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Not all characters are good. In fact, some are pretty awful. This is a list for classics with a criminal or morally imperfect protagonist. I'm thinking of Moll Flanders, Barry Lyndon, Vanity Fair, Jonathan Wild, Tom Jones, etc.
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Vanity Fair
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3.81 avg rating — 132,385 ratings
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Crime and Punishment
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Oliver Twist
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3.88 avg rating — 422,057 ratings
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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Madame Bovary
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3.71 avg rating — 367,364 ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Les Misérables
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4.21 avg rating — 834,583 ratings
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Barry Lyndon
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3.62 avg rating — 2,809 ratings
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Les Liaisons dangereuses
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Anna Karenina
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4.10 avg rating — 914,038 ratings
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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3.75 avg rating — 34,136 ratings
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Twisted Tears
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4.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Hard Time: Banged Up Abroad Raving Arizona
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4.11 avg rating — 1,668 ratings
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The Written Pieces of a Broken Girl
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3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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DIARY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CALL GIRL
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
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Absalom, Absalom!
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3.99 avg rating — 47,336 ratings
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Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 15,739 ratings
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Party Time
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4.19 avg rating — 830 ratings
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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3.83 avg rating — 647,917 ratings
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 3,399,192 ratings
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Frankenstein
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3.89 avg rating — 1,791,757 ratings
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The Call of the Wild and White Fang
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4.05 avg rating — 282,028 ratings
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Jonathan Wild
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3.40 avg rating — 600 ratings
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Moll Flanders
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3.52 avg rating — 48,268 ratings
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