The Enlightenment Reading Path

According to Groblé

Swift to Goethe. Reason, satire, and the birth of the modern novel. Literature becomes a tool for social criticism.

14 works · 5,396 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1Meditations on First PhilosophyRené Descartes · 1641Grueling · 59 pages
  2. 2LeviathanThomas Hobbes · 1651Grueling · 688 pages
  3. 3PenséesBlaise Pascal · 1670Grueling · 333 pages
  4. 4EthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677Grueling · 208 pages
  5. 5The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan · 1678Breezy · 352 pages
  6. 6Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1719Easy · 304 pages
  7. 7Gulliver’s TravelsJonathan Swift · 1726Moderate · 336 pages
  8. 8An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · 1748Grueling · 142 pages
  9. 9The History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingHenry Fielding · 1749Moderate · 1024 pages
  10. 10CandideVoltaire · 1759Easy · 155 pages
  11. 11The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanLaurence Sterne · 1759Grueling · 735 pages
  12. 12Common SenseThomas Paine · 1776Breezy · 103 pages
  13. 13ConfessionsJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782Moderate · 606 pages
  14. 14The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin · 1791Breezy · 351 pages