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Brit Lit in 100 Books

Our compiler has taught British Literature for the last 17 years (and Theatre for the last 25) and thought this would make an interesting challenge. Boiling the whole of British Lit. down to 100 books was no easy task given how much had to be left out. For the purposes of this list Our compiler defined British Literature as literature written in the English language by authors from or primarily associated with the United Kingdom and/or Ireland. Hence, no Beckett, Coetzee, Shute, or Atwood, to name but a few.
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Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
1
Crossley-Holland
The Earliest English Poems (Various)
The Earliest English Poems
2
Various
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
3
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Gawain Poet (Penguin Classics)
The Gawain Poet
4
Penguin Classics
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
5
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
6
Sir Thomas Malory
King Arthur's Death: Alliterative MORTE ARTHURE and Stanzaic LE MORTE ARTHUR (Brian Stone, Trans.)
King Arthur's Death: Alliterative MORTE ARTHURE and Stanzaic LE MORTE ARTHUR
7
Brian Stone, Trans.
Medieval English Verse (Stone)
Medieval English Verse
8
Stone
Medieval and Tudor Drama (Gassner)
Medieval and Tudor Drama
9
Gassner
Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
Dr. Faustus
10
Christopher Marlowe
Hamlet (Shakespeare)
Hamlet
11
Shakespeare
King Lear (Shakespeare (Signet))
King Lear
12
Shakespeare (Signet)
MacBeth (Shakespeare)
MacBeth
13
Shakespeare
Othello (Shakespeare-Signet)
Othello
14
Shakespeare-Signet
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare (Signet))
Twelfth Night
15
Shakespeare (Signet)
The Alchemist (Ben Jonson)
The Alchemist
16
Ben Jonson
The Duchess of Malfi (John Webster)
The Duchess of Malfi
17
John Webster
The King James Bible
The King James Bible
18
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen
19
Edmund Spenser
Francis Bacon (Essays)
Francis Bacon
20
Essays
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
The Complete English Poems by John Donne
21
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
George Herbert – Church Monuments / Denial / the Collar / Love
22
Andrew Marvell – to His Coy Mistress
Andrew Marvell – to His Coy Mistress
23
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
24
John Milton
Pilgrim's Progress
Pilgrim's Progress
25
The Country Wife (William Wycherley)
The Country Wife
26
William Wycherley
The Way of the World (William Congreve)
The Way of the World
27
William Congreve
The Vanity of Human Wishes (Samuel Johnson)
The Vanity of Human Wishes
28
Samuel Johnson
The Wealth of Nations (Adam Smith)
The Wealth of Nations
29
Adam Smith
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
30
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings (Alexander Pope)
The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
31
Alexander Pope
Collected Writings Jonathan Swift (Jonathan Swift)
Collected Writings Jonathan Swift
32
Jonathan Swift
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3 (Edward Gibbon)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1-3
33
Edward Gibbon
Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography; the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
Equiano's Travels: His Autobiography; the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
34
Olaudah Equiano
The Rover and Other Plays (Aphra Behn)
The Rover and Other Plays
35
Aphra Behn
The School for Scandal (Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
The School for Scandal
36
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
37
Laurence Sterne
Pamela (Samuel Richardson)
Pamela
38
Samuel Richardson
Tom Jones, a Foundling (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones, a Foundling
39
Henry Fielding
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
40
Daniel Defoe
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