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17 Essential English Novels Everyone Should Read

According to the Oxford Royale Academy these books by English authors are worth reading even if you don't read anything else.
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
1
Evelyn Waugh
Diary of a Nobody (George and Weedon Grossmith)
Diary of a Nobody
2
George and Weedon Grossmith
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
3
Jane Austen
Far From the Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy)
Far From the Madding Crowd
4
Thomas Hardy
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
5
Charles Dickens
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
6
Philip Pullman
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
7
Charlotte Bronte
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
8
J.R.R.Tolkien
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
9
Jane Austen
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
10
George Eliot
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
11
George Orwell
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
12
Jane Austen
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
13
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
14
Jane Austen
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
15
Daphne Du Maurier
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
16
Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
17
Emily Bronte
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