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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
(No. 1 Hall OF FAME REVIEWER)   
 
Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics)
1.  Hangover Square: A Story of Darkest Earl's Court (Penguin Modern Classics) by Patrick Hamilton
The list author says:
  "This has just been reissued by Penguin & is most welcome!"
£6.79   Used & New from: £3.35
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

Crome Yellow
2.  Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
The list author says:
  "Probably the best book of Huxley's to read first...."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
The list author says:
  "Orwell's most enjoyable, if not greatest, novel..."
£6.99   Used & New from: £2.28
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

The Rainbow (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  The Rainbow (Penguin Modern Classics) by D. H. Lawrence
The list author says:
  "Fascist-associations & accusations apart, this is an extremely strong work that advances on similar territory from Thomas Hardy...."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics)
5.  Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by HARDY
The list author says:
  "Hardy's bleakest work and his final novel"
£4.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics)
6.  I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
The list author says:
  "Dodie Smith's charming novel - full of life and love & filmed quite wonderfully a few years ago..."
£5.17   Used & New from: £0.74
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)

Brighton Rock
7.  Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
The list author says:
  "Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt- every jammy Stressworth poet..."
£4.90   Used & New from: £1.05
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (116 customer reviews)

The French Lieutenant's Woman (Vintage Classics)
8.  The French Lieutenant's Woman (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
The list author says:
  "The location is Dorset and the timeframe is the 19th from the 20th Century..."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin)
9.  Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin) by Kingsley Amis
The list author says:
  "Funny and perfect..."
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4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Omnibus: Albert Angelo, House Mother Normal & Trawl (3 titles)
10.  Omnibus: Albert Angelo, House Mother Normal & Trawl (3 titles) by B.S. Johnson
The list author says:
  "An omnibus of lost cult novels from the writer of Christy Malry's Own Double-Entry..."
£14.44   Used & New from: £7.85
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Swallows And Amazons
11.  Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome
The list author says:
  "I like this, though nostalgia is an enemy- especially when you get nostalgic for things that never occurred (see Homer Simpson & 'Happy Days'!)"
£5.49   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics)
12.  The Magic Toyshop (Virago Modern Classics) by Angela Carter
The list author says:
  "Strange coming of age novel from the always interesting Angela Carter...."
£4.47   Used & New from: £0.01
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
The list author says:
  ""...only connect...""
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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The Haunted Doll's House: and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
14.  The Haunted Doll's House: and Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) by M. R. James
The list author says:
  "The definitive English ghost-stories- here lies a nice collection..."
Used & New from: £0.43

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Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin)
15.  Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin) by Robert Graves
The list author says:
  "English-life remembered just before leaving for Majorca..."
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4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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To The Lighthouse (Vintage Classics)
16.  To The Lighthouse (Vintage Classics) by Virginia Woolf
The list author says:
  "Poetic memories converge- see also 'The Waves'"
£3.91   Used & New from: £0.01
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Billy Liar
17.  Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
The list author says:
  "Northern-Britain, mid-late 20th Century...."
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4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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David Copperfield: The Personal History of David Copperfield (Penguin Classics)
18.  David Copperfield: The Personal History of David Copperfield (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
The list author says:
  "This and 'Against Nature' are placed in I's bag in "Withnail & I"-"
£5.99   Used & New from: £2.97
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

A Glastonbury Romance
19.  A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys
The list author says:
  "A slab of English-magic...."
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4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Penguin Classics)
20.  Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Penguin Classics) by Jerome K. Jerome
The list author says:
  "Idyllic summer-fun and an antidote to bleak novels..."
£4.89   Used & New from: £0.34
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
21.  Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
The list author says:
  "Waugh's best known novel...."
£6.79   Used & New from: £0.01
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)

Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves
22.  Jeeves and Wooster Omnibus: The Mating Season; the Code of the Woosters; Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
The list author says:
  "This omnibus edition just edged out 'Cold Comfort Farm' (a sequel-list will follow at a later date)"
Used & New from: £3.20
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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A Month in the Country (Penguin Modern Classics)
23.  A Month in the Country (Penguin Modern Classics) by J. Carr
The list author says:
  "Sublime novella, World War I lurks around the English-joys therein..."
£5.59   Used & New from: £1.61
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

The Remains of the Day
24.  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
The list author says:
  "The definitive English-novel written by a Japanese male who enrolled on the famous writing course in East Anglia..."
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4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion

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A Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Modern Classics)
25.  A Kestrel for a Knave (Penguin Modern Classics) by Barry Hines
The list author says:
  "Another perfect English-novel with a great cover- Ken Loach's film-adaptation is as great..."
£6.29   Used & New from: £0.41
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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