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A Listmania! list by Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK)
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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
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  "This has just been reissued by Penguin & is most welcome!"
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Crome Yellow
2.  Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
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  "Probably the best book of Huxley's to read first...."
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics)
3.  Keep the Aspidistra Flying (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
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  "Orwell's most enjoyable, if not greatest, novel..."
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The Rainbow (Penguin Modern Classics)
4.  The Rainbow (Penguin Modern Classics) by D. H. Lawrence
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  "Fascist-associations & accusations apart, this is an extremely strong work that advances on similar territory from Thomas Hardy...."
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Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics)
5.  Jude the Obscure (Penguin Classics) by HARDY
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  "Hardy's bleakest work and his final novel"
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I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics)
6.  I Capture The Castle (Vintage Classics) by Dodie Smith
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  "Dodie Smith's charming novel - full of life and love & filmed quite wonderfully a few years ago..."
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Brighton Rock
7.  Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
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  "Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt- every jammy Stressworth poet..."
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The French Lieutenant's Woman (Vintage Classics)
8.  The French Lieutenant's Woman (Vintage Classics) by John Fowles
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  "The location is Dorset and the timeframe is the 19th from the 20th Century..."
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Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin)
9.  Lucky Jim (Essential Penguin) by Kingsley Amis
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  "Funny and perfect..."
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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
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  "An omnibus of lost cult novels from the writer of Christy Malry's Own Double-Entry..."
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Swallows And Amazons
11.  Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome
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  "I like this, though nostalgia is an enemy- especially when you get nostalgic for things that never occurred (see Homer Simpson & 'Happy Days'!)"
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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...."
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Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics)
13.  Howards End (Penguin Modern Classics) by E. M. Forster
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  ""...only connect...""
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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
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  "The definitive English ghost-stories- here lies a nice collection..."
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Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin)
15.  Goodbye to All That (Essential Penguin) by Robert Graves
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  "English-life remembered just before leaving for Majorca..."
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To The Lighthouse (Vintage Classics)
16.  To The Lighthouse (Vintage Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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  "Poetic memories converge- see also 'The Waves'"
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Billy Liar
17.  Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
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  "Northern-Britain, mid-late 20th Century...."
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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"-"
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A Glastonbury Romance
19.  A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys
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  "A slab of English-magic...."
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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
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  "Idyllic summer-fun and an antidote to bleak novels..."
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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
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  "Waugh's best known novel...."
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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)"
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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..."
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The Remains of the Day
24.  The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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  "The definitive English-novel written by a Japanese male who enrolled on the famous writing course in East Anglia..."
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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..."
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