British Literature

[Itheus]

To whomever may find any interest in my post, I am writing this post in an effort to expand more interest in authors of British literature and to learn more about other authors and their works that are worth reading. From the many books I have read by British authors I would like to recommend a few books: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, the entire Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1984 by George Orwell, all of Shakespeare's works, and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I understand that these books are no secret to the public and are all very well-known, but I write this with hope that others will post the works of British authors that they believe are worth reading. (p.s. no Harry Potter books, I'm sure I speak for about 95% of the population when I say that everyone has already read them.)

[Mike the Progressive]

Oscar Wilde, or is he Irish?

[Rumbria]

Oscar Wilde, or is he Irish?

Irish at a time that all Ireland was British? Does that count?

[Greater Koryo]

Oscar Wilde, or is he Irish?

Irish ethnicity, though he possesed a British passport, being part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and then Ireland.

[Rumbria]

Also, Pratchett, Stroud, Shelley, the Bronte's, Huxley and Wells should probably be on the list

[Rumbria]

And Robert Louis Stevenson and Jonathan Swift

[Mike the Progressive]

Oscar Wilde, or is he Irish?

Irish at a time that all Ireland was British? Does that count?

I don't know. I've always supported the idea that the Irish were independent and that they were able to stick it to the English.

[Rumbria]

Irish at a time that all Ireland was British? Does that count?

I don't know. I've always supported the idea that the Irish were independent and that they were able to stick it to the English.

Well it took them to 1922 to manage to stick it to the English, Wilde had been dead for two decades by then.

I'd say British, but only because I want to somehow link the wonderful novel that is the Picture of Dorian Gray to my heritage

[Mike the Progressive]

I don't know. I've always supported the idea that the Irish were independent and that they were able to stick it to the English.

Well it took them to 1922 to manage to stick it to the English, Wilde had been dead for two decades by then.

I'd say British, but only because I want to somehow link the wonderful novel that is the Picture of Dorian Gray to my heritage

Nah, he's considered an Irish author.

[Greater Koryo]

Well it took them to 1922 to manage to stick it to the English, Wilde had been dead for two decades by then.

I'd say British, but only because I want to somehow link the wonderful novel that is the Picture of Dorian Gray to my heritage

Nah, he's considered an Irish author.

In the sense that you consider a Scotsman a Brit, yes.

[Mike the Progressive]

Nah, he's considered an Irish author.

In the sense that you consider a Scotsman a Brit, yes.

I don't.

But back on topic.

Wilde, Swift, Dickens, Shakespeare, of course, Bryon, Shelley, Kipling, and the list can go on and on. I love English literature

[Holy Cheese and Shoes]

Slightly more modern : Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro (UK citizen )
Slightly more historic but still more modern than the those previously suggested: PG Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh for teh lulz about England
More Fantasy but it's a weakness: China Melville (The City and the CIty) and Michael Moorcock (although MM has a breadth of work that is everything from simple satire on fantasy tropes to more modern 'proper' literary works like Mother London)

[Itheus]

It's been a while since I checked on my post, but I want to thank everyone who responded. I'm glad that I'm able to have a great list of authors to check out when I go to the library.

[Agrall]

Christopher Marlowe, John Milton, Edmund Spenser, John Donne, Geoffrey Chaucer, Aphra Behn, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, H. G. Wells, Thomas Mallory, Daniel Defoe. The list is endless!

[Toiletdonia]

Read animal farm, which is by George Orwell.