British Literature

PHOTOS: America's Favorite British Authors And Jane Austen Wasn't On The List!

Posted 09.03.2011

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America has an enduring love affair with British literature--we may have won the War of Independence but we are forever indebted to our island ancesto...

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How a Beefeater and a Tortoise Captured America's Attention

Julia Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Julia Stuart

In all my escapist reveries I never imagined the amazing response that my second novel, The Tower, the Zoo and the Tortoise would receive in America.

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Barbara Kingsolver Ready To Start Next Novel

Reuters | Sharon Lindores | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Kingsolver, winner of the Orange Prize for fiction, is back in the U.K. one month after scooping up the prestigious prize awarded to the best ...

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Beryl Bainbridge Dies: Dead At 75

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The acclaimed British novelist Beryl Bainbridge, an acute and acerbic chronicler of human relationships, has died at the age of 77. Ed...

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