Books from United Kingdom
244 popular british books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from United Kingdom.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Hungry Hill by Daphne Du maurier EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The story of a deadly curse that afflicted an Irish family for a hundred years. "I tell you your mine will be in ruins and your home destroyed and your children forgotten . . . but this hill will be standing still to confound you." So curses Morty Donovan when Copper John Brodrick builds his mine at Hungry Hill. The Brodricks of Clonmere gain great wealth by harnessing the power of Hungry Hill and extracting the treasure it holds. The Donovans, the original owners of Clonmere Castle, resent the Brodricks' success, and consider the great house and its surrounding land theirs by rights. For gene... continue
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Igualtat de ritus by Terry Pratchett CA
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Catalan version of Equal Rites.
A funny story of a little girl that became a powerful wizard by mistake.
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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
In nine stories imbued with the sensual details of Indian culture, Lahiri charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations.
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Iubita locotenentului francez by John Fowles RO
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Plasata in jurul anului 1867, actiunea romanului pune in cumpana libertatea viziunii de la sfirsitul anilor ’60 ai secolului al XX-lea cu atitudinile severe ale perioadei victoriene din urma cu o suta de ani. Romanul evoca in chip convingator atmosfera acelor „certitudini de fier”, a conventiilor rigide, a emotiilor reprimate, reactualizind unele modalitati caracteristice ale naratiunii victoriene. De fapt, succesul la public a fost explicat si prin dexteritatea cu care Fowles minuieste o intriga intru totul conventionala: triunghiul alcatuit din Charles, logodnica lui, suava... continue
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë RO
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and dark secrets, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is edited with an introduction and notes by Stevie Davis in Penguin Classics.
Charlotte Brontë tells the story of orphaned Jane Eyre, who grows up in the home of her heartless aunt, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit - which prove necessary when she finds employment as a governess to the young ward of Byronic, brooding Mr Rochester. As her feelings for Rochester develop, Jane gradually uncovers Thornfield Hal... continue
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King Lear by William Shakespeare EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
"Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which an English king foolishly splits his kingdom between the two daughters plotting his doom and disinherits his favorite for speaking out against him." --
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Kriegsklingen by Joe Abercrombie DE
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
Dies ist die atemberaubende Geschichte von Logen, dem Barbarenkrieger, der eigentlich nur seine Ruhe haben will – wenn er nicht ständig um sein Leben kämpfen müsste. Und die Geschichte von Großinquisitor Glokta, der eigentlich durch nichts zu erschüttern ist – bis er auf eine lebende Legende trifft, die in seiner Stadt eine magische Intrige spinnt, und die das ganze Reich zu erschüttern droht …
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Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon EN
Country: Europe / United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
The flaxen-haired beauty of the child-like Lady Audley would suggest that she has no secrets. But M.E. Braddon's classic novel of sensation uncovers the truth about its heroine in a plot involving bigamy, arson and murder. It challenges assumptions about the nature of femininity and investigates the narrow divide between sanity and insanity, using as its focus one of the most fascinating of all Victorian heroines.