The Renaissance Reading Path

According to Groblé

Petrarch to Milton, minus the Bard. The rediscovery of antiquity, the invention of print, and an explosion of vernacular literature across Europe.

10 works · 4,924 pages, in reading order

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  1. 1Le Morte d'ArthurThomas Malory · 1469Moderate · 528 pages
  2. 2CelestinaFernando de Rojas · 1499Easy · 240 pages
  3. 3Praise of FollyErasmus · 1511Moderate · 188 pages
  4. 4The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1513Moderate · 130 pages
  5. 5Gargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532Moderate · 1104 pages
  6. 6The LusiadsLuís de Camões · 1572Hard · 258 pages
  7. 7The Complete EssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580Moderate · 908 pages
  8. 8Dr. FaustusChristopher Marlowe · 1588Grueling · 175 pages
  9. 9Don QuixoteMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra · 1605Hard · 940 pages
  10. 10Paradise LostJohn Milton · 1667Grueling · 453 pages