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What fiction have British people been reading in the last hundred years? Who are the most popular authors, the most popular books and the most important genres? Such straightforward questions raise literary, cultural, social and intellectual responses which often require much detective work in... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Catherine Cookson: Add a description of this character.
- Agatha Christie
- Gould
- Edgar Wallace
- Stephen King
- Ian Fleming
- Barbara Cartland
- Flashman
- Jackie Collins
- W. H. Smith
- Marie Corelli
- John Grisham
- John Buchan
- Hall Caine
- Harry Potter
- Jane Austen
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- D. H. Lawrence
- Wheatley
- Tom Clancy
- Harold Robbins
- J. K. Rowling
- Ethel M. Dell
- Rushdie
- H. G. Wells
- Cornwell
- James Bond
- James Hadley Chase
- Wilbur Smith
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Terry Pratchett
- Michael Crichton
- Mudie
- Elinor Glyn
- Heyer
- Sax Rohmer
- Sidney Horler
- Sherlock Holmes
- Charles Garvice
- Priestley
- Le Queux
- Peter Cheyney
First Sentence edit
In the mid-nineteenth century it caused surprise and slight consternation, like being caught doing something a little embarrassing.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Clive Bloom (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.9109
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Eastern European
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Spanish
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › Women Writers
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › History of Books
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Books & Reading › Women Writers & Feminist Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Reference
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