Well for one of my classes I have to write a paper on a piece of British literature. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions?

I was thinking about doing something along the lines of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore or The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

I'm from England and for our exam we studied a book called 'Of Mice and Men' which was a good book.

lol I was not aware that V for Vendetta was a piece of English literature!

If you want to do what the teacher is looking for, try Gulliver's Travels, Pride and Prejudice, Robinson Crusoe, Great Expectations or of course Hamlet. They are the most famous, and all British.

Actually the teacher said that we are allowed to choose graphic novels. V for Vendetta is written by Alan Moore who is in fact English, the teacher even recommended his work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

Thanks for the suggestions.



Yes, I have read this book before and enjoyed it. Unfortunately, Steinbeck is American.

George Orwell's Animal farm or even Nineteen Eighty-Four?

I was going to say 1984, but how about Brave New World?

Anything by Dickens really. You'll usually get good marks for Dickens.

Showed how much I actually took note about the book.

Shakespeare was english
and there's loads of stuff about him on th internet.


we're doing shakespeare right now for gcse english literature
i think we do "of mice and men" next year
oh, and "to kill a mocking bird"

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

I actually was considering many of these books before I posted the topic. I tried to get 1984 but someone had already taken it. I've decided to do V for Vendetta and Watchmen, both by Alan Moore. They are both graphic novels and many would not consider them classics but my teacher enjoys Alan Moore and recommended them to anyone still looking for books to do. I think I'd rather read a graphic novel than a classic since I've read many classics before but never a graphic novel.

Great Expectations

I've heard about Watchmen and how it is meant to be really good. I've tried to find it in borders but never came across it.
Personally I would recommend stuff by Grant Naylor like Red Dwarf, Better Than Life and Backwards all great books based on the TV show Red Dwarf, and these are written by the same people who wrote Red Dwarf; Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, one of them has also written some books as well one is called Fat.

If you want the audio book for 1984 I can hook you up.