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How to Be Well Read in English Literature - Page 2

What follows may be idiosyncratic at times but will, I hope, provide a reasonably reliable overview of the high points of English Literature. I won't attempt to look at the works of other countries; I scarcely know the creations of my realm well enough, and I wouldn't dream of pontificating about other cultures. Indeed, the act of creating this list has made me realise how personal my choices are, and how little use they are likely to be to anyone.
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
41
Emily Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
42
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
43
Elizabeth Gaskell
Cranford (Gaskell)
Cranford
44
Gaskell
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
45
Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
46
Charles Dickens
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
47
Charles Dickens
The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins)
The Moonstone
48
Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
49
Wilkie Collins
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
50
Bram Stoker
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
51
George Eliot
Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
52
Carroll
Jekyll and Hyde (Stevenson)
Jekyll and Hyde
53
Stevenson
The Warden (Anthony Trollope)
The Warden
54
Anthony Trollope
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Anthony Trollope)
The Last Chronicle of Barset
55
Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children
The Duke's Children
56
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
57
Sherlock Holmes Series (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Sherlock Holmes Series
58
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
59
Wilde
The Box of Delights (Masefield)
The Box of Delights
60
Masefield
Journey's End (R.C. Sherriff)
Journey's End
61
R.C. Sherriff
Howard's End (Forster)
Howard's End
62
Forster
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
63
E.M. Forster
Maurice (E.M. Forster)
Maurice
64
E.M. Forster
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
65
Virginia Woolf
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
66
D.H. Lawrence
Women in Love (D.H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
67
D.H. Lawrence
An Inspector Calls (Priestley)
An Inspector Calls
68
Priestley
Queen Lucia (Benson)
Queen Lucia
69
Benson
Mapp and Lucia (Benson)
Mapp and Lucia
70
Benson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
71
Joseph Conrad
The Sword in the Stone (White)
The Sword in the Stone
72
White
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
73
William Golding
Travels With My Aunt (Graham Green)
Travels With My Aunt
74
Graham Green
The Power and the Glory (Graham Greene)
The Power and the Glory
75
Graham Greene
Monsigneur Quixote (Greene)
Monsigneur Quixote
76
Greene
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
77
Evelyn Waugh
The Sword of Honour Trilogy (Evelyn Waugh)
The Sword of Honour Trilogy
78
Evelyn Waugh
The Wasteland
The Wasteland
79
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
T.S. Eliot - Four Quartets
80
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