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Important Works: Character Mind Maps for English Literature
Character mind maps and summaries of 101 key works of English literature, from Beowulf to The French Lieutenant’s Woman, arranged in chronological order. Built for UGC NET, GATE, Assistant Professor, SET, PGT and State PSC exams. Tap any work to open its mind map.
101Key works
7Literary periods
1,200+Years of literature
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Old & Middle Englishc. 700–1500 · 3 works
The Renaissance & Jacobean Age1500–1642 · 20 works
- 1516UtopiaSir Thomas MoreOpen mind map →004
- c. 1587The Spanish TragedyThomas KydOpen mind map →005
- c. 1588–1592Doctor FaustusChristopher MarloweOpen mind map →006
- c. 1589–1590The Jew of MaltaChristopher MarloweOpen mind map →007
- c. 1595–1596A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →008
- c. 1596–1597The Merchant of VeniceWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →009
- c. 1598–1599Much Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →010
- 1599Julius CaesarWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →011
- c. 1599–1600As You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →012
- c. 1599–1601HamletWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →013
- c. 1600–1601Twelfth NightWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →014
- c. 1603–1604OthelloWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →015
- c. 1605–1606King LearWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →016
- c. 1606MacbethWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →017
- 1606VolponeBen JonsonOpen mind map →018
- c. 1606–1607Antony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →019
- 1610The AlchemistBen JonsonOpen mind map →020
- c. 1610–1611The TempestWilliam ShakespeareOpen mind map →021
- 1612The White DevilJohn WebsterOpen mind map →022
- c. 1612–1614The Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterOpen mind map →023
The Restoration & 18th Century1660–1798 · 11 works
- 1677The RoverAphra BehnOpen mind map →024
- 1693The Double DealerWilliam CongreveOpen mind map →025
- 1700The Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveOpen mind map →026
- 1719Robinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeOpen mind map →027
- 1722Moll FlandersDaniel DefoeOpen mind map →028
- 1726Gulliver's TravelsJonathan SwiftOpen mind map →029
- 1740PamelaSamuel RichardsonOpen mind map →030
- 1747–1748ClarissaSamuel RichardsonOpen mind map →031
- 1749Tom JonesHenry FieldingOpen mind map →032
- 1759–1767Tristram ShandyLaurence SterneOpen mind map →033
- 1777The School for ScandalR. B. SheridanOpen mind map →034
The Romantic Age1798–1837 · 9 works
- 1811Sense and SensibilityJane AustenOpen mind map →035
- 1813Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenOpen mind map →036
- 1814Mansfield ParkJane AustenOpen mind map →037
- 1814WaverleySir Walter ScottOpen mind map →038
- 1815EmmaJane AustenOpen mind map →039
- 1817 (posthumous)Northanger AbbeyJane AustenOpen mind map →040
- 1818 · revised 1831FrankensteinMary ShelleyOpen mind map →041
- 1819–1824Don JuanLord ByronOpen mind map →042
- 1819IvanhoeSir Walter ScottOpen mind map →043
The Victorian Age1837–1901 · 23 works
- 1846–1848Dombey and SonCharles DickensOpen mind map →044
- 1847–1848Vanity FairW. M. ThackerayOpen mind map →045
- 1847Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë ("Currer Bell")Open mind map →046
- 1847Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë ("Ellis Bell")Open mind map →047
- 1849–1850David CopperfieldCharles DickensOpen mind map →048
- 1852–1853Bleak HouseCharles DickensOpen mind map →049
- 1854Hard TimesCharles DickensOpen mind map →050
- 1859Adam BedeGeorge EliotOpen mind map →051
- 1859A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensOpen mind map →052
- 1860The Mill on the FlossGeorge EliotOpen mind map →053
- 1860–1861Great ExpectationsCharles DickensOpen mind map →054
- 1871–1872MiddlemarchGeorge EliotOpen mind map →055
- 1871 (dated 1872)Through the Looking-GlassLewis CarrollOpen mind map →056
- 1874Far from the Madding CrowdThomas HardyOpen mind map →057
- 1878The Return of the NativeThomas HardyOpen mind map →058
- 1886The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas HardyOpen mind map →059
- 1890 / 1891The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeOpen mind map →060
- 1891Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas HardyOpen mind map →061
- 1894Arms and the ManG. B. ShawOpen mind map →062
- 1895The Importance of Being EarnestOscar WildeOpen mind map →063
- 1895Jude the ObscureThomas HardyOpen mind map →064
- 1899 · book 1902Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradOpen mind map →065
- 1900Lord JimJoseph ConradOpen mind map →066
The Modern Age1901–1945 · 18 works
- 1903Man and SupermanG. B. ShawOpen mind map →067
- 1907The Playboy of the Western WorldJ. M. SyngeOpen mind map →068
- 1913Sons and LoversD. H. LawrenceOpen mind map →069
- 1913 / 1914PygmalionG. B. ShawOpen mind map →070
- 1915The RainbowD. H. LawrenceOpen mind map →071
- 1916A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames JoyceOpen mind map →072
- 1920Women in LoveD. H. LawrenceOpen mind map →073
- 1922Jacob's RoomVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →074
- 1924A Passage to IndiaE. M. ForsterOpen mind map →075
- 1925Mrs DallowayVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →076
- 1927To the LighthouseVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →077
- 1928OrlandoVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →078
- 1929A Room of One's OwnVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →079
- 1932Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyOpen mind map →080
- 1935Murder in the CathedralT. S. EliotOpen mind map →081
- 1938Three GuineasVirginia WoolfOpen mind map →082
- 1938Brighton RockGraham GreeneOpen mind map →083
- 1940The Power and the GloryGraham GreeneOpen mind map →084
Post-War & Contemporary1945 onwards · 17 works
- 1945Animal FarmGeorge OrwellOpen mind map →085
- 1948The Heart of the MatterGraham GreeneOpen mind map →086
- 1949Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge OrwellOpen mind map →087
- 1951The End of the AffairGraham GreeneOpen mind map →088
- 1953 (Paris) · 1955 (London)Waiting for GodotSamuel BeckettOpen mind map →089
- 1954Lucky JimKingsley AmisOpen mind map →090
- 1954Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingOpen mind map →091
- 1956Look Back in AngerJohn OsborneOpen mind map →092
- 1957EndgameSamuel BeckettOpen mind map →093
- 1958The Birthday PartyHarold PinterOpen mind map →094
- 1958Krapp's Last TapeSamuel BeckettOpen mind map →095
- 1958Our Man in HavanaGraham GreeneOpen mind map →096
- 1960The CaretakerHarold PinterOpen mind map →097
- 1961The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieMuriel SparkOpen mind map →098
- 1962The Golden NotebookDoris LessingOpen mind map →099
- 1966 / 1967Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadTom StoppardOpen mind map →100
- 1969The French Lieutenant's WomanJohn FowlesOpen mind map →101
🧭 Chronological
Read literary history in order, from Old English to the post-war novel.
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