Home/The Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishHomeList · 100 itemsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm100 itemsUpdated 11 mesi faListThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in EnglishTheBookworm@TheBookworm100Items100 picks in “The Guardian: 100 best novels written in English”, curated by TheBookworm on TheLysts.See all 100 itemsFollow TheBookwormShareOpen in appThe listShowing 11–20 of 100Search these 100 itemsRankTableCardsThe Guardian: 100 best novels written in English — 10 itemsNameAuthorYearSynopsis11SybilBenjamin Disraeli1845The future prime minister displayed flashes of brilliance that equalled the greatest Victorian novelists.12Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë1847Charlotte Brontë’s erotic, gothic masterpiece became the sensation of Victorian England. Its great breakthrough was its intimate dialogue with the reader.13Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë1847Emily Brontë’s windswept masterpiece is notable not just for its wild beauty but for its daring reinvention of the novel form itself.14Vanity FairWilliam Thackeray1848William Thackeray’s masterpiece, set in Regency England, is a bravura performance by a writer at the top of his game.15David CopperfieldCharles Dickens1850David Copperfield marked the point at which Dickens became the great entertainer and also laid the foundations for his later, darker masterpieces.16The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne1850Nathaniel Hawthorne’s astounding book is full of intense symbolism and as haunting as anything by Edgar Allan Poe.17Moby-DickHerman Melville1851Wise, funny and gripping, Melville’s epic work continues to cast a long shadow over American literature.18Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll1865Lewis Carroll’s brilliant nonsense tale is one of the most influential and best loved in the English canon.19The MoonstoneWilkie Collins1868Wilkie Collins’s masterpiece, hailed by many as the greatest English detective novel, is a brilliant marriage of the sensational and the realistic.20Little WomenLouisa May Alcott1868-9Louisa May Alcott’s highly original tale aimed at a young female market has iconic status in America and never been out of print.90 more items in this listSign up free to see them all, with every column and every photograph.Sign up free1234NextServer-rendered — every page reachable without JavaScriptReport
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