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Favourite reads for a wet half term holiday
Winter SolsticeWinter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
Scottish scenery, wonderful descriptive prose and a fine romance - what more can you ask for?
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.05
Quite simply - the best novel ever written
Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte
Buy used from: £1.24
I first read this aged 14, and nearly 30 years later it remains as fresh as ever
The Glass LakeThe Glass Lake by Maeve Binchy
Buy used from: £0.01
Another one of my favourites - it doesn't matter how many times I read it, it always moves me to tears
The Eustace Diamonds (Penguin Classics)The Eustace Diamonds (Penguin Classics) by Anthony Trollope
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.41
This lasted me a 12 hour flight and two days of a wet holiday - wickedly engrossing
Someone Like YouSomeone Like You by Cathy Kelly
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01
Escapist fiction at its best
"Othello" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series)"Othello" (Arden Shakespeare.Third Series) by William Shakespeare
Buy new: £8.08 / Used from: £1.34
One of Shakespeare's best plays
Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to PunctuationEats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
Buy used from: £0.01
Amusing and unputdownable
Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics)Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen
Buy used from: £0.48
Another favourite
The Murder RoomThe Murder Room by P D James
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01
The Queen of Crime
Old SinsOld Sins by Penny Vincenzi
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One of many from this author - all of which are unputdownable
The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj quartet)The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj quartet) by Paul Scott
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01
The first of The Raj Quartet - all brilliant and full of detail missed from the tv series
A Suitable BoyA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01
Jane Austen for the 20th century set in India - a massive novel
PandoraPandora by Jilly Cooper
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £0.01
The most recent RCB novel - Jilly never loses her touch
The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper))The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Once you get your head around the language - witty and engrossing and enjoyable