Best books for english literature students
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For many who major in English, the four years it takes to get an undergraduate degree tend to fly by. After all, English majors love to read good books and study the beauty of the English language. Fortunately, reading doesn't end with the walk across the graduation stage, and there are plenty of masterful, must-read books that aren't commonly taught in English degree programs. Below, we've listed 30 must-read books to complement your English degree. All the Light We Cannot See is a modern day classic that hasn't yet made it onto the typical English course syllabus.
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To me, the detail of the Harry Potter universe and the engaging characters and storylines are works of genius. Hinton Goodreads Author 4? August 16, at am. Ejglish perhaps not the best written books when compared to other masterpieces on the list, it was a book that helped me through some dark times.Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions. Dante Alighieri. Though the trilogy englisg awarded first prize at the Dionysia festival of B. Virginia Woolf.
Hear what some of our previous students thought about their time at the ISC? Eastern European literature is tragically underrated. But have you read The Spanish TragedyFaust is the account of a bet between God and Mephistopheles for the soul of the titular character. Written as a play.Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Set on the eve of war, this neglected modernist masterpiece centres on a group of bright young revellers delayed by fog. Party Going by Henry Green. Contact Login.
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions, spin-offs and translations. Clarissa by Samuel Richardson Tom Jones by Henry Fielding Tom Jones is a classic English novel that captures the spirit of its age and whose famous characters have come to represent Augustan society in all its loquacious, turbulent, comic variety.
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Love and its sometimes dangerous and destructive power are explored among a number of other themes, including luck and tragedy. Masterfully weaving together several plotlines, the novel charts the fortunes of an interesting cast of characte. Roald Dahl. Threads collapsed expanded unthreaded!
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