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 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
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

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingNoughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
Best #UKYA Books
578 books — 391 voters

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie BlackmanHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanFinding Sky by Joss Stirling
Young Adult fiction by UK authors
410 books — 268 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,068 books — 971 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)

The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for them. For example, when the British invaded India, many Indians accepted to work for the British to kill off Indians who resisted their occupation. So in other words, many Indians were hired to kill other Indians on behalf of the enemy for a paycheck. Today, we have mercenaries in Africa, corporate armies from the western world, and unemployed men throughout the Middle East killi ...more
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But, of course, you might be asking yourself, 'Am I a feminist? I might not be. I don't know! I still don't know what it is! I'm too knackered and confused to work it out. That curtain pole really still isn't up! I don't have time to work out if I am a women's libber! There seems to be a lot to it. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?' I understand. So here is the quick way of working out if you're a feminist. Put your hand in your pants. a) Do you have a vagina? and b) Do you want to be in charge of it? If yo ...more
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