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A Sort List of the Best Victorian Reads
The Woman in White (Oxford World's Classics)The Woman in White (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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The Woman in White did not start sensation fiction but is one of the first and best known. A stunningly constructed novel of epic proportions and effect. Chilling too!
Little Dorrit (Oxford World's Classics)Little Dorrit (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Little Dorrit is my favourite of all Dickens's great works. Often criticised for its complex plotting, this novel explores the social and mental prisons that affect us all at some point. Timeless
Jane Eyre (Oxford World's Classics)Jane Eyre (Oxford World's Classics) by Charlotte Brontë
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One of the best known of all Victorian novels, Jane Eyre delights witrh every turned page. Love, duty, respect, honour... it is all here. Look for Gilbert and Gubar's 'Madwoman in the attic' scenario
Selected Poems (Classics)Selected Poems (Classics) by Alfred Tennyson
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Tennyson truly deserved is position as Poet Laureate; this selection is definitive including a wide range of favourites and unknowns. One of the best poets ever for imagery and psychology
Dracula (Oxford World's Classics)Dracula (Oxford World's Classics) by Bram Stoker
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Everybody has to read Dracula before they die; no matter how many films you have seen you must read this for the full effect of Stoker's genius
Mary Barton (Oxford World's Classics)Mary Barton (Oxford World's Classics) by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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Mary Barton is one of the most enlightening industrial novels written nd embodies the search for the working-class voice in the period
A Tale of Two Cities (Oxford World's Classics)A Tale of Two Cities (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Another Dickens masterpiece. Not as good as Little Dorrit but a prince among Kings in Victorian lit
Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics)Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
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Don't look for reviews of this book. Don't take any advice, just read it and see for yourself. Masterful and delightful
Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics) by Herman Melville
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Moby Dick is a challenge and tedious at times, but its long-lasting status cannot be forgotten. Entertaining if you like description
The Dead Secret (Oxford World's Classics)The Dead Secret (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins
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Another Collins gem, a little pricey for its page count but well worth reading. Engulf yourself