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Hi, polyglots.
Have you been fascinated by the use of a language? The texts can preserve the author's emotions and thoughts long after. Here is a list of artistic literature in different cultures. Those listed in Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Philosophical-and-Religious-Texts are omitted here.
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| work in English | work | genre | link |
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| Book of the Marvels of the World | Le Divisament du Monde, Livre des merveilles du Monde | travelogue |
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| Canon of Sherlock Holmes | Canon of Sherlock Holmes | detective |
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| Divine Comedy | Divina Commedia | narrative poem |
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| Don Quijote de la Mancha | Don Quijote de la Mancha | satire |
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| Dream of the Red Chamber | 紅樓夢 | family saga |
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| Erotokritos | Ερωτόκριτος | chivalric romance |
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| Faust | Faust | tragedy |
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| Five Treasures | خمسه
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narrative poem | |
| Ogura's One Hundred People, One Poem Each | 小倉百人一首 | anthology of poems |
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| Story of Orestes | Ὀρέστεια | tragedy |
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| Suspended Odes | المعلقات
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anthology of poems |
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| The Unique Necklace | العقد الفريد
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anthology |
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| Plum in the Golden Vase | 金瓶梅 | historical fiction, erotic fiction |
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| Prometheus Bound | Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης | tragedy |
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| The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. | The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. | adventure, historical fiction |
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| Romance of the Three Kingdoms | 三國演義 | historical fiction |
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| Song Offerings | গীতাঞ্জলি | poem |
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| The Canterbury Tales | The Canterbury Tales | narrative poem |
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| The Most Prominent Ancient-Style Articles | 古文觀止 | anthology of essays |
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| Three Hundred Táng Poems | 唐詩三百首 | anthology of poems |
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| The Wretched | Les Misérables | historical fiction, tragedy |
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| Ten Days | Decameron | frame story |
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| Unofficial History of the Scholars | 儒林外史 | historical fiction |
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| War and Peace | Война и миръ | historical fiction |
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| Water Margin | 水滸傳 | historical fiction |
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| Xú Xiákè's Travels | 徐霞客遊記 | travelogue |
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