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Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales: A Brief Introduction to Genre, Sturcture, and Themes

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Marilyn Michaud

Juliet, Naked Book Review: Review of Nick Horby's New Novel

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Ryan Miller

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian: A Review of Marina Lewycka's First Novel

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Holly Thacker

Romance Novels Decorate Holidays, British Custom: Charlotte Bronte, Daphne du Maurier, Victoria Holt Cast Winter Spell

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Teresa Knudsen

Guide to Novels by Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, etc.

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: M.L. Costa

Daphne du Maurier, Cornwall Romance Writer: Du Maurier Fled From London to Cornwall, a Writer's Retreat

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Teresa Knudsen

Recurring Character Types of Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist, Little Nell, Ebenezer Scrooge, Madame Defarge

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: M.L. Costa

Review – The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff: Runaway Bride Journeys Across England to Remain a Free Woman

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Zuzana Minarikova

Graham Swift's The Light of Day: The Best Early Holiday Reading

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Melissa Morelli Lacroix

Crime Fiction – The Novels of Benjamin Black: A Pseudonym Gives Irish Author John Banville New Readers

In: Irish Fiction

By: Christine Breen-Williams

The Gatecrashers by Madeleine Wickham: Novel Will Delight Reader Despite Unoriginal Plot

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Kristyn Gansen

1951 Movie of A Christmas Carol: A Review of the Movie for Lovers of Dickens’ Book

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Quotes on Money and Life From Charles Dickens: Sayings From Dickens' Great Expectations

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Dickens Quotes on Love from Great Expectations: Pip, Estella, Unrequited Affection and Rejection

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The Genius and the Goddess by Aldous Huxley: Literary Criticism of a Little-Known Huxley Novella

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Anita Saran

Great Expectations Quotes: Life Quotations From Charles Dickens

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Dickens Quotes on Xmas Food: A Christmas Carol and its Culinary Delights

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory: Historical Fiction Novel About King Henry VII and Anne Boleyn

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Kristyn Gansen

Portraits of Humanity in A Christmas Carol: Descriptions of the Supporting Characters in Charles Dickens Novella

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Grumpy Old Men and Ghosts in A Christmas Carol: Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Charles Dickens’ Popular Novella

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Dickens Quotes From A Christmas Carol: Ebenezer Scrooge, Bah Humbug and the Victorian Xmas Story

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Summary of A Christmas Carol: Synopsis Charles Dickens Classic Novella

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon: A Great Scottish Novel – Book One of the Trilogy 'A Scots Quair'

In: Scottish/Welsh Fiction

By: Maggie Craig

Jane Austen's Likable Rogues: Charming Villains In Classic Literature

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Laura Briggs

New Critical Edition of Varney the Vampire: Review of James Malcolm Rymer's Penny Dreadful, Edited by Curt Herr

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Amelia Hill

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – Book Review: Man Booker Prize Winner Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger'

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Preetam Kaushik

Discussion Questions for John Bunyan: Discussion Starters for Bunyan’s Classic The Pilgrim’s Progress

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

What is The Pilgrim's Progress: John Bunyan’s Classic Allegory of the Christian Life

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Melissa Howard

Georgette Heyer's My Lord John: Historical Novel of John, Duke of Bedford

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Eilene Toppin Ording

The Fox Raids the Henhouse – D.H. Lawrence: Ellen March is the Ultimate Scapegoat

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Kathy Hahn

W Somerset Maugham's The Ant and the Grasshopper: A Different Take on Aesop's Fable About Hard Work & Laziness

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Lucille Lever

Sarah Dunant's Sacred Hearts: A Study in the Application of Power

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Eilene Toppin Ording

Literature Review, Huxley's Brave New World: Literary Criticism on Huxley's Utopia / Dystopia and The World State

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

Literature Review – George Orwell's 1984: Nineteen Eighty-Four Depicts Totalitarian Oceania Under Big Brother

