Pilgrim's Progress
    John Bunyan
    Coming soon
    The Pilgrim's Progress
    John Bunyan
  • Gulliver's Travels
    Jonathan Swift
    Coming soon
    Gulliver's Travels
    Jonathan Swift
  • Oliver Twist
    Charles Dickens
    Coming soon
    Oliver Twist
    Charles Dickens
  • Jane Eyre
    Charlotte Brontë
    Coming soon
    Jane Eyre
    Charlotte Brontë
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Coming soon
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Madame Bovary
    Gustave Flaubert
    Coming soon
    Madame Bovary
    Gustave Flaubert
  • The Return of the Native
    Thomas Hardy
    Coming soon
    The Return of the Native
    Thomas Hardy
  • The Red Badge of Courage
    Stephen Crane
    Coming soon
    The Red Badge of Courage
    Stephen Crane
  • The House of Mirth
    Edith Wharton
    Coming soon
    The House of Mirth
    Edith Wharton
  • The Great Gatsby
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Coming soon
    The Great Gatsby
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
Level 3·Advanced
  • Moby-Dick
    Herman Melville
    Coming soon
    Moby-Dick
    Herman Melville
  • Anna Karenina
    Leo Tolstoy
    Coming soon
    Anna Karenina
    Leo Tolstoy
  • The Portrait of a Lady
    Henry James
    Coming soon
    The Portrait of a Lady
    Henry James
  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Coming soon
    Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
  • Mrs. Dalloway
    Virginia Woolf
    Coming soon
    Mrs. Dalloway
    Virginia Woolf
  • The Trial
    Franz Kafka
    Coming soon
    The Trial
    Franz Kafka
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