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Must-read 19th century British fiction
Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
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"Jane! I've got a blow Jane..."
Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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We are all like Pip at some point....Dickens at his peak
Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics)Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray
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Scandal and snobbery, affairs and poverty, Thackeray has it all
The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics)The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics) by George Eliot
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Overwrought but powerful and passionate, my favourite Elliot
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
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Bronte No. 2 on the list - all the characters are horrible in some way or another but you're reeled in...
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman (Penguin Classics)Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hardy
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Tragic, beautiful, innocent Tess and the beauty of Wessex made palpable
Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics)Mansfield Park (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
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Often been said that Austen painted on a small canvas but her characters are exquisitely drawn
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
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Those terrible Bennets!
Bleak House (Penguin Classics)Bleak House (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Ambitious, mature, biting social commentary - wonderful late Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop: a Tale (Penguin Classics)The Old Curiosity Shop: a Tale (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Dickens No. 3 - Little Nell a bit soppy now but a wonderful arabesque of a novel