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Literature References
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The Simpsons' references literature a number of times in the early seasons. See which featured pieces you've read.
 
Season 1
Title: The Republic
Author: Plato
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: Crime & Punishment
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: The Inferno
Author: Dante
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: Moby-Dick
Author: Herman Melville
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: Paradise Lost
Author: John Milton
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: The Iliad
Author: Homer
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Episode: Bart the Genius (102/7G02)
Where: On a book shelf at the genius school.

Title: The Man in the Iron Mask
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Episode: Krusty Gets Busted (112/7G12)
Where: Read by Sideshow Bob to an audience of children.
 

Season 2
Title: The Old Man and the Sea
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Episode: Bart Gets an F (201/7F03)
Where: Martin does a report as the old man.

Title: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Episode: Bart Gets an F (201/7F03)
Where: Bart tries to swing a book report on it.

Title: Moby-Dick
Author: Herman Melville
Episode: Bart Gets an F (201/7F03)
Where: Martin reads it during recess.

Title: The Raven
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Episode: Treehouse of Horror (203/7F04)
Where: Lisa reads it to Bart.

Title: The Pit and the Pendulum
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Episode: Treehouse of Horror (203/7F04)
Where: Bart the raven drops it from the book shelf.

Title: The Telltale Heart
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Episode: Treehouse of Horror (203/7F04)
Where: Bart the raven drops it from the book shelf.

Title: The Purloined Letter
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Episode: Treehouse of Horror (203/7F04)
Where: Bart the raven drops it from the book shelf.

Title: Les Miserables
Author: Victor Hugo
Episode: Bart vs. Thanksgiving (207/7F07)
Where: Burns's security guard is reading it.

Title: Howl
Author: Allen Ginsberg
Episode: Bart vs. Thanksgiving (207/7F07)
Where: Lisa has a copy of it in her room.

Title: On the Road
Author: Jack Kerouac
Episode: Bart vs. Thanksgiving (207/7F07)
Where: Lisa has a copy of it in her room.

Title: The Bible
Author: Various
Episode: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish (211/7F11)
Where: Homer listens to it on a tape read by Larry King.

Title: Charlotte's Web
Author: E.B. White
Episode: Lisa's Substitute (219/7F19)
Where: Mr. Bergstrom reads it to the 2nd grade class.


Season 3
Title: The Art of War
Author: Sun Tzu
Episode: When Flanders Failed (303/7F23)
Where: Copies of it are handed out by Akira at the Martial Arts Academy.

Title: The Torah
Author: Various
Episode: Like Father, Like Clown (306/8F05)
Where: Lisa skims through it at the library.

Title: Yes, I Can
Author: Sammy Davis Jr.
Episode: Like Father, Like Clown (306/8F05)
Where: Bart convinces Rabbi Krustofski to forgive his son with a quote from it.

Title: Fatherhood
Author: Bill Cosby
Episode: Saturdays of Thunder (309/8F07)
Where: The Fatherhood Institute gives a copy to Homer.

Title: The Lottery
Author: Shirley Jackson
Episode: Dog of Death (319/8F17)
Where: Every copy is checked out of the Springfield Library during lotto fever.

Title: Paradise Regained
Author: John Milton
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Martin Chuzzlewit
Author: Charles Dickens
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Omoo
Author: Herman Melville
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Typee
Author: Herman Melville
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Ethan Frome
Author: Edith Wharton
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Beowulf
Author: Unknown
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.

Title: Less Than Zero
Author: Bret Easton Ellis
Episode: Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? (324/8F23)
Where: Included in the 'Great Books' set Lisa receives from Herb.


Season 4
Title: The Fountainhead
Author: Ayn Rand
Episode: A Streetcar Named Marge (402/8F18)
Where: The owner of the daycare reads it.

Title: A Streetcar Named Desire
Author: Tennessee Williams
Episode: A Streetcar Named Marge (402/8F18)
Where: Oh! Streetcar is based off of it.

Title: Don Quixote
Author: Miguel de Cervantes
Episode: New Kid on the Block (408/9F06)
Where: Homer says, "Like that guy...that Spanish guy...you know, he fought the windmill."

Title: Johnny Tremain
Author: Esther Forbes
Episode: Whacking Day (420/9F18)
Where: Marge has Bart read it for their home-school class.





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