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Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas Send a noteboard - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Possession: A Romance by AS Byatt
The Remains Of The Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

Um.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins


I'll likely come back later and add some more. :P



1984 is one of my all-time favorites.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1486 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 978 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 922 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 884 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 989 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1034 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 1050 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 903 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1049 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 915 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1103 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 1039 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1082 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1076 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1086 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 952 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 945 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 1021 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1084 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1120 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 1038 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 918 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1206 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1091 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 926 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1054 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1134 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 1008 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 1001 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 964 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 1015 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 872 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 1022 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 970 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1074 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 465 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 948 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 885 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 996 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1080 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 939 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 916 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 1034 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 987 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 961 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1038 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 508 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 927 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 984 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 898 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 919 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 950 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 420 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 449 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 460 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 985 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 1030 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1177 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 878 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 984 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1205 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1078 Views
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