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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 1320 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 813 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 756 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 711 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 829 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 868 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 885 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 736 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 891 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 763 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 940 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 884 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 912 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 911 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 911 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 779 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 766 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 848 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 902 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 945 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 856 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 745 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1034 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 914 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 761 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 890 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 953 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 843 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 830 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 808 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 847 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 719 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 851 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 807 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 911 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 390 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 787 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 722 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 831 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 927 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 776 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 745 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 868 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 828 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 772 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 852 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 411 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 755 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 819 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 721 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 730 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 771 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 337 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 367 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 369 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 827 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 808 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 1006 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 722 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 799 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1041 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 902 Views
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