British Literature

English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian, but all are considered important writers in the history of English literature. In other words, English literature is as diverse as the varieties and dialects of English spoken around the world. In academia, the term often labels ...more

Whispers at Painswick Court
Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All, #3)
Under Gorse and Stone
Miss Ashbury and the Anatomy of Mending a Heart (Love from London, #4)
The Merge
The Burning Library
And Then There Was You
The Bookshop Below
The Marriage Method (The Crinoline Academy, #2)
The Queen Who Came in From the Cold (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #5)
The Devil in Oxford (Ruby Vaughn, #3)
Last Call at the Savoy
Ladies in Waiting: Jane Austen's Unsung Characters
Through Each Tomorrow (Timeless, #6)
Introducing Mrs. Collins
The Heir Apparent
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 4
Her Last Christmas
The New Year's Party
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5
The Psychopath Next Door
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 6
Raising Hare: A Memoir
The Woman in the Cabin
A Family Matter
And Then There Was You
The Rest of Our Lives
The New Neighbours
What a Way to Go
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Bone Clocks by David  Mitchell
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 694 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryWolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Best Books About Tudor England
608 books — 1,627 voters

I've Got Your Number by Sophie KinsellaCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie KinsellaTall, Dark and Kilted by Lizzie LambBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
The Best British Chick Lit
272 books — 608 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,111 voters

Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Wuthering Heights
1984
Animal Farm
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

William Blake
And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand, Till we have built Jerusale ...more
William Blake, Milton: A Poem

If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be.
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