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George Bernard Shaw
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Adeline Virginia Woolf
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James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
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Thomas Stearns Eliot
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J. R. R. Tolkien
He was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. -
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George Orwell
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Graham Greene
Graham Greene, OM, CH (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene was notable for his ability to combine serious literary acclaim with widespread popularity. -
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Ian Lancaster Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author and journalist. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling Bond's adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. -
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William Golding
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Eric Mottram
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"1984" by George Orwell
A classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. -
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Angry Young Men
A group of male British writers who created visceral plays and fiction at odds with the political establishment and a self-satisfied middle class. John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger (1957) is one of the seminal works of this movement. -
"Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett
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"The Lord of the Rings" by Tolkien
he enduring popularity of The Lord of the Rings has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien's works and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works. The Lord of the Rings has inspired, and continues to inspire, artwork, music, films and television, video games, and subsequent literature. Award-winning adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made for radio, theatre, and film. -
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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Kitchen sink realism
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"The Quiet American" by G. Greene
The Quiet American is one of Greene's later books, published in 1955, and draws on his experiences as a SIS agent spying for Britain in World War II in Sierra Leone in the early 1940s and on winters spent from 1951 to 1954 in Saigon reporting on the French colonial war for The Times and Le Figaro. He was apparently inspired to write The Quiet American in October 1951 while driving back to Saigon from the Ben Tre province. He was accompanied by an American aid worker who lectured him about findin -
"Look back in Anger " by John Osborne
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"Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming
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British Poetry Revival
The British Poetry Revival is the general name given to a loose poetic movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The revival was a modernist-inspired reaction to the Movement's more conservative approach to British poetry. -
The Mersey Beat poets (Liverpool poets)
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Liverpool poets
Liverpool Poets refers to a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, heavily influenced by 1950s Beat poetry. They were involved in the 1960s Liverpool scene, that gave rise to The Beatles, during a time when the city was termed by US beat poet Allen Ginsberg, "the centre of the consciousness of the human universe". Many of their poems were written in protest against the established social order and, particularly, the threat of nuclear war. -
"A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
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British Poetry Revival
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Martian poetry
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Joanne Murray
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Martian poetry
Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine and Christopher Reid. The term Martianism has also been applied more widely to include fiction as well as to poetry. -
"The Colour of Magic" by Terry Pratchett
Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle,Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and William Shakespeare, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with current cultural, political and sci -
"Money: A Suicide Note" by Martin Amis
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"The Remains of the Day" by Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day (1989) is the third published novel by Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro. The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It won the Booker Prize in 1989 for Best Fiction, and was later adapted into an Academy-Award nominated film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. The novel ranks in the Sunday Times list of 100 greatest novels. -
"The Beach" by Alex Garland
Influenced by such literary works as Heart of Darkness and Lord of the Flies, it describes the adventures of a young Englishman in search of and on a legendary, idyllic beach untouched by tourism. -
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" By Rowling
Since the 1997 release of the first novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States, the books have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide. As of June 2008, the book series has sold more than 400 million copies and has been translated into 67 languages and the last four books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history. -
Poet Laureate of the United KIngdom
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The Scots Makar
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National Poet of Wales