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Nicholas Morine

Notwithstanding, Nostalgic Tales of Rural Idyll: Review of Louis de Bernières Short Stories of English Village Life

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

The Two Funerals of Thomas Hardy: Local Respect Versus National Mourning

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: John Welford

Dr. John Polidori and The Vampyre: Tragic Physician Responsible for First English-Language Vampire

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Jenny Ashford

Book Review – Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant: Discover a Female Experience of Sixteenth Century Renaissance Italy

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Victoria Robinson

Master and Commander's Varied Sources: Many of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin Novels Inspired Film

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Luke Arnott

Varney the Vampire, by James Malcolm Rymer: Victorian Vampire Fiction Attributed to Thomas Preskett Prest

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Amelia Hill

Classic Ghost Stories: A Selection of Spine Chilling Tales

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Halloween Reading by Saki: H.H. Munro Delivers Chills and Wit Simultaneously

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Pamela Mooman

Review of Phillippa Gregory's The Other Queen: Latest Tudor Series Novel Focuses On Mary, Queen of Scots

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Laura Steiner

The Hierarchy of Austen's Bennet Girls: Is There a Clear Structure of Power in the Bennet Family?

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Laura Liddicoet

Elements of Fear in Jane Austen's Novels: Subtle Horror is One of Jane Austen’s Specialties

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins: A Suspenseful Novel by the Master of Sensation Fiction

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Five Fall Into Adventure: Another Exciting Famous Five Story by Enid Blyton

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Nocturnes – Reviewed: The Latest Work of Kazuo Ishiguro – A Sublime Piece of Art

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: George Julian

Five Get Into Trouble by Enid Blyton: The Famous Five Face Danger When They are Trapped at Owl's Dene

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

The Universal Appeal of Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Enduring Story in Film, TV, and Other Novels

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Irene Tanner-Yuen

A Look Back At A.L. Kennedy's First Novel: The Scottish Writer's Looking For the Possible Dance Still Sings

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Douglas Nordfors

Glover's Mistake Makes Some Good Choices: Nick Laird's Novel of Contemporary London Is a Welcome Sight

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Douglas Nordfors

Five Go Off to Camp: The Famous Five Have an Exciting Adventure With a Ghost Train

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Villains in Jane Austen's Novels: Jane Austen’s Rogues are Genteelly Bad

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

"Mr. Darcy, Vampyre," A Review: Austen's Masterpiece Encounters Pop Culture Trends

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Laura Liddicoet

Remember Me? Book Review: Sophie Kinsella's Humorous Spin on Amnesia

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Beth Hinds

Edwin Drood's Murder: The Mystery of Charles Dickens’s Unfinished Novel

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Laura Briggs

Gothic Style in Ann Radcliffe's Writing: Characteristics of Gothics: Kidnapping, Eerie Settings, Heroines

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

Constraints to Marriage in Austen's Novels: An Examination of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Laura Liddicoet

Chaucer's Knight: Is the Hero of The Canterbury Tales Everything He Seems

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: George Julian

Book Review – Ox-Tales Four Book Fundraiser: Short Stories by Famous Authors to Raise Money for Charity

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Susan Whelan

Heroes in Jane Austen's Novels: These Patient, Loyal Men are Worth Waiting For

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

Pat Barker's Novel The Ghost Road: Book Three in Barker's Critically Acclaimed Trilogy

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Azharul Islam

Chaucer Within Chaucer: The Multiple Representations of England's Most Beloved Pilgrim

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: George Julian

Narrative in Midnight's Children: The Culmination of Stylistic Development in Narrative and Plot

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: George Julian

The Theme of Disappointment in Jane Austen: Painful Emotion is Explored in a Popular Novel

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

John Banville and The Sea: Ireland's Most Evocative Novelist and Winner of The Man Booker Prize

In: Irish Fiction

By: Christine Breen-Williams

Review of Five on Kirrin Island Again: The Sixth Book in Enid Blyton's Classic Children's Adventure Series

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

Five Go Off in a Caravan by Enid Blyton: The Fifth Adventure in the Author's Classic Children's Series

