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Top 10 English Novels

1-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby is a best-selling and most famous fictional novel written by a well-known American short story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was first published in 1925 and highlights the thinking and the lifestyle of the people living in the Jazz age. The Great Gatsby revolves around the mysterious millionaire and young handsome guy "Jay Gatsby" and his remarkable obsession and passion for the young beautiful "Daisy Buchanan.

2-Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four is regarded as the second best-selling and most famous novel, written by a great and very famous English novelist George Orwell. This great dystopian novel was first published in 1949, the story of the novel takes place in "Airstrip One" and represents the world of omnipresent government surveillance and perpetual war which is dictated by 'euphemistically', a political system named "English socialism", it is a classic literary political fiction.

3-Ulysses by James Joyce

Ulysses by James Joyce

Ulysses comes on the number three in the list of the best-selling and most famous English novels, written by a great and well-known Irish writer James Joyce. This great novel was firstly published in the famous American Journal "The Little Review" in parts from 1918 to 1920 and it is regarded as one of the greatest works of the modernist literature, known as "summation And demonstration of the entire movement", it is divided into 18 episodes and consists of 265,000 words.

4-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita is considered fourth best-selling and most famous fictional novel written by a well-known Russian-American writer and novelist Vladimir Nabokov. This notable novel was published in Paris in 1955, its controversial subject the unreliable narrator and protagonist have made it a unique novel. The the story of Lolita revolves around a thirty-seven years old literature professor named Humbert Humbert, who is sexually involved in twelve years old Dolores Haze.

5-The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings is regarded as the second best-selling and most famous novel written by a great and very famous English novelist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. This great novel was first published in parts between 1937 and 1949, its more than 150 million copies are sold till now. The story of The Lord of the Rings revolves around the main antagonist, the "Dark Lord Sauron" who created "One Ring" at an earlier age and used it as a weapon to get supremacy on all Middle-earth.

6-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights comes on the number six in the list of the best-selling and most famous English novels, written by a great and well-known female writer Emily Bronte. This great novel was published for the first time in 1847 and its edited version was published in 1850, it is regarded as a part of classical English literature. Wuthering Heights was considered a controversial novel because it challenged the strict Victorian ideals such as fake morality and religious hypocrisy.

7-Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is regarded as the seventh best-selling and most famous novel, written by a great and very famous female English novelist George Eliot. This great novel was published for the first time in 1871 in eight volumes, its story takes place in a fictitious place "Midlands", the town of Middlemarch. Middlemarch basically comprises various stories and a great number of characters, hypocrisy, idealism, status of women, religion and education are its main themes.

8-Emma by Jane Austen

Emma by Jane Austen

Emma comes on the number eight in the list of the best-selling and most famous English novels written by great and well-known female English novelist Jane Austen. This great novel was published for the first time in 1815 and it is about youthful perils and haughtiness of misconstrued romance. Like other Jane Austen's novels, Emma also highlights the problems and issues of Georgian-Regency England's genteel women and the story revolve around young, beautiful, clever, spoiled and rich girl Emma.

9-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice comes on the number nine in the list of the best-selling and most famous English novels written by a great and well-known female English novelist Jane Austen. This interesting novel firstly published in 1813 and the story revolves around the main character "Elizabeth Bennet". Pride and Prejudice deals with the major issues of young girls of early 19th century of middle-class family such as education, marriage, manners and morality.

10-The History Of Love by Nicole Kraus

The History Of Love by Nicole Kraus

The History Of Love comes on the number ten in the list of the most influential and famous novels of this modern age, it is written by Nicole Kraus. This novel is basically included in the list of those novels which are most loved and read. The History Of Love describes a beautiful love story of Leo Gursky and a fourteen years old courageous girl named Alma. After reading this beautiful love story, you will never forget it and both these characters will remain on the front of your mind.


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