Penguin English Library

All books in the 2012 Penguin English Library imprint.

100 of the best novels in the English language. These are books to collect and share, admire and hold; books that celebrate the pure pleasure of reading.'

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1	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,673,044 ratings score: 18,355, and 187 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,274,264 ratings score: 15,772, and 162 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.89 avg rating — 1,786,832 ratings score: 12,951, and 136 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 1,804,046 ratings score: 12,927, and 135 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 1,973,136 ratings score: 12,431, and 129 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 757,693 ratings score: 9,245, and 96 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,426,050 ratings score: 8,894, and 95 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 957,445 ratings score: 8,376, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.15 avg rating — 180,476 ratings score: 7,484, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 600,462 ratings score: 7,365, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 900,478 ratings score: 7,242, and 79 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 646,602 ratings score: 6,824, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 442,368 ratings score: 6,192, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 861,261 ratings score: 5,784, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.09 avg rating — 1,273,497 ratings score: 5,778, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 127,382 ratings score: 5,601, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,000,023 ratings score: 4,765, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 298,942 ratings score: 4,354, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Middlemarch by George Eliot 4.03 avg rating — 176,035 ratings score: 4,132, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 421,463 ratings score: 4,049, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 904,988 ratings score: 3,986, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.86 avg rating — 373,800 ratings score: 3,911, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Robinson Crusoe (Robinson Crusoe, #1) by Daniel Defoe 3.68 avg rating — 326,603 ratings score: 3,814, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 3.89 avg rating — 198,651 ratings score: 3,549, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 4.01 avg rating — 163,423 ratings score: 3,502, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.97 avg rating — 163,724 ratings score: 3,407, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe 3.79 avg rating — 4,361 ratings score: 3,407, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,323,278 ratings score: 3,362, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.14 avg rating — 378,981 ratings score: 3,316, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.83 avg rating — 342,809 ratings score: 3,305, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.78 avg rating — 78,944 ratings score: 3,099, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.13 avg rating — 485,117 ratings score: 3,090, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.59 avg rating — 295,083 ratings score: 3,049, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 3.56 avg rating — 605,945 ratings score: 3,001, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 3.91 avg rating — 97,654 ratings score: 2,857, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 548,651 ratings score: 2,797, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 4.02 avg rating — 112,782 ratings score: 2,765, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,280,798 ratings score: 2,759, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4.04 avg rating — 254,313 ratings score: 2,721, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells 3.63 avg rating — 212,588 ratings score: 2,620, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.81 avg rating — 132,281 ratings score: 2,465, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 555,613 ratings score: 2,402, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells 3.73 avg rating — 132,430 ratings score: 2,344, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 4,400,691 ratings score: 2,344, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,407,950 ratings score: 2,335, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon 3.78 avg rating — 26,136 ratings score: 2,333, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Howards End by E.M. Forster 3.96 avg rating — 93,801 ratings score: 2,253, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,772,454 ratings score: 2,211, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.15 avg rating — 953 ratings score: 2,083, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.83 avg rating — 47,118 ratings score: 1,973, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 3.83 avg rating — 58,316 ratings score: 1,951, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.13 avg rating — 50,280 ratings score: 1,948, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.89 avg rating — 173,683 ratings score: 1,855, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster 3.59 avg rating — 17,506 ratings score: 1,796, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.83 avg rating — 75,101 ratings score: 1,751, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 104,116 ratings score: 1,721, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Silas Marner by George Eliot 3.69 avg rating — 92,360 ratings score: 1,679, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.84 avg rating — 171,419 ratings score: 1,617, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.37 avg rating — 540 ratings score: 1,610, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 3.76 avg rating — 98,218 ratings score: 1,587, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 23,478 ratings score: 1,547, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 3.86 avg rating — 65,317 ratings score: 1,509, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 345,849 ratings score: 1,473, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.74 avg rating — 21,151 ratings score: 1,420, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Evelina by Frances Burney 3.70 avg rating — 18,328 ratings score: 1,382, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.80 avg rating — 84,318 ratings score: 1,352, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.45 avg rating — 135,552 ratings score: 1,330, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Daniel Deronda by George Eliot 3.86 avg rating — 26,672 ratings score: 1,322, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton 3.83 avg rating — 45,109 ratings score: 1,320, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Shirley by Charlotte Brontë 3.76 avg rating — 36,339 ratings score: 1,292, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.96 avg rating — 53,928 ratings score: 1,291, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens 3.96 avg rating — 16,511 ratings score: 1,203, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.47 avg rating — 2,360 ratings score: 1,163, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 4.03 avg rating — 369,777 ratings score: 1,163, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens 3.85 avg rating — 31,614 ratings score: 1,158, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.55 avg rating — 582 ratings score: 1,124, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Tom Jones by Henry Fielding 3.75 avg rating — 34,112 ratings score: 1,101, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,475 ratings score: 1,090, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis 3.85 avg rating — 32,002 ratings score: 1,070, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 31,011 ratings score: 1,014, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Pamela by Samuel Richardson 2.66 avg rating — 2,541 ratings score: 982, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne 3.73 avg rating — 22,792 ratings score: 973, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 3.94 avg rating — 46,442 ratings score: 966, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 3.64 avg rating — 55,306 ratings score: 844, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 3.78 avg rating — 17,427 ratings score: 793, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens 3.66 avg rating — 12,987 ratings score: 777, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.85 avg rating — 740 ratings score: 724, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy 3.88 avg rating — 40,027 ratings score: 712, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	New Grub Street by George Gissing 3.78 avg rating — 6,427 ratings score: 689, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Kim by Rudyard Kipling 3.70 avg rating — 39,534 ratings score: 679, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope 4.05 avg rating — 17,476 ratings score: 674, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Washington Square by Henry James 3.71 avg rating — 25,246 ratings score: 665, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin 3.73 avg rating — 5,493 ratings score: 650, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Ghost Stories by M.R. James 3.79 avg rating — 1,624 ratings score: 648, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg 3.68 avg rating — 9,600 ratings score: 637, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy 3.71 avg rating — 4,451 ratings score: 575, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad 3.58 avg rating — 24,399 ratings score: 562, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Warden by Anthony Trollope 3.75 avg rating — 18,268 ratings score: 562, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Adventure of the Six Napoleons and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.96 avg rating — 762 ratings score: 562, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens 3.83 avg rating — 16,891 ratings score: 541, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 11, 2013 11:17AM

