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The Great English Novels: A Personal View - Page 3

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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Money (Martin Amis)
Money
81
Martin Amis
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
82
Matthew Lewis
Monsignor Quixote (Greene - Penguin Classics)
Monsignor Quixote
83
Greene - Penguin Classics
The Moon and Sixpence (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Moon and Sixpence
84
W. Somerset Maugham
The Moonstone (Collins)
The Moonstone
85
Collins
Morality Play (Barry Unsworth)
Morality Play
86
Barry Unsworth
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
87
Virginia Woolf
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
88
Agatha Christie
The Mysteries of Udolpho (Ann Radcliffe)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
89
Ann Radcliffe
Napoleon Symphony (Anthony Burgess)
Napoleon Symphony
90
Anthony Burgess
Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Never Let Me Go
91
Kazuo Ishiguro
Nicholas Nickleby (Charles Dickens)
Nicholas Nickleby
92
Charles Dickens
Nights at the Circus (Angela Carter)
Nights at the Circus
93
Angela Carter
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher)
No Blade of Grass
94
John Christopher
No Name (Wilkie Collins)
No Name
95
Wilkie Collins
North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell)
North and South
96
Elizabeth Gaskell
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
97
Jane Austen
Nostromo (Conrad - Penguin Classics))
Nostromo
98
Conrad - Penguin Classics)
Orient Express (Graham Greene)
Orient Express
99
Graham Greene
Orlando (Virginia Woolf)
Orlando
100
Virginia Woolf
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Roddy Doyle)
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
101
Roddy Doyle
A Passage to India (E. M. Forster)
A Passage to India
102
E. M. Forster
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
103
Jane Austen
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
104
Oscar Wilde
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
105
Joyce
The Power and the Glory (Grahame Greene)
The Power and the Glory
106
Grahame Greene
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
107
Jane Austen
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
108
Muriel Spark
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (James Hogg)
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
109
James Hogg
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American
110
Graham Greene
The Razor's Edge (W. Somerset Maugham)
The Razor's Edge
111
W. Somerset Maugham
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
112
Daphne Du Maurier
The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
The Remains of the Day
113
Kazuo Ishiguro
Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe)
Robinson Crusoe
114
Daniel Defoe
Sacred Hunger (Barry Unsworth)
Sacred Hunger
115
Barry Unsworth
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie)
The Satanic Verses
116
Salman Rushdie
Saturday (Ian McEwan)
Saturday
117
Ian McEwan
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Alan Sillitoe)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
118
Alan Sillitoe
Saville (David Storey)
Saville
119
David Storey
The Sea, the Sea (Iris Murdoch)
The Sea, the Sea
120
Iris Murdoch
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