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The Great English Novels: A Personal View - Page 2

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian lists 160 works that define and illustrate the breadth and scope of what has become known as "The English Novel". Some attempt at historical perspective and importance has been made, but our compiler has felt free to add some writers of popular genre fiction that he particularly likes. He has followed common usage that defines the "English Novel" as being written in the English language by authors from the UK and the Republic of Ireland, plus the work of writers who have immigrated to the UK and identify themselves as "English writers ". Hence, Salman Rushdie is included, but Samuel Beckett is not. Any breach of national identity or political correctness is completely unintentional.
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The Green Man
The Green Man
41
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
42
Jonathan Swift
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
43
Joseph Conrad
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
44
Graham Greene
Helliconia (Brian Aldiss)
Helliconia
45
Brian Aldiss
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)
High Fidelity
46
Nick Hornby
The History of Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
The History of Tom Jones
47
Henry Fielding
The Honorary Consul (Graham Greene)
The Honorary Consul
48
Graham Greene
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
49
Arthur Conan Doyle
How Late It Was, How Late (James Kelman)
How Late It Was, How Late
50
James Kelman
Howards End (E. M. Forster)
Howards End
51
E. M. Forster
I Claudius & Claudius the God (Robert Graves)
I Claudius & Claudius the God
52
Robert Graves
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (Angela Carter)
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
53
Angela Carter
The Informer (Liam O'flaherty)
The Informer
54
Liam O'flaherty
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
The Inheritors, William Golding (1955)
55
The Invisible Man (H.G. Wells)
The Invisible Man
56
H.G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics)
The Island of Doctor Moreau
57
Penguin Classics
The Italian (Ann Radcliffe)
The Italian
58
Ann Radcliffe
Ivanhoe (Walter Scott)
Ivanhoe
59
Walter Scott
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
60
Charlotte Bronte
Joseph Andrews (Henry Fielding)
Joseph Andrews
61
Henry Fielding
Journey Into Fear (Ambler)
Journey Into Fear
62
Ambler
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
63
Thomas Hardy
Kidnapped (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Kidnapped
64
Robert Louis Stevenson
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
65
Rudyard Kipling
A Kind of Loving
A Kind of Loving
66
King Solomon's Mines (Haggard)
King Solomon's Mines
67
Haggard
Lady Audley's Secret (Mary Elisabeth Braddon)
Lady Audley's Secret
68
Mary Elisabeth Braddon
Little Dorrit (Charles Dickens)
Little Dorrit
69
Charles Dickens
London Fields (Martin Amis)
London Fields
70
Martin Amis
Lord Jim (Joseph Conrad)
Lord Jim
71
Joseph Conrad
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
72
William Golding
Lucky Jim (Kinglsey Amis)
Lucky Jim
73
Kinglsey Amis
The Master of Ballantrae (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Master of Ballantrae
74
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
75
Thomas Hardy
Melmoth the Wanderer (Charles Maturin)
Melmoth the Wanderer
76
Charles Maturin
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch
77
George Eliot
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
78
Salman Rushdie
The Midwich Cuckoos
The Midwich Cuckoos
79
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
80
Daniel Defoe
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