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British Literature
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. " - Ray Bradbury" The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus, 1875
" I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. " - Jorge Luis Borges
" In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others. " - André Maurois
"There is more treasure in books than
in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island." - Walt Disney
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen
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Jane Austen is one of Britain's best loved novelists and is acclaimed as one of the greatest novelists of all time. Jane wrote six novels during her short lifetime: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Ab...
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Jane Austen FanFiction: The Ultimate Guide
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There are over 70 links at this lens leading to thousands of Jane Austen FanFiction stories. If you are looking for a new source to sustain your addiction I hope you'll find something for yourself here. However, if you are new to Jane Austen FanFict...
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My Favourite Pride and Prejudice Fanfiction
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There are many stories I haven't read yet, so obviously this can't be a list of all the best fanfics out there, but it does include some of the best I've found so far. I enjoy a good characterisation of Lizzy and Darcy, and if that's what you're look...
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Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice
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Fitzwilliam Darcy - the dashing hero of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the aristocrat and great fellow according to his peers, the perfect lover to one Elizabeth Bennet, and the best man ever featured in the English literature. Check my other le...
Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, one of the most influential and famous of English novels, its adaptations and related works inspired by the novel.
Agatha Christie
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Agatha Christie Audio Books Downloads
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Agatha Christie was an English crime fiction writer (she died in 1976 at the age of 86). She wrote 66 novels many of them featuring the detectives Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. Agatha Christie is often refered to as the 'Queen of Crime'. She s...
Richmal Crompton
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Richmal Crompton
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Although Richmal Crompton wrote 41 novels for adults and 9 collections of short stories, it was her 'William' stories about an 11 year old boy and his gang the 'Outlaws' that she is remembered for. Even during her long life, much to her annoyance, th...
Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens and his books
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When the internet has become popular for selling downloads of novels chapter by chapter, or Amazon is selling chapters on Kindle it is a practice that Charles Dickens started as a popular format for selling his fiction in periodicals. Unlike other au...
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Charles Dickens Audio Books
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Charles Dickens Audio Books - Who does not remember reading Oliver Twist's sad story at school? Well, Charles Dickens has a lot more to say and wrote many other books. Now almost all of his great books are available as audio book downloads. The...
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Bleak House
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Bleak House is a satirical look at the complicated legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy streets of 19th century London and the ma...
Neil Gaiman
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
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Well...how would YOU react if you found out your Dad was a God???? Fat Charlie Nancy (who isn't fat, but old nicknames have a habit of hanging around) hasn't seen his Dad for years. Charlie thinks this is a good thing, after all, it always seemed to...
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Stardust - A Novel By Neil Gaiman
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Stardust is a charming, entrancing fairy tale for adults. It's the story of Tristran Thorn a young man who lives in the village of Wall, an unusual sort of place, which stands literally on the border between the world we know and the realm of Faerie...
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Neverwhere By Neil Gaiman
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Under the streets of London there's a secret world...a dark mysterious world of shadows, tunnels and abandoned underground stations populated by assassins and warriors, angels and vampires, talking rats and a hierarchy of nobility...it's called "Lond...
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American Gods By Neil Gaiman
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Have you ever wondered what happens to Gods when people stop believing in them? Shadow is a petty criminal serving out the last few remaining days of his jail sentence and looking forward to going back home to his beloved wife and his old life. His...
Elizabeth Gaskell
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North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
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A novel by Elizabeth Gaskell turned into a 2004 mini-series by the BBC TV starring Daniela Denby-Ashe and Richard Armitage.
Stella Gibbons
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Stella Gibbons
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On January 5, 1902, in Hampstead, London, England, Stella Dorothea Gibbons was born. Gibbons career as an author would span forty years, and would include the award-winning Cold Comfort Farm, which remains Gibbons most identifiable work of literature...
Sophie Kinsella
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Sophie Kinsella - Author
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Sophie Kinsella (born December 12, 1969) is the pen name of British author Madeleine Wickham. As Sophie Kinsella she has become well-known for the creation of the very successful Shopaholic set of novels, featuring the mishaps of her central charact...
Rudyard Kipling
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The Life & Works of Rudyard Kipling
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For many years Rudyard Kipling has been deeply unfashionable. He's been accused of jingoism, imperialism and racism as typified by this poem The White Man's Burden. Take up the White Man's burden- Send forth the best ye breed- Go, bind your sons to e...
John Le Carre
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The books of John Le Carre
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John Le Carre is the English writer best known for disillusioned, suspenseful spy novels based on a wide knowledge of international espionage. Le Carré's famous hero is George Smiley, a Chekhovian character and shadow like member of the Britis...
Ian McEwan
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Atonement By Ian McEwan
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"Atonement" is a novel by award winning writer, Ian McEwan first published in 2001. "Atonement" was made into a multi-award winning film which was released in 2007 The plot of "Atonement" follows the life of Briony Tallis, from naive teenager to eld...
