British/UK Fiction


Feature Writer: Elizabeth Gregory
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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.

Post in the discussion forum or email me with your own requests or reviews.

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Wuthering Heights: Nelly Dean

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

Emily Bronte chose Nelly Dean as the main narrator of her novel Wuthering Heights. How far can we trust her version of events? more...

Characters in Wuthering Heights

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

An alphabetical listing of all major characters in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and the role they play in the novel. more...

Bronte's Wuthering Heights

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

The first in a series looking at Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights: this article looks at the context of the novel's publication and provides an overview of the plot. more...

Haworth: Visit Bronte Country

In: 18th & 19th Century British Fiction

The small village of Haworth in Yorkshire continues to attract thousands of visitors every year to see the parsonage where the Bronte family lived. more...

Sebastian Faulks' Engleby

In: Modern British Fiction

After mixed reviews of his medical novel Human Traces, Sebastian Faulks is back on form with Engleby, recently released in paperback. more...

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Jun 28, 2008

Poll the People

Yet another way to vote for your favourite book.


Websites offering readers the chance to vote for their favourite books seem to be flavour of the month at the moment: every couple of months yet another novel is proclaimed by some website or other as the nation's favourite book.

Poll the People is a little more interesting: wider in scope, this site encourages you to vote not just for your favourite read, but in many categories including best film and best album. The site also allows you to have your say on other people's choices, and add comments or reviews of your own.

Current favourite, perhaps unsurprisingly, is J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, followed by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.

Voice your own opinions at the Poll the People website.

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