British Literary Classics
13 entries in the British Literary Classics compendium.
Kim (novel)A picaresque novel set in British India, popularising the Great Game.King LearA tragedy of love-test, madness, and betrayal in pre-Roman Britain.Lady Chatterley's LoverFinal novel by D. H. Lawrence, subject of landmark obscenity trial.Le Morte d'ArthurA 15th-century compilation of Arthurian tales by Sir Thomas Malory.Life of Samuel JohnsonA landmark biography of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell.Lord JimA novel about a seaman's fall and search for redemption.Lord of the FliesA novel about stranded boys descending into savagery.Moll FlandersFictional heroine of Defoe's 1722 picaresque novel.Mrs DallowayA day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-war London.Much Ado About NothingA comedy of trickery, gossip, and romantic pairings in Messina.Oliver TwistSecond novel by Charles Dickens, exposing orphan cruelty.Pale FireNabokov's 1962 novel told through a 999-line poem and its unreliable commentary.Persuasion (novel)Jane Austen's final completed novel, published posthumously.
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