List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

English Literature: The Essentials, Part 3 - Fiction

Our maverick English Literature instructor and theatre director continues his attempt at defining the core list of essential English Literature. This time he has put together a list of 100 novels and short story collections as a possible core list of English fiction. The writers chosen are English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh, along with writers from other backgrounds who immigrated to The UK or who have identified themselves as English writers. Historical importance and verisimilitude have been taken into account, and a balance between literary and popular fiction has been attempted. Consequently, there have been some hard decisions and omissions to keep the list manageable, and it is hoped that the selections and omissions will spark lively discussion. And to answer the most anticipated question- Samuel Beckett, because of his large output of fiction in French, is considered a giant of World and European Literature.
1,884 users · 6,820 views
 
made by James Loranger
avg. score: 22 of 100 (22%)
required scores: 1, 9, 15, 22, 33 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
1
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
2
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
3
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
4
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
5
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
6
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
7
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto
8
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
9
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho
10
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
11
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
12
Emma
Emma
13
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
14
Middlemarch
Middlemarch
15
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
16
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
17
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
18
The Talisman (Walter Scott)
The Talisman (Walter Scott)
19
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
20
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
21
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
22
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
23
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
24
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
25
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
26
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
27
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
28
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone (Collins)
29
Tess of the D'urbervilles
Tess of the D'urbervilles
30
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
31
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
32
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
33
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
34
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers
35
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
36
Dracula
Dracula
37
Lord Jim
Lord Jim
38
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
39
Typhoon and Other Stories (Joseph Conrad)
Typhoon and Other Stories (Joseph Conrad)
40
Nostromo (Signet)
Nostromo (Signet)
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Trending Book Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN