British Literature

The rolling hills and cobbled streets of Britain come alive through penetrating studies of its people, politics, and centuries-old traditions. These compelling works explore everything from the rise and fall of empire to the subtle quirks of modern British life, offering both scholarly insights and intimate portraits of a nation that continues to captivate the world.

British Literature Book Summaries

Look Back in Anger Summary

Look Back in Anger

by John Osborne 1956 96 pages

The Other Boleyn Girl Summary

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory 2001 661 pages

Historical Fiction

How Britain Made the Modern World

by Niall Ferguson 2003 422 pages

White Teeth Summary

by Zadie Smith 2000 448 pages

Literary Fiction

Who Owns England? Summary

Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

by Guy Shrubsole 2019 385 pages

A Passage to India Summary

A Passage to India

by E.M. Forster 1924 376 pages

Historical Fiction

World Without End Summary

World Without End

by Ken Follett 2007 1237 pages

Historical Fiction

England's Mistress Summary

England's Mistress

The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton

by Kate Williams 2005 415 pages

A Great Deliverance Summary

A Great Deliverance

by Elizabeth George 1988 413 pages

Mystery Thriller

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages

British Literature

Watching the English Summary

Watching the English

The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

by Kate Fox 2004 424 pages

Lord Jim Summary

by Joseph Conrad 1900 455 pages

The White Queen Summary

The White Queen

by Philippa Gregory 2009 415 pages

Historical Fiction

Of Human Bondage Summary

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham 1915 684 pages

J.R.R. Tolkien Summary

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977 288 pages

Biography Memoir

Saturday Summary

by Ian McEwan 2005 289 pages

Literary Fiction

The Running Grave Summary

The Running Grave

by Robert Galbraith 2023 960 pages

Mrs. Dalloway Summary

by Virginia Woolf 1925 194 pages

A Column of Fire Summary

A Column of Fire

by Ken Follett 2017 916 pages

Historical Fiction

A Room with a View Summary

A Room with a View

by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages

Historical Fiction

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 Summary

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

by Sue Townsend 1982 272 pages

by J.G. Ballard 1973 224 pages

Science Fiction

The English Summary

A Portrait of a People

by Jeremy Paxman 1998 309 pages

British Literature

The Diversity Illusion Summary

The Diversity Illusion

What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right

by Ed West 2012 312 pages

Year of Wonders Summary

Year of Wonders

by Geraldine Brooks 2001 304 pages

Historical Fiction

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry Summary

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

by Rachel Joyce 2012 320 pages

British Literature

King John and the Road to Magna Carta Summary

King John and the Road to Magna Carta

by Stephen Church 2015 328 pages

Medieval History

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 2015 536 pages

Heroic Failure Summary

Brexit and the Politics of Pain

by Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages

British Literature

On Beauty Summary

by Zadie Smith 2005 445 pages

Literary Fiction

Three Men in a Boat Summary

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome 1889 185 pages

Below Stairs Summary

by Margaret Powell 1968 212 pages

English Journey Summary

English Journey

by J.B. Priestley 1934 320 pages

British Literature

The Ministry of Fear Summary

The Ministry of Fear

by Graham Greene 1943 224 pages

That's Not English Summary

That's Not English

Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us

by Erin Moore 2015 223 pages

The Sense of an Ending Summary

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes 2011 150 pages

Literary Fiction

The Bell Summary

by Iris Murdoch 1958 296 pages

British Literature

Cranford Summary

by Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 257 pages

Historical Fiction

Jude the Obscure Summary

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy 1895 310 pages

Charles Dickens in Love Summary

Charles Dickens in Love

by Robert Garnett 2012 440 pages

British Literature

Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

by Gillian Gill 2009 460 pages

British Literature

Walking With Plato Summary

Walking With Plato

A Philosophical Hike Through the British Isles

by Gary Hayden 2016 224 pages

Step Across This Line Summary

Step Across This Line

Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

by Salman Rushdie 2002 416 pages

by Thomas Hobbes 1658 124 pages

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life Summary

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life

Collected Talks 1960-1969

by Alan W. Watts 2006 272 pages

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Summary

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

by David Nobbs 1975 285 pages

Dancing Fish and Ammonites Summary

Dancing Fish and Ammonites

by Penelope Lively 2013 240 pages

Paint Your Town Red Summary

Paint Your Town Red

How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too

by Matthew Brown 2021 300 pages

High Fidelity Summary

by Nick Hornby 1995 323 pages

Sweet Tooth Summary

by Ian McEwan 2012 320 pages

Historical Fiction

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