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Encyclopedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World
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Encyclopedia Britannica’s Great Books of the Western World

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The following list is one of the most famous book lists around. The set was compiled and published by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1952, and the second edition, which expanded on the original body of work, was released in 1990. A competitor to the Harvard’s Classics set, the Great Books of the Western World (GBWW) comprises well over 100 of the greatest w…

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