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From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison to Fyodor Dostoevsky, the fiction canon is so vast you can easily get lost in it. So we asked our readers to tell us about their favourite classic books.
May 26, 2022 · Everyone loves a classic novel, but where to start? From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens, Toni Morrison to Fyodor Dostoevsky, the fiction canon is so vast you can easily get lost in it. So we asked our readers to tell us about their favourite classic books.
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- Pride and Prejudice. by Jane Austen. Of course, our guide has to start with Austen, one of the world's most beloved writers whose romantic social satires continue to enthral readers around the world.
- Jane Eyre. by Charlotte Bronte. You have the pleasure here of discovering the works of each Brontë sister: Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Each of the three sisters were published during their lifetime under the pen names: Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
- Crime and Punishment. by Fyodor Dostoevsky. There are many great works of Russian literature that are worth your time, but if you’re looking to read just one of these epic masterpieces, then we’d recommend Dostoevsky’s sensational Crime and Punishment.
- David Copperfield. by Charles Dickens. One of Britain’s best-selling authors of all time Charles Dickens is an incredibly important figure in our literary heritage.
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- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde
- Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
- 1984, by George Orwell
- Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens
- The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
- Emma, by Jane Austen
- The Lord of The Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien
- To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
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“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’” Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby has long been considered a classic novel...
“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.” Set in London in the late 19th Century, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an important examination of class, perspective, and the purpose of art – which was a noticeable talking point for society at the time. For students, The Picture of Dorian Gray offers so many interesting points of discuss...
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.” It would be impossible not to include Wuthering Heights on a list of must-read books for English Literature students. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising if you have already studied ...
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” No matter who you ask, 1984 will always rank as one of the best books for English Literature students to read during their studies. Exploring themes of t...
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” As one of the greatest coming-of-age stories ever told, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations had to be the one novel of his included on our list of classic books to read, ...
“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don’t have to say anything.” The Kite Runner is one of the newest on our list of best books for English Literature students, but it’s still considered one of the greatest classic novels. Written in 2003, The Kite Runner is a stellar example of postcolonial literature....
“Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.” For those who have never read a Jane Austen novel before, Emma is the perfect start – a funny, romantic, and easy-to-read novel. Set in the early 19th Century, the novel centres on Emma Woodhouse, a precocious young woman w...
*“The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time.” * Having studied at Exeter College in Oxford, J. R. R. Tolkien was one of the original members of “The Inklings,” a notable group of budding writers, including C. S. Lewis, who met for conversation, drinks, and readings from their works-in-progress. Tak...
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” Set in the 1930s in the small and sleepy town of Maycomb, Alabama, To Kill a Mockingbird is narrated by Scout Finch, a six-year-old tomboy who lives with her ten-year-old brother, Jem, her father Atticu...
Dec 7, 2015 · This list includes no nonfiction, no plays, no narrative or epic poems (no Paradise Lost or Beowulf), no short story collections (no Morte D’Arthur) – novels only, by British authors (which means...
5 days ago · The classics of English literature: whether you're reading for school or for pleasure, it can be hard to get a grip on the Western canon—and even harder to understand it. Thankfully, out of the 1500+ interviews on Five Books, scores of them cover every topic and most major authors you’re likely to encounter in a survey English literature ...
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What counts as English literature spans over a thousand years, but you’ll find most of the great classics that well-educated people are often expected to have read – what’s known as the ‘canon’ – were primarily written in the 19th century or a little after, so this list focuses on that time period.
