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List: 100 Novels Everyone Should Read by Telegraph

Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis

4.0 (4)

"They made a silly mistake, though," the Professor of History said, and his smile, as Dixon watched, gradually sank beneath the surface of his features at the memory.

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

Italo Calvino

4.4 (5)

You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, <i>If on a winter's night a traveler.</i>Stai per cominciare a leggere il nuovo romanzo Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore di Italo Calvino.

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Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

4.08 (12)

Okonkwo was well-known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honour to his village by throwing Amalinze the Cat.

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The Leopard

The Leopard

Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

3.33 (3)

'<i>Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.</i>'

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Muriel Spark

3.8 (5)

The boys, as they talked to the girls from Marcia Blaine School, stood on the far side of their bicycles holding the handlebars, which established a protective fence of bicycle between the sexes, and the impression that at any moment, the boys were likely to be away.

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The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

Murasaki Shikibu

4.0 (4)

In a certain reign (whose can it have been?) someone of no very great rank, among all His Magesty's Consorts and Intimates, enjoyed exceptional favor.

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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

4.56 (36)

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

3.4 (5)

The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn't dropped dead at Taunton races Jim would never have come to Thursgood's at all.

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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

3.47 (17)

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

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Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady

Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady

Samuel Richardson

4.0 (4)

I am extremely concerned, my dearest friend, for the disturbances that have happened in your family.

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