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Hi guys! Can anyone recommend some books with beautiful prose? I'd like to improve my writing as English is not my first language... I really enjoyed the writing in "The Great Gatsby" and "The Bell Jar" for example.

Pride and Predjudice

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The shadow of the wind is written beautifully.

Hi Anna, 2 books I've read recently which I thought beautifully written were Hotel du Lac and The Sunlit Night. (I loved The Great Gatsby too. :-))

Hi Anna, not sure what your reading taste is, but two of the most beautifully written books I have recently read are: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov and Just Kids by Patti Smith. Hope this help :)

Tigana by Guy Gabriel Kay

Just One Day is beautifully written, I could quote passages from it.

Thanks for all your recommendations! I'll definitely check them out :)

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News of the World by Paulette Jiles is beautifully written. The author is a poet and her writing is vivid and evocative, without being wordy. At 209 pages it's an easy read. (And it's a wonderful story! :))

One book which really stood out for me was The Goldfinch. Donna Tartt is a masterful writer with not only an absolute command of the English language, but with the most amazing ability to appeal to every sense through the medium of words.

Two books whose prose I adore are The Final Solution by Michael Chabon (it’s short, a novella really) and Dear Mr. You by Mary Louise Parker. Both of them share a quality of eloquence without excess—every word the right word, every word in its place.

I'm currently reading A Gentleman in Moscow and the writing is wonderful. Enjoying it so much more than I'd expected; there's nothing wrong with the story, but the writing is the thing that is making me just love it.

Anna: Maria McCann's As Meat Loves Salt is written in a wonderful way, but the language is moulded on 17th century English so it may not be the right thing to use to improve your written language. Anyway, I'd highly recommend it for the amazing story too.
James Purdy's prose is also incredibly rich and layered. And Graham Greene is also great.

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I never set out for beautifully written, but my reviewers thought so. This is a true story for the emotionally strong.

So grateful for the kind Amazon reviews in my first two weeks with this book.

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Some of these are classics, and while I agree that they're beautifully written, the language is also quite archaic. For something modern, I would suggest maybe Conclave by Robert Harris. It had a really ethereal feeling to the whole thing, and is really exciting too, which is always a plus!

Well I'd say that any Daphne du Maurier book would fit that requirement and although her books are now classed as 'classics' , they aren't "archaic" in language.

Gary wrote: "Pride and Predjudice"


Except that all Jane Austen books are written in the language of the 18th/early 19th century.

Life of Pi has beautiful lyrical prose

'Stoner' by John Williams, is achingly beautiful.

'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' really brings a Greek Island during ww2, and all its inhabitants, to vibrant life.

'Alias Grace' and/or 'Cat's Eye' by Margaret Atwood (In fact, almost anything by Margaret Atwood!) - I've always found her writing affecting - she weaves words beautifully.

John Crowley's Little, Big. His new one Ka Dar Oakley is also gorgeous. Ali Smith's novels are quite beautiful.

Hi Anna,
If you enjoy reading interracial romance, Black Ink, White Paper is a beautifully written contemporary steamy romance that will leave you feeling all cheesy and mushed up. Kindly check it out https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Jack Dawkins by Charlton Daines is one of my favourite books for well written prose.

‘Jane Eyre’ is beautifully written.

The Full Brontë.

‘Whilst Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ has reimagined Emily Brontë's classic story on screen for the Instagram generation ‘with a heavy dose of carnality and chic stylization’, it is her sister’s novel ‘Jane Eyre’ that has given this reader a fuller measure of enjoyment…’

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I love 'Jane Eyre' too. Cathy and Heathcliff are too frustrating for 'Wuthering Heights' to be a favourite of mine.

all of Ali Smith's novels.

Liz wrote: "I love 'Jane Eyre' too. Cathy and Heathcliff are too frustrating for 'Wuthering Heights' to be a favourite of mine."

Have you seen the musical with Cliff Richard as Heathcliff? It's an amazing rendition!