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Ian McEwan - British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, And Screenwriter
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Ian McEwan has been writing fiction since the 1970's and has written many bestsellers and received numerous literary awards and glowing critical acclaim.... It is difficult to sum up McEwan's writing...a few words and phrases spring to mind...bold,...
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Saturday By Ian McEwan
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"Saturday" is a novel by multi-award winning author, Ian McEwan, first published in 2005. "Saturday" is the story of a day in the life of a 48 year old London neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne. The novel is set on Saturday, 15th February 2003. Henry wake...
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On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan
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"On Chesil Beach" is a novel by multi-award winning author, Ian McEwan first published in 2007 On a summer evening in 1962, just before the "sexual revolution", two newlyweds sit down to dinner in the honeymoon suite of a Dorset hotel. Edward and Fl...
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The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
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The Cement Garden is Ian McEwan's' first novel, originally published in 1978. A beautifully crafted, but very dark tale of childhood and lost innocence... This is how the novel starts; "It was not at all clear to me now why we had put her in the tr...
William McGonagall
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William McGonagall
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William McGonagall (1825 - 1902) was an ordinary working class Scottish man employed as a weaver in Dundee's textile industry. One momentous day in 1877 when he was aged 52, literally in a sudden blinding flash of "divine" enlightenment, he "received...
Ruth Rendell
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Ruth Rendell
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Ruth Rendell is an extremely prolific British mystery writer. She has captured three major Edgar awards-one for the novel A Dark Adapted Eye (1987) and for two short stories-The Fallen Curtain (1975) and The New Girl Friend (1984). In addition to the...
Alastair Reynolds
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The Revelation Space Universe
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The Revelation Space Universe was created by science fiction author Alastair Reynolds. It is the setting for most of his novels and short stories and takes its name from his first novel. It is also one of my favourite SF series of books. The novels...
William Shakespeare
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William Shakespeare Audio Books
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William Shakespeare Audio Books are a great way to prepare for visit at the theatre. By listening to the play before you go and see it, you are going to enjoy Shakespeare a lot more! These audio books are world literature!
Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein's Bad Rap
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Frankenstein's creation definitely does not deserve the bad reputation he has in the popular culture, thanks to sources like this image from the Boris Karloff film.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-63) was an English author. His novels included the novels Vanity Fair (1847-48), Pendennis (1850), Henry Esmond (1852) and The Newcombes (1853-55). His masterpiece, Vanity Fair, features the adventuress Becky Sharp,...
Harry Potter
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Harry Potter Online
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The Harry Potter phenomenon continues unabated. The film of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is currently in post production and will be released a few weeks before Christmas 2008 in July 2009. Harry Potter Online will keep you up to date with...
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Harry Potter Magic Wands
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This Lens was originally intended to be dedicated to the Magic Wands used by Harry Potter and his fellow wizards and witches. However my research has uncovered various other interesting items of information relating to the Harry Potter stories, so th...
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10 Books About Harry Potter
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This is the first in a series that tries to identify the ten best books about a given subject. Here, we look at books about Harry Potter. That is to say, not the original books, but those by fans and critics that look at the Harry Potter phenomenon....
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Harry Potter Prequel
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The Harry Potter world is buzzing with excitement about the surprise release of a 800word short story by JK Rowling. Set in the 1970's, 3 years before Harry Potter was born, it was written as a submission to a collection of short stories published by...
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The Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort
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**SPOILER: DO NOT READ THIS LENS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ALL THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS. IF YOU CONTINUE, YOU HAVE ONLY YOURSELF TO BLAME.** Horcruxes are dark magical objects that hold a piece of your soul. They were first introduced in Harry Potter and t...
Children's Literature
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Charlie and Lola
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Charlie and Lola is fun series targeted at preschool audiences about a boy named Charlie and his sister, Lola. Featuring a unique "collage" animation style and catchy background themes, the show follows the pair as Charlie helps out his often rather...
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Tweedledee and Tweedledum
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Welcome to "All You Ever Wanted to Know about the Dashing Duo: Tweedledee & Tweedledum"! Surely, you've heard of them...no, they're not the "Bobbsey Twins", the "Doublemint Gum Twins", or even an obscure name for the slugging "Minnesota Twins"...wor...
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HEFFALUMP HEADQUARTERS
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Here at Heffalump Headquarters, we pride ourselves in bringing you all you need to know about the world's most breathtakingly Perfectly Normal Beast (who has rarely if ever been seen by man let alone been captured by one). The purp...
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Prince Caspian
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This lens is devoted to book two of C.S. Lewis' masterful "Chronicles of Narnia" series. Discussion on the movies are welcome, but we will focus on the books themselves.
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The Wind in the Willows
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This classic tale about animals of the riverbank has delighted children and adults for 100 years with the adventures of Mr Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger. It is a lovely story with excitement but without being too frightening. It can open the door to...
