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101 Classics of Brit Lit Everyone Should Read, According to a Retired Literature Teacher - Page 3

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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The Heart of the Matter (Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
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Greene
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
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This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
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Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
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Atonement (Ian McEwan)
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The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
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Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
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Samuel Beckett
Look Back in Anger (John Osborne)
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The Entertainer (John Osborne)
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Loot (Joe Orton)
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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (John Arden)
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The Caretaker (Harold Pinter)
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The Homecoming (Harold Pinter)
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Betrayal (Harold Pinter)
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Arcadia (Tom Stoppard)
Arcadia
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Tom Stoppard
The Ruling Class (Barnes)
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Barnes
Cloud Nine (Caryl Churchill)
Cloud Nine
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Caryl Churchill
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