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Tristania Currie

The Fight Over George Orwell's Copyrights: Sonia Brownell’s Legal Problems From 1977 to 1980

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Paul-John Ramos

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Review: 1818 Frankenstein Novel vs. Modern Versions of the Creature

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Renee Holmes

On Kazuo Ishiguro's Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music And Nightfall

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Gail Mangold-Vine

Jane Austen's Real Life Romances: The Inspiration for Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Other Novels

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Vickie Britton

The Far Pavilions (1978) by MM Kaye: A Romantic Novel set in the British Colonial Era

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Biswita Mozumdar

Sonia Brownell and the Orwell Estate: George Orwell’s Second Wife From 1950 to 1977

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Paul-John Ramos

Virginia Woolf's Beautiful Symmetry: An Analysis of the Structure of To the Lighthouse

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Kristin Hanneman

The Eco-Horror Stories of Algernon Blackwood: 19th Century Tales of a Malevolent Mother Nature's Revenge

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Michelle White

The Haunted House Tales of Algernon Blackwood: The Supernatural as Catalyst for Psychic Awakening

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Michelle White

The Vampyre, by John William Polidori: History of the First Vampire Story in English Prose

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Amelia Hill

A Curious Incident, a Portrayal of Autism? A Review of Mark Haddon's Novel

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Jeffrey Donaldson

The Ghost Stories of E. Nesbit: A Turn-of-the-Century Writer’s Realist Tales of Spectral Phenomenon

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Michelle White

The Earliest Vampire Stories in English: 19th Century Writers Shelley, Polidori, and LeFanu Revive Nosferatu

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Michelle White

The Gothic Tales of Elizabeth Gaskell: Victorian Stories of Betrayal, Redemption, and Ghostly Apparitions

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Michelle White

Anne Bronte's Novels Reveal a Talented Writer: A Critical Look at Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Bonnie Way

E.H. Young: For the Ages: A British Novelist Who Deserves a Place in the Limelight

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Douglas Nordfors

Ann Radcliffe – A Brief Biography: The Writer Who Developed the Modern Gothic Novel

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

Book Review of Angel, by Katie Price: Ex-Glamour Model Jordan's First Book Mirrors Her Life

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Tina Costanza

Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's Only Novel: Debauchery, Vanity, Pleasure and Cruelty in a Life of Eternal Youth

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Martin P Wilson

Rankin After Rebus: Scottish Crime Author Ian Rankin Speaks About His Forthcoming Novel

In: Scottish/Welsh Fiction

By: David Chadderton

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: A Look at the Updated Version of Jane Austen's Classic Novel

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Doris Lessing: Politics and Experience in the Works of Doris Lessing

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Nicole Lassahn

Muriel Spark – Award Winning Scottish Novelist: Some Less Well-Known Works Including Memento Mori & Portobello Road

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Nicole Lassahn

Media Manipulation in George Orwell's 1984: Is 2010 the Next 1984?

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Feature Writer Jenna Galley

Classic Tales to Read for Halloween: Best Scary Stories from Poe, Shelley, and Shakespeare

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Jeris Swanhorst

Parent-Child Relationships in King Lear: Shakespeare's Tragic Tale of Dysfunctional Families

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Bailey Shoemaker Richards

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier: Another Great Book From the Author of Girl With the Pearl Earring

In: Modern British Fiction

By: Elaine Walker

Pride and Prejudice Sequels: Modern Authors Continue the Story of Elizabeth and Darcy

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Feature Writer Lizz Shepherd

Book Review – Young Adam by Alexander Trocchi: The Story of a Guilt-riddled Drifter by a Scottish Beat Writer

In: Scottish/Welsh Fiction

By: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Review of Thomas Emson's Skarlet: A detailed assessment of Emson's vampire novel

In: British/UK Fiction (general)

By: Lorraine McInerney

Comparing Jane Austen's First and Last Novels: Similarities Between Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

By: Pamela Mooman

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