You might want to add a note to the subtitle about please not adding books to the list, because people will.

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message 2: by Louise (new)

Feb 11, 2013 11:51AM

Thanks. I'd forgotten about that (I don't tend to use Listopia very often). There is now a note, and I'll try to be vigilant about deleting any rogue additions if they pop up. :)

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message 3: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 11, 2013 12:45PM

No problem. I'm a Listopia addict, and probably cynical, but some strange books get on lists sometimes!

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message 4: by Bettie (new)

Feb 11, 2013 01:53PM

Susanna wrote: "some strange books get on lists sometimes!"

Don't they just!
:O)

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message 5: by Carolin (new)

Apr 24, 2013 02:44PM

Books I would buy just for the covers..they're so beautiful!

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message 6: by Aline (new)

May 15, 2013 07:57AM

In this case, yes, I do judge the books from the cover.
They're just too pretty!

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message 7: by Marte (new)

Jun 08, 2013 03:16PM

These are the prettiest covers I've ever seen, and I would love to collect them all!

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message 8: by Pia (new)

Jul 30, 2013 03:37PM

Gorgeous!

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message 9: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 24, 2013 10:14AM) (new)

Aug 24, 2013 10:03AM

Very nice editions! I absolutely love the Penguin English Library covers and it would be nice to collect them all!
Also the Penguin classic clothbound hardcover editions are absolutley beautiful!
(but are more expensive)

(https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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message 10: by Louise (new)

Aug 24, 2013 10:32AM

yeah, I kind of want to collect them all even though I already have a lot of the books already with other covers and even though there are quite a few I'm just not that interested in. They're just so pretty and collectable!

I love the clothbounds too. But yeah...a little bit on the expensive side for me. Do have a few that I got as presents though and they're absolutely gorgeous.

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message 11: by Chelsea (new)

Feb 23, 2014 06:06AM

Thanks for a complete list! I've been looking for one. Now I just need to buy them all.

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message 12: by Anna (new)

Feb 23, 2014 06:36AM

Chelsea wrote: "Thanks for a complete list! I've been looking for one. Now I just need to buy them all."

and read them all. :)

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message 13: by Sabrina (new)

May 05, 2014 09:14PM

its impossible to get these wretched books in the US

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message 14: by Sarah (last edited Jun 13, 2014 09:39AM) (new)

Jun 13, 2014 09:36AM

Feli wrote: "where do you get these type of covers?"

You can find them on www.bookdepository.com
since they're sold from the U.K. you can also find them on Amazon.co.uk and just switch the currency as you check out.