Children's Audiobooks
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Kids Audio Books
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Kids Audio Books - Kids love to listen to stories, and even if they are told over and over agian, it seems they love a good story a little more, every time it's told... For parents it can become quite a chore, telling these stories, and using good q...
Classic Children's English Literature
Add your favourite..."Children are made readers on the laps of their parents" - Emilie Buchwald
" Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child." - Anonymous
"We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts, we need books, time, and silence. 'Thou shalt not' is soon forgotten, but 'Once upon a time' lasts forever." - Philip Pullman
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Conceived by a shy British don on a golden afterno more...1 point
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frightened orphan Mary discovers the joyful wonder more...1 point
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
All seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia are no more...0 points
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Written for J.R.R. Tolkien's own children, The Hob more...0 points
Winnie-the-Pooh (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne
Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends make their annual more...0 points
The Wind in the Willows (Unabridged Classics) by Kenneth Grahame
Since its beginnings as a series of stories told t more...0 points
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) by J.K. Rowling
Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts Schoo more...0 points
The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson
TRACY BEAKER'S NOT exactly sure what her mother do more...0 points
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory are o more...0 points
Treasure Island (Enriched Classics Series) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The epic tale of a young man's quest to capture a more...0 points
Swallows and Amazons (Godine Storyteller) by Arthur Ransome
The first title in Arthur Ransome's classic series more...0 points
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and h more...0 points
Matilda (Puffin Modern Classics) by Roald Dahl
Matilda is a sweet five-year-old with extraordinar more...0 points
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
Covered from head to toe with one-of-a-kind tattoo more...0 points
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
When James drops magic crystals by the peach tree, more...0 points
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling
Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclu more...0 points
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Generations of children have treasured the story o more...0 points
The Railway Children (Evergreen Classics) by E. Nesbit
Three children, forced to alter their comfortable more...0 points
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (The World of Beatrix Potter) by Beatrix Potter
This 4.13 x 5.51 inch hardcover book is one of the more...0 points
The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle (Signet Classics) by Hugh Lofting
Signet Classics is proud to add this all-time favo more...0 points
The Blue Fairy Book (Dover Storybooks for Children) by Andrew Lang
Finest stories from around the world - most of the more...0 points
The Coral Island (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) by R. M. Ballantyne
The story opens with the shipwreck on a Pacific Is more...0 points
Five Children and It (Puffin Classics - the Essential Collection) by E. Nesbit
To Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby bro more...0 points
To Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, the house in the country promises a summer of freedom and play. But when they accidently uncover an accident Psammead--or Sand-fairy--who has the power to make wishes come true, they find themselves having the holiday of a lifetime, sharing one thrilling adventure after another...
0 pointsThe Jungle Book (Unabridged Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
Children will delight in this unabridged version o more...0 points
Little Lord Fauntleroy (Puffin Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
One of that handful of fictional characters whose more...0 points
Young Cedric Errol lives in poverty in New York with his mother. On the death of his English father -- disinherited for marrying an American -- Cedric is summoned to the family castle by his grandfather. There the crotchety Earl plans to transform the boy into a docile, traditional lordling.
But Little...
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Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny cap more...0 points
Peter Pan (Aladdin Classics) by J. M. Barrie
The character of Peter Pan first came to life in t more...0 points
0 pointsThe Water Babies (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Children's Classics) by Charles Kingsley
Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous more...0 points
How To Improve Your Vocabulary
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How To Improve Your Vocabulary
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Words are powerful! They show knowledge, they can describe in great detail and become great literature; so use these top tips to help you on your way to improving your vocabulary! According to a study conducted in 2006, 11 million U.S. adults (about...
I Wish I Were Cultured
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I Wish I Were Cultured.
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A place for people who wish they were more versed in culture, are too busy watching LOST and The Office to read a book.
Love Letters Of Great Men
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Love Letters of Great Men
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There is a scene in the film Sex and the City, that has sent its mostly female fans flocking into bookshops and desperately searching Amazon for a book that did not exist. Carrie Bradshaw is lying in bed with her Mr Big and reading extracts from a b...
Anglo-Welsh Literature
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Anglo-Welsh Literature
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The Wikipedia defines it as:-"a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers, especially if they either have subject matter relating to Wales or (as in the case of Anglo-Welsh poetry in particular) are influenced...
Classic English Literature
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Paradise Lost by John Milton
Edited with an introduction and notes by John Leon more...1 point
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Orwell's brilliant 1946 satire, chronicling a revo more...0 points
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These word more...0 points
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
This brilliant work is a frightening parody on man more...0 points
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
With their astonishing diversity of tone and subje more...0 points
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard M more...0 points
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Edited with an Introduction by Philip Horne.0 points
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's ad more...0 points
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor more...0 points










































