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101 Classics of Brit Lit Everyone Should Read, According to a Retired Literature Teacher - Page 2

Based in part on my own experience and in part on Prof. John Sutherland's "Classics of British Literature ", I've tried to be representative rather than comprehensive. Professor Sutherland insists Beckett is an Irish writer, so I've included him, but I'm not so sure.
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Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
41
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
42
Charles Dickens
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
43
Wilkie Collins
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
44
George Eliot
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
45
George Eliot
Robert Browning's Poetry (Robert Browning)
Robert Browning's Poetry
46
Robert Browning
Idylls of the King (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Idylls of the King
47
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
48
Thomas Hardy
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
49
Thomas Hardy
Barchester Towers (Anthony Trollope)
Barchester Towers
50
Anthony Trollope
The Forsyte Saga (John Galsworthy)
The Forsyte Saga
51
John Galsworthy
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
52
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
53
Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest & Other Plays
54
Oscar Wilde
Pygmalion (Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
55
Bernard Shaw
Mrs. Warren's Profession (George Bernard Shaw)
Mrs. Warren's Profession
56
George Bernard Shaw
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
57
H.G. Wells
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
58
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
59
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
60
Stoker
Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
61
D.H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
62
D. H. Lawrence
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer (Conrad (Signet ))
Heart of Darkness & the Secret Sharer
63
Conrad (Signet )
The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
64
Joseph Conrad
The Golden Bowl (Henry James)
The Golden Bowl
65
Henry James
The Wings of the Dove (Henry James)
The Wings of the Dove
66
Henry James
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
67
Joyce
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
68
Joyce
Ulysses (Joyce)
Ulysses
69
Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
70
Virginia Woolf
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
71
Virginia Woolf
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
72
E. M. Forster
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
73
E. M. Forster
Penguin Book of First World War Poetry (Penguin)
Penguin Book of First World War Poetry
74
Penguin
Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (Yeats)
Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats
75
Yeats
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
The Complete Poems & Plays of T.S. Eliot
76
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden (W.H. Auden)
Collected Poems of W.H. Auden
77
W.H. Auden
Open Ground (Heaney)
Open Ground
78
Heaney
1984 (Orwell)
1984
79
Orwell
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
80
William Golding
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