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message 15: by Camille (new)

Sep 14, 2014 04:48PM

so pretty

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message 16: by Maisie (new)

Sep 18, 2014 12:18PM

the textures of the covers are changing/have changed - the new sherlock covers don't feel the same and some of the existing penguin english library such as Emma by Jane Austen and Dr Jekyll are now printed with the new texture

also a lot of the charles dickens ones are hard to find now

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message 17: by Sophie (new)

Oct 21, 2014 01:53AM

Marte wrote: "These are the prettiest covers I've ever seen, and I would love to collect them all!"

That would be incredible! :0

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message 18: by Marina (new)

Jan 19, 2015 02:16PM

Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to be a pain to buy the ones w..."

I just got my first copy of the collection, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, and the cover has a velvet touch, is this the new texture or the old texture? Because I love it!

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message 19: by Tamára (new)

Feb 01, 2015 04:55AM

Marina wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to be a pain to b..."

It's the old one, now they sport a more paper texture.

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message 20: by Jamjars (new)

Feb 08, 2015 08:43AM

I literally want ALL of these!

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message 21: by Erika (new)

Feb 21, 2015 05:23PM

Are these mass market size?

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message 22: by Victoria (new)

Apr 07, 2015 05:14PM

Can someone else share their experience buying these editions nowadays? I just received Heart of darkness and the material of the cover is awful and doesn't have a velvet texture whatsoever.

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message 23: by Sabrina (new)

Apr 08, 2015 10:09AM

I have 6 of them! They are not mass market size, they're regular trade paper back, the cover is matte and feels like thicker paper, and the inside paper feels and looks very similar to mass market pulp paper in texture and color.

Yeah the covers are not velvety at all.

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message 24: by Geethu (new)

Jul 26, 2015 02:13AM

I just purchased Pride & Prejudice but I didn't get the velvety cover:( The cover on this feels like recycled paper.

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message 25: by Nikita (new)

Sep 08, 2015 04:59AM

I have 6 of these and though I love the designs very much, I don't intend to collect all because there are too many that I don't want to read. I wish they had printed titles from more authors like Verne, Flaubert etc. rather than including all works by Austen, Dickens, Hardy and Trollope. Yes the new covers are not velvet textured like the initial ones and even the colour pigment is a little different from the initial prints. Some people have complained of typos but I didn't find any in the copies I got, other than one or two in the whole book. Buying the pale covers isn't such a good idea as they get dirty really soon. Penguin also has notebooks in some of the designs if you are interested in buying !!

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message 26: by Coffeebooksetcetera (new)

Jan 20, 2016 09:52AM

Hi! How many are these? I've read that they are only 100 but this list has 105. Thanks in advance! :)

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message 27: by Juneil (new)

Mar 07, 2016 07:53AM

Pls tell the lovely folks at Penguin to give Mysteries of Udolpho a chance, and maybe more Ann Radcliffe. I would love too see it in this edition.

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message 28: by Juneil (new)

Mar 23, 2016 08:30PM

Will read Villette soon. Torn between this and the clothbound edition, also Everyman's library looks attractive. How's the paper quality of these editions so far? I wonder how the paper compares to the black-spine penguin classics? Is it as grey and silky? which is fine, but am hoping the paper's not as worse as Vintage paperbacks.

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message 29: by Paul (new)

Apr 08, 2016 02:10AM

I find it difficult choosing what to read next. So I am working my way down this list, as well as the other stuff I'm reading.

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message 30: by Jacqueline (new)

May 16, 2016 10:12PM

Sabrina wrote: "its impossible to get these wretched books in the US"
Try book depository :)

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message 31: by Drew (new)

Jun 02, 2016 07:09PM

Juneil wrote: "Will read Villette soon. Torn between this and the clothbound edition, also Everyman's library looks attractive. How's the paper quality of these editions so far? I wonder how the paper compares to..."
The paper quality is exceptional. It's actually why I buy these editions. The font is very legible and the paper is thick enough that the words don't bleed through (a major problem in the clothbound editions, IMO).

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message 32: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited May 14, 2017 05:09AM) (new)

Jun 24, 2016 12:50AM

Geethu wrote: "I just purchased Pride & Prejudice but I didn't get the velvety cover:( The cover on this feels like recycled paper."

I have several books published in this series, but not all of them have the nice velvety cover. And although a velvety cover is not my reason to buy a book, it is a nice bonus, of course :-)

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message 33: by Roselyn (new)

Mar 03, 2017 04:50AM

Tamára wrote: "Marina wrote: "Ryan wrote: "I wish they didn't change the texture of the covers. I don't understand why they would - that's one of the things people liked about the editions. Now it's just going to..."

