Greatest English Prose Writers

Discover the greatest English prose writers and their timeless books. Explore classic and modern masterpieces from renowned authors in this curated list of essential reads.

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Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes …
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Stories

by Katherine Mansfield

Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different …
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Ghost and Horror Stories

by Ambrose Bierce

Twenty-four grotesque horror tales written by Ambrose Bierce, the nineteenth-century journalist known for his cynicism
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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece – the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations" (The Guardian). Nominated as one of America’s best-loved …
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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. This novel is considered a keystone of modern …
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Douglass? nineteenth-century style and vocabulary.Born into …
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H.P. Lovecraft Tales

by Howard Phillips Lovecraft

"This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of [Lovecraft's] fiction"--Jacket.
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Of Human Bondage

by William Somerset Maugham

From a tormented orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. His cravings …
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A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter

"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price (The New York Times) described this classic that has been a favorite …
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