* Spring Snow, by Yukio Mishima;
* Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope;
* America in Search of Itself, by Theodore H. White '38;
* The Harvard Book, edited by William Bentinck-Smith '37.
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"Passing over all of my own works" J. Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, suggests:
* Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies;
* The Manicore, by Davies;
* World of Wonders, by Davies;
* Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope;
* The Eustace Diamonds, by Trollope.
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Marjorie Garber, professor of English evidently figures that Harvard students read enough Shakespeare in her two courses, and she stays clear of the bard's plays in her recommendations. She does suggest, however, reading the sonnets, as well as:
* Emma or Persuasion, by Lane Austen.
* Divine Comedy, by Dante (the Sinclair Italian English translation).
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