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Pride and Prejudice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1235 times as british)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,712,745 ratings — published 1813
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 993 times as british)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,288,528 ratings — published 1847
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 981 times as british)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,216,178 ratings — published 1997
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 915 times as british)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,994,104 ratings — published 1847
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 867 times as british)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,333,823 ratings — published 1949
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 798 times as british)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,443,574 ratings — published 1945
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 779 times as british)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,750,782 ratings — published 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 778 times as british)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,412,785 ratings — published 1998
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 736 times as british)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,125,714 ratings — published 2000
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 700 times as british)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,606,562 ratings — published 2005
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 699 times as british)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,280,671 ratings — published 1811
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 699 times as british)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,055,701 ratings — published 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 697 times as british)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,738,906 ratings — published 2003
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 669 times as british)
avg rating 4.05 — 966,721 ratings — published 1815
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 661 times as british)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,810,648 ratings — published 1818
Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 650 times as british)
avg rating 4.15 — 764,111 ratings — published 1817
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 632 times as british)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,396,801 ratings — published 1937
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 618 times as british)
avg rating 3.80 — 865,099 ratings — published 1861
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 595 times as british)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,827,627 ratings — published 1890
Brave New World (Paperback)
by (shelved 588 times as british)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,045,247 ratings — published 1932
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 580 times as british)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,033,353 ratings — published 1601
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 577 times as british)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,154,113 ratings — published 1954
Mrs. Dalloway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 564 times as british)
avg rating 3.78 — 349,137 ratings — published 1925
Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 564 times as british)
avg rating 3.74 — 2,792,365 ratings — published 1590
Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 562 times as british)
avg rating 3.85 — 833,371 ratings — published 2005
The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 549 times as british)
avg rating 4.14 — 351,631 ratings — published 1989
And Then There Were None (Paperback)
by (shelved 537 times as british)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,576,766 ratings — published 1939
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 534 times as british)
avg rating 4.09 — 904,570 ratings — published 1843
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 522 times as british)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,003,863 ratings — published 1859
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 509 times as british)
avg rating 3.85 — 446,204 ratings — published 1817
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 495 times as british)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,991,125 ratings — published 1979
Macbeth (Paperback)
by (shelved 489 times as british)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,004,575 ratings — published 1623
Mansfield Park (Paperback)
by (shelved 480 times as british)
avg rating 3.86 — 375,842 ratings — published 1814
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 451 times as british)
avg rating 4.20 — 715,925 ratings — published 1934
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 450 times as british)
avg rating 4.25 — 712,666 ratings — published 1938
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
by (shelved 450 times as british)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,096,154 ratings — published 1954
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 427 times as british)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,581,967 ratings — published 2003
Atonement (Paperback)
by (shelved 421 times as british)
avg rating 3.95 — 557,898 ratings — published 2001
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 416 times as british)
avg rating 3.81 — 211,087 ratings — published 1927
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 414 times as british)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,101,207 ratings — published 1950
Middlemarch (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 390 times as british)
avg rating 4.03 — 177,128 ratings — published 1872
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 387 times as british)
avg rating 3.88 — 423,465 ratings — published 1838
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 381 times as british)
avg rating 4.00 — 761,087 ratings — published 1962
David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 375 times as british)
avg rating 4.04 — 255,892 ratings — published 1850
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 369 times as british)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,278,519 ratings — published 1911
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 366 times as british)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,243,054 ratings — published 2015
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 364 times as british)
avg rating 3.43 — 551,826 ratings — published 1899
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as british)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,103,344 ratings — published 1954
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 358 times as british)
avg rating 3.94 — 573,118 ratings — published 1595
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
by (shelved 345 times as british)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,021,497 ratings — published 1955
“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis—as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such. While the more generous spirits among the tribesmen become convulsed in an ecstasy of religious bloodthirstiness, poorer and more material souls derive additional impulses from the influence of others, the hopes of plunder and the joy of fighting. Thus whole nations are roused to arms. Thus the Turks repel their enemies, the Arabs of the Soudan break the British squares, and the rising on the Indian frontier spreads far and wide. In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace.”
― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
― The Story of the Malakand Field Force
“I can smell the smoke now. I can see tendrils of it comin' up between the cracks in the shrikin' floorboards. There she is, calmly taking down the framed examples of fine embroideries, samplers, and needlework from teh hallway wall and tucking them under her arm.
"Mistress! Come on! You've got to leave!"
She calmly turns and faces me. "Why?" she asks. "The British are coming?"
"Only one, Mistress," I say”
― Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
"Mistress! Come on! You've got to leave!"
She calmly turns and faces me. "Why?" she asks. "The British are coming?"
"Only one, Mistress," I say”
― Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady
