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Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry Send a noteboard - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM
Please list the 5 best British authored books you've ever read. I'm curious of what you've read, and how I can expand on my British literature.


I would say these would be strong contenders:

D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers

Henry Fielding, Tom Jones

William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair

George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1380 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 872 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 820 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 772 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 891 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 931 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 946 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 794 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 959 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 826 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 998 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 942 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 974 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 974 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 983 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 848 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 834 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 923 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 966 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1010 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 917 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 805 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1097 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 979 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 827 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 960 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1035 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 905 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 898 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 872 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 911 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 780 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 912 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 872 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 980 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 414 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 847 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 784 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 901 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 984 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 843 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 813 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 924 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 890 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 841 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 930 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 441 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 823 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 880 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 788 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 817 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 848 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 365 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 395 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 402 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 886 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 884 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 1071 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 778 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 870 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1108 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 972 Views
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