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British Literature picks
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Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Vintage Classics) by Jane Austen
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Jane Austen is a little difficult to get through sometimes, but so far Pride and Prejudice has been the easiest for me to get through. It's one of those books when, after finishing it, you look back and like it a lot more than when you were actually reading it. This goes for most of Austen's work.
A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Dickens paints the most detailed and exquisite scenes with his use of words. I appreciated it much more during my second read through.
Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton
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Unfortunatly, I was the only one in my English class that really enjoyed this book, so I'm not sure if I should recommend. Well, I will anyways because I did like it. Milton takes the Biblical story of the creation of Adam and Even and turns it into a great work of semi-fiction. I never thought I would ever feel sympathy towards Satan, even if it is fiction, ahaha.
Frankenstein (Penguin Classics)Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) by Mary Shelley
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I'm not big on the romantic era of literature with Colridge and Blake and what not, but I really did enjoy Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Shelley balances some very fine lines in this chilling novel, such as those between passion and obsession, natural and unnatural, being shaped by experience and one's nature, etc. I'd recommend reading it after Paradise Lost.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford School Shakespeare)A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oxford School Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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No British Literature list would be complete without some Shakespeare! Midsummer in particular is a favorite of mine just because it is the epitome of a well written story: funny, imaginative, clever and still teaches the reader a relavent lesson in the midst of unrealistic situations.
Hamlet (Oxford School Shakespeare)Hamlet (Oxford School Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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"To be or not to be, that is the question." Of course, the real question stands as "crazy or not crazy." I'll always side with not crazy, but you should read it to determine for yourself!