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The Great English Novels: A Personal View - Page 4

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 Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
The Secret Agent
121
Joseph Conrad
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
122
Jane Austen
The Shadow Line (Joseph Conrad)
The Shadow Line
123
Joseph Conrad
She (Haggard - Penguin Classics)
She
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Haggard - Penguin Classics
The Sheep Look Up (John Brunner)
The Sheep Look Up
125
John Brunner
The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Sign of Four
126
Arthur Conan Doyle
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
127
George Eliot
Sons and Lovers (D.H. Lawrence)
Sons and Lovers
128
D.H. Lawrence
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (John Le Carré)
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
129
John Le Carré
Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
Stand on Zanzibar
130
John Brunner
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
131
Robert Louis Stevenson
A Study in Scarlet (Doyle)
A Study in Scarlet
132
Doyle
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
133
Charles Dickens
The Talisman (Walter Scott)
The Talisman
134
Walter Scott
A Taste for Death (P.D. James)
A Taste for Death
135
P.D. James
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
136
Anne Brontë
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
137
Thomas Hardy
This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
138
The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
139
H.G. Wells
Trainspotting (Irvine Welsh)
Trainspotting
140
Irvine Welsh
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
141
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tremor of Intent (Anthony Burgess)
Tremor of Intent
142
Anthony Burgess
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
143
Laurence Sterne
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
144
Henry James
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
145
James Joyce
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
146
Malcolm Lowry
Valthek and Other Stories (William Beckford)
Valthek and Other Stories
147
William Beckford
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
148
William Makepeace Thackeray
Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood (James Malcolm Riley)
Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood
149
James Malcolm Riley
The Vicar of Wakefield (Oliver Goldsmith)
The Vicar of Wakefield
150
Oliver Goldsmith
Victory (Joseph Conrad)
Victory
151
Joseph Conrad
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
152
Charlotte Brontë
The War of the Worlds (H. G. Wells)
The War of the Worlds
153
H. G. Wells
Waverley (Walter Scott)
Waverley
154
Walter Scott
Weir of Hermiston (Penguin Classics)
Weir of Hermiston
155
Penguin Classics
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
156
Zadie Smith
The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins)
The Woman in White
157
Wilkie Collins
Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence)
Women in Love
158
D. H. Lawrence
The World in Winter (John Christopher)
The World in Winter
159
John Christopher
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
160
Emily Brontë
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