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Harumph. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM
SF/F wise, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence. It's an amazing young adult series that incorporates several elements of British folklore without becoming the mishmashed conglomeration that typifies Rowling's work. You could read all the books in a few days; they're very short. And very, very good.

Actual literature wise... I don't know what you have and haven't read. Obviously Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Milton's Paradise Lost, and anything by Shakespeare are exceptionally significant. Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, as mentioned above.

I love the 20th century poet Philip Larkin. His "Church Going" is my favorite poem.

And I hate Regency-period novels, so you won't get anything there from me.

Brain fried. That's all. Sorry.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1488 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 979 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 923 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 886 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 991 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1036 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 1051 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 905 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1051 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 917 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1105 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 1041 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1084 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1078 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1088 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 954 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 947 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 1022 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1086 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1122 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 1040 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 920 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1208 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 1092 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 928 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1056 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1135 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 1009 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 1003 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 964 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 1017 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 874 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 1024 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 972 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1076 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 950 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 887 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 998 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1082 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 941 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 1036 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 989 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 962 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1040 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 929 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 985 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 900 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 921 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 952 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 987 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 1032 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 879 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 986 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1207 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1080 Views
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