Are the paper qualities of these new version cheaper?Is there any way to differentiate between these two versions when buying online?

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message 34: by Gauchovalev (new)

Sep 01, 2017 01:43AM

Does anyone know if there are plans to reprint the impossible-to-find titles, specifically Dickens?

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message 35: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Sep 01, 2017 04:04AM

Roselyn wrote: "Are the paper qualities of these new version cheaper?Is there any way to differentiate between these two versions when buying online?..."

Not as far as I know...

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message 36: by Sandy (new)

Nov 04, 2017 09:09PM

Gauchovalev wrote: "Does anyone know if there are plans to reprint the impossible-to-find titles, specifically Dickens?"

At this point in time, there are no plans to reprint any of the out of print titles. There are 20 new titles being released next year

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message 37: by Paul (new)

Sep 19, 2018 08:12PM

Such a shame so many of the original 2012 titles are now out-of-print. Most of the Dickens and Trollope novels are unavailable now, as are the two titles by Fielding - and the prices for secondhand copies at abe.books are absurd. Penguin, if you're reading this, REPRINT!

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message 38: by Ankur (new)

Dec 08, 2018 02:44AM

I wanted to get Bleak House by Dickens from the Penguin English library collection and it is so sad that its out of print. I can't find it anywhere. I found a second hand copy on amazon but the price is so high. Penguin definitely needs to reprint these gems.

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message 39: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Dec 08, 2018 08:35AM

Ankur wrote: "I wanted to get Bleak House by Dickens from the Penguin English library collection and it is so sad that its out of print. I can't find it anywhere. I found a second hand copy on amazon but the pri..."

There's a hardback Penguin edition at Bookdepository.com Not a Penguin English library book I guess but lovely non the less.

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message 40: by Chetan (new)

Jan 01, 2020 11:45AM

Nikita wrote: "I have 6 of these and though I love the designs very much, I don't intend to collect all because there are too many that I don't want to read. I wish they had printed titles from more authors like ..."

Umm you do realize that this is the Penguin English Library right? This series only publishes Anglophone literature. It does not publish non-English language literature.

Geethu wrote: "I just purchased Pride & Prejudice but I didn't get the velvety cover:( The cover on this feels like recycled paper."

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message 41: by Chetan (new)

Jan 01, 2020 11:46AM

Ankur wrote: "I wanted to get Bleak House by Dickens from the Penguin English library collection and it is so sad that its out of print. I can't find it anywhere. I found a second hand copy on amazon but the pri..."

Fortunately, Penguin Clothbound Classics has its own edition of Bleak House. It's a beautiful hardback edition using the most reliable scholarly text of the novel, as opposed to the standard 1867 Charles Dickens edition text commonly found in most editions of that book. Definitely get it.

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message 42: by [deleted user] (new)

May 04, 2020 11:33AM

Can someone please tell me about the introductions and (foot)notes in the Penguin English Library editions? Are they good or bad, detailed or not enough? Thanks.

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message 43: by Matthew (new)

May 11, 2020 01:30AM

Kristen wrote: "Can someone please tell me about the introductions and (foot)notes in the Penguin English Library editions? Are they good or bad, detailed or not enough? Thanks."

Hi Kristen,

The PEL books never have footnotes (except sometimes to the Introductions I think) and the Introductions themselves I've found to always be insightful and to enhance my understanding of the novel and the context it was written inl. The pieces chosen for inclusion are typically by famous names (J.B Priestley, F.R. Leavis, Zadie Smith, T.S Eliot etc) and vary greatly in length/detail (anything between 5-35 pages in the copies that I've recently read).

Hope this helps,

Matthew

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message 44: by Matthew (new)

May 12, 2020 07:34AM

Gauchovalev wrote: "Does anyone know if there are plans to reprint the impossible-to-find titles, specifically Dickens?"

Hello,

I've been looking for the Dickens Penguin English Library editions for years myself and have just come across this Greek site that has them all:

https://www.zafeiriou.gr/en/search?co...

The books cost about £7.50 each + £2.50 postage each and are in brand new condition as far as I can make out. That's my birthday present to myself sorted :)

Hope this helps,

Matthew

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message 45: by Maisie (new)

May 13, 2020 05:59AM

Three new titles out on October 1st 2020: Passing by Nella Larsen, Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh and The Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories by O. Henry.

I've added these to the list.

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