Narrative Series

The Odyssey  – Homer (Epic of Ancient Greece)

The Iliad  – Homer (Epic of Ancient Greece)

Mahabharata  – Vyasa (Ancient Indian Epic)

Ramayana  Valmiki (Ancient Indian Epic)

Epic of Gilgamesh  – Ancient Mesopotamia (The Origin of Heroic Narrative)

Oedipus Rex  – Sophocles (The Pinnacle of Greek Tragedy)

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms  – Luo Guanzhong (The Archetype of Eastern Narrative)

The Divine Comedy  – Dante Alighieri (The Integration of Medieval Thought)

Faust  – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (The Agony of Modern Humanity)

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