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The Great English Novels: A Personal View

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian lists 160 works that define and illustrate the breadth and scope of what has become known as "The English Novel". Some attempt at historical perspective and importance has been made, but our compiler has felt free to add some writers of popular genre fiction that he particularly likes. He has followed common usage that defines the "English Novel" as being written in the English language by authors from the UK and the Republic of Ireland, plus the work of writers who have immigrated to the UK and identify themselves as "English writers ". Hence, Salman Rushdie is included, but Samuel Beckett is not. Any breach of national identity or political correctness is completely unintentional.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984 (George Orwell)
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Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
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After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley
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Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
Agnes Grey (Anne Brontë)
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The Ambassadors (Henry James)
The Ambassadors (Henry James)
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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Ashenden (W. Somerset Maugham)
Ashenden (W. Somerset Maugham)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
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Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
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A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
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Brighton Rock (Greene)
Brighton Rock (Greene)
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A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
A Burnt Out Case (Greene)
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The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
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Childhood's End (Clarke)
Childhood's End (Clarke)
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The Children of Men (P.D. James)
The Children of Men (P.D. James)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
A Coffin for Dimitrios (Ambler)
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The Comedians (Greene)
The Comedians (Greene)
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A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
A Dance to the Music of Time (Anthony Powell)
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The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
The Daughter of Time (Josephine Tey)
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The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
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Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
Decline and Fall (Evelyn Waugh)
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Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
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Emma
Emma
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The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
The End of the Affair (Graham Greene)
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Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
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Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
Far From the Madding Crowd (Hardy, Thomas)
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Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
Finnegan's Wake (James Joyce)
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The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
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The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
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The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
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The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
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