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Can you name the novel based off an excerpt from its Wikipedia article?
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[novel] is the second published novel (but third to be written) by English author Jane Austen, written when she was aged 20–21, and later published in 1813.
Pride and Prejudice
It is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre, and has been described as the first novel, or at least the first English novel – although these labels are disputed.
Robinson Crusoe
D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written".
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott).
Little Women
It also started the phenomenon known as "Werther Fever," which caused young men throughout Europe to dress in the clothing style described for Werther in the novel.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia.
Crime and Punishment
Dickens uses literal translations of French idioms for characters who cannot speak English, such as "What the devil do you do in that galley there?!!" and "Where is my wife? ... Here you see me."
A Tale of Two Cities
In 1967, the book earned García Márquez international fame as a novelist of the magical realism movement within Latin American literature.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The American title of "Murder in the Calais Coach" was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel "Stamboul Train," which had been published in the United States as [...].
Murder on the Orient Express
[S]everal alternatives have been used, including The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims, and The Dispossessed
Les Misérables
The novel originated from two short stories, "[novel] in Bond Street" and the unfinished "The Prime Minister".
Mrs Dalloway
Shelley started writing the story when she was 18 and staying in Bath, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Golding got the idea for the plot from "The Coral Island," a children's adventure novel with a focus on Christianity and the supposed civilising influence of British colonialism.
Lord of the Flies
[novel] is one of the most famous classics of both English and world literature, and popularised the fictional island of Lilliput.
Gulliver's Travels
It begins on the day when Napoleon left his first island of exile, Elba, beginning the Hundred Days period of his return to power.
The Count of Monte Cristo
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