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Graham Greene
He was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. He was a Catholic novelist. Some of his novels include: The Power and the Glory, The End of the Affair, The Quiet American,Our Man in Havana. -
John Betjeman
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Sir John Betjeman
He became Poet Laureate in 1972; Mount Zion (1932),New Bats In Old Belfries (1945),High and Low (1966). He appeals to a very wide public and manages to voice the thoughts and aspirations of many ordinary people while retaining the respect of many of his fellow poets. -
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William Golding
He was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. -
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Roald Dahl
He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. Some of his better-known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches -
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Alistair MacLean
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote thrillers and adventure stories, the best known of which are The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films. -
Philip Larkin
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Philip Larkin
He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century. Some of his works include
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Ted Hughes
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Ted Hughes
Hughes was an English poet and children's writer. Critics rank him as one of the best poets of his generation.Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death."Crow", "Wolfwatching", "Birthday Letters" -
Salman Rushdie
He is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved notability with his second novel, Midnight's Children, which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. -
Terry Pratchett
He is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. -
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Angry Young Men
These "angry young men" were a group of British male writers. They created plays and fictional works which illustrated dissatisfaction with their government and the smug middle class. One of the most prominent works in this movement was John Osborne's play, Look Back in Anger (written in 1957). -
James Bond 007
Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
Dr. No,
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Waiting for Godot
A play by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 – 1989) who was an Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet, writing in English and French. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture. -
Lord of the Flies
by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding -
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ishiguro is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors in the English speaking world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, including winning the 1989 prize for his novel The Remains of the Day. In 2008, The Times named Ishiguro among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" -
The Quiet American
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Angry Young Men
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Kitchen Sink Realism
Kitchen sink realism is a term to describe a British cultural movement which developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in theatre, art, novels, film and television plays, whose 'heroes' usually could be described as angry young men. -
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The British Poetry Revival
The British Poetry Revival is the general name given to a loose poetic movement in Britain that took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The revival was a modernist-inspired reaction to the Movement's more conservative approach to British poetry. -
The Golden Notebook
"The Golden Notebook" is a novel by British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. -
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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J.K.Rowling
She is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, and been the basis for a popular series of films. -
The French Lieutenant's Woman
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Martian poetry
Martian poetry was a minor movement in British poetry in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Poets most closely associated with it are Craig Raine and Christopher Reid. The term Martianism has also been applied more widely to include fiction as well as to poetry -
The Eagle Has Landed
War novel by Jack Higgins -
The Pillars of the Earth
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High Fidelity
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The Horse Whisperer
Nicholas Evans -
1st Harry Potter book
J.K.Rowling "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" -
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Amsterdam
"Amsterdam" is a 1998 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. It is a morality tale revolving around a newspaper editor and a composer. McEwan was awarded the Booker Prize for the novel. -
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
