Books tagged with 'british': 100

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Brideshead Revisited

by...Evelyn Waugh     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...alcoholism british classic college fiction homosexuality novel religion romance society
shelved by...ahauntedattic kren250 rychusfeminist
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'Worth reading, but...'

entry by...rychusfeminist     updated...Sep 14, '08     spoilers...none

Waugh allows his Catholicism to prevent him from writing a great book. The end feels forced and too didactic. Too bad, it was really enjoyable till the very end.

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entry by...kren250     updated...Jan 17, '07     spoilers...none

A young college student gets to know and love the Brideshead family: a rich, upper-class eccentric family. An interesting look at English society in the early to mid 1900s.

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Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7

by...J. K. Rowling     average rating...5.0 / 5
tags...british childrenslit fantasy fiction harrypotter pleasure
shelved by...guardedeyes i_heart_books kdb1224
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

by...Susanna Clarke     average rating...3.0 / 5
tags...british fantasy fiction pleasure
shelved by...guardedeyes
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)

by...Lewis Carroll     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...british childrenslit fiction pleasure
shelved by...guardedeyes
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A Tale of Two Cities

by...Charles Dickens, Frederick Busch     average rating...4.2 / 5
tags...british classic classical_fiction classics dickens england fiction france frenchrevolution historical historicalfiction lit victorian
shelved by...alma_spier cmays87 cverge drneevil guardedeyes jillianm LittleLotte815 readread thejulester yucaipa3
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'Two Snippets from AToTC'

entry by...jillianm     updated...Jul 04, '06     spoilers...none

"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss, and, in their struggles to be truly free, in their triumphs and defeats, through long long to come, I see the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out."

"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

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entry by...alma_spier     updated...Jan 01, '08     spoilers...n/a

A heartbreaking book. . .

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''Tis a far, far better thing...'

entry by...LittleLotte815     updated...Apr 13, '07     spoilers...n/a

I guessed the ending of this book by reading the back cover, but I was still moved by this book. Wonderful. Classic Dickens.

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'A Tale of Two Cities Review'

entry by...drneevil     updated...Jul 28, '07     spoilers...minor

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...."
"It is a far, far, better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known."

REVIEW
I really didn't enjoy this book. It had me in tears in places, and its the gloomiest outlook on life EVER!
This was one of the bleakes of the Dickens books - no funny names, no quirky characters, just the tragedy that played out in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.

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Great Expectations

by...Charles Dickens     average rating...3.0 / 5
tags...british fiction
shelved by...alma_spier elishapisha guardedeyes wvrunna221
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entry by...alma_spier     updated...Jan 02, '08     spoilers...n/a

This book was just as good as I would expect from Dickens. I must reread it when I get a chance!

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entry by...elishapisha     updated...Mar 05, '08     spoilers...n/a

Great disappointment.

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The Hobbit

by...J. R. R. Tolkien     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...british fantasy fiction pleasure
shelved by...guardedeyes
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The Lord of the Rings

by...J. R. R Tolkien     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...british fantasy fiction pleasure
shelved by...guardedeyes
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Oscar Wilde: Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry)

by...Oscar Wilde     average rating...none
tags...british poetry
shelved by...guardedeyes
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions)

by...Oscar Wilde     average rating...4.0 / 5
tags...british fiction university
shelved by...guardedeyes
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