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Some British Novels 1950-Present

Why not pick one of these to get you started on our coverage of contemporary British novels? To find more, use the British Novel search also included on this shelf, or the Advanced Searches functionality.

Articles
Banks, Iain. The Wasp Factory. 1984
Boyd, William. A Good Man in Africa. 1981
Carter, Angela Olive. The Magic Toyshop. 1967
Durrell, Lawrence. The Alexandria Quartet. 1957 - 1960
Fowles, John. The French Lieutenant's Woman. 1969
Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. 1955
Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. 1989
Kureishi, Hanif. The Buddha of Suburbia. 1990
Lessing, Doris May. The Golden Notebook. 1962
McEwan, Ian. Saturday. 2005
McEwan, Ian. The Cement Garden. 1978
McIlvanney, William. Docherty. 1975
Murdoch, Iris. The Sea, The Sea. 1978
Rhys, Jean. Wide Sargasso Sea. 1966
Roberts, Michèle. Daughters of the House. 1992
Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. 1981
Spark, Muriel Sarah. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 1961
Swift, Graham. Last Orders. 1996
Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings. 1954 - 1955

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British Novels published after 1950 - MAJOR WORKS ONLY Works



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