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From Shakespeare to the Restoration, Victorian and modern eras this topic reintroduces some obscure or forgotten authors, who deserve to be neither, while recognising some writers who are household names thanks to Booker and Orange Prizes, literary colonialism or well-earned reputation.
From John Milton and Oscar Wilde to Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, Nick Hornby and Zadie Smith to Thomas Hardy and James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw and Aldous Huxley to George Eliot and Charlotte Bronte, Ian McEwan and Jeanette Winterson to Salmon Rushdie and Iris Murdoch and dozens of others debuting as we speak, we'll let you know what's hot, what's overrated, and what to buy that reluctant reader.
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Booker Prize-Winning Writer Hilary Mantel
In: British/UK Fiction (general)
British writer Hilary Mantel hit the headlines recently when her novel Wolf Hall won the 2009 Booker Prize, yet her career as an author spans more than twenty years. more...
Review of Jill Dawson's The Great Lover
Jill Dawson's inventive new novel imagines a fictional event in the life of English war poet Rupert Brooke - a relationship with a humble but spirited serving girl. more...
Review of Val McDermid's Fever of the Bone
In: British/UK Fiction (general)
Val McDermid's latest thriller sees DCI Carol Jordan investigating a string of brutal murders - but this time she must do it without the help of profiler Tony Hill. more...
Review of C J Sansom's Revelation
C J Sansom's latest adventure set in the time of Henry VIII sees Matthew Shardlake face his most dangerous enemy yet. more...
In: British/UK Fiction (general)
A profile of the world's best-selling writer, whose novels have now sold around 4 billion copies. more...
Colfer's Hitchhiker's Sequel: And Another Thing
In: British/UK Fiction (general)
Penguin are set to launch Eoin Colfer's official Hitchhiker's sequel on October 12th 2009, continuing Douglas Adams' cult series. more...
Review of Louis de Bernieres' Notwithstanding
Louis de Bernieres' new book is an entertaining collection of short stories subtitled "Stories from an English Village", and features an engaging selection of eccentrics. more...
Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary
In: British/UK Fiction (general)
Today marks the tricentenary of the birth of Dr Samuel Johnson, the author of the first major English dictionary. more...
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Guide to Novels by Jane Austen
In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction
By: M.L. Costa
Daphne du Maurier, Cornwall Romance Writer
By: Teresa Knudsen
Recurring Character Types of Charles Dickens
In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction
By: M.L. Costa
Review – The Bride's Farewell by Meg Rosoff
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Graham Swift's The Light of Day
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