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Top British Books to Read

These classic books take place in England, or at least partly in England. A good way to get to know the British mind.
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
George Eliot
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
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Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
Jane Austen
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David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
10
Vanity Fair (William Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
William Thackeray
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Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
12
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
Ian McEwan
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Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
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Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
Jane Austen
15
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
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Howards End (E.M. Forster)
Howards End
E.M. Forster
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Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford)
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox Ford
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The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
21
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
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Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
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Vilette (Charlotte Bronte)
Vilette
Charlotte Bronte
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A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
E.M. Forster
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Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels
Jonathan Swift
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A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
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Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)
Wide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys
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Daniel Deronda (George Eliot)
Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Muriel Spark
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The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins
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New Grub Street (George Gissing)
New Grub Street
George Gissing
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
Sir Thomas Malory
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Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
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The Code of the Woosters (Wodehouse)
The Code of the Woosters
Wodehouse
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Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
Daniel Defoe
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A Room With a View (E.M. Forster)
A Room With a View
E.M. Forster
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The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
38
The Death of the Heart (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Death of the Heart
Elizabeth Bowen
39
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
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Notes From a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
Notes From a Small Island
Bill Bryson
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