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by D.H. Lawrence
This novel follows three generations of a family in rapidly changing England. One of the Modern Library’s 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
A daring, sensual novel by the author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover and other modern classics, The Rainbow was banned in England for years, and is now considered one of the greatest works of 20th century literature. -
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by Thomas Hardy
The great Victorian novel of love, ambition, and shattered illusions set in Hardy’s beloved, fictional English village of Egdon Heath.
One of Thomas Hardy’s most beloved novels, The Return of the Native brilliantly evokes the dangerous allure of romantic fantasies. Rich in mythological allusions yet grounded in the hard realities of nineteenth-century village life, it is one of the most heartbreaking tragedies ever told. -
by Edgar Wallace
A notorious assassin returns to London to avenge the death of his sister in this classic crime thriller.
The basis for no less than five European films, this suspenseful British novel comes from one the early 20th century’s most popular writers of crime fiction. -
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by Nalo Hopkinson
With unapologetically sensual prose, Nalo Hopkinson, the Nebula Award–winning author of Midnight Robber, explores slavery through the lives of three historical women touched by a goddess in this “electrifying bravura performance by one of our most important writers” (Junot Díaz). -
