i need a book that is written by a British author and is more than 300 pages. plz list the title of the book. thanx! =)
2007-04-02 09:51:44 · 12 answers · asked by ? KAT ? 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
not Shakespeare tho! thanx! =)
2007-04-02 09:52:07 · update #1
i'm a senior in h.s.
2007-04-02 10:09:44 · update #2
Ivanhoe, Walter Scott
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
Withering Heights, Emily Bronte (her sister)
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Beowulf (anonymous, but it's British)
you can use this as well: http://faculty.frostburg.edu/engl/gartner/britauth.htm
However, you can always use as the last and savior resort one of the most popular British authors of our times: JK Rowling and her crappy Harry Potter (from the second book and on the novels have more than 300 pages)
In this way you can enjoy without learning :)
Good luck, and for someone above: who told you that ALexandre Dumas was British???, that guy was French....and he was the author of Count of Montecristo (the work you quote...)
2007-04-02 10:56:48 · answer #1 · answered by Abbey Road 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try The Moonstone or The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. I'd recommend The Moonstone. It's the first detective novel written. It's in the form of a series of personal narratives. Very entertaining.
2007-04-02 11:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by librarian_girl03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Douglas Adams is (well, was) British. So is Terry Pratchett. Check out their very serious books about how silly life actually is. For full effect wrap a towel around your face, only leaving your eyes uncovered (as failure to do so may produce certain difficulties when reading), before you read them. You'll have a great time, AND look like a ninja. A win-win situation.
2007-04-02 12:10:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most Agatha Christie mysteries are about 300 pages. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
2007-04-02 10:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by chellyk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Canterbury Tales- haven't read it but it's on my list and supposedly really great. I'm about 90% sure that it's over 300 pages. Here's the wikipedia page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Tales
2007-04-02 09:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by Convictionist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Jane Austen or Thomas Hardy ought to work for you.
Otherwise, Tom Jones by Henry Fielding... that's pretty long.
2007-04-02 09:57:55 · answer #6 · answered by Saint Bee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is that long if not try David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
2007-04-02 10:01:00 · answer #7 · answered by Meahra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rosamunde Pilcher, The Shell Seekers (it's a decent read, but it's not "literature" by my definition).
Jane Austen, Emma. Maybe Pride & Prejudice, might not be that long in all editions.
Sarah Waters, Fingersmith. (But--what grade are you in?)
2007-04-02 10:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Austen wrote many books that fit your description try:
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
Mansfield Park
Sense and Sensibility
They are all EXCELLENT
2007-04-02 10:01:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brideshead Revisited
Count of Monte Cristo
The Space Trilogy
Does it matter what era?
2007-04-02 10:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