English Literature reading list: Oxford, Faculty of English

Oxford, Faculty of English lists 8 books for students about to start the course in English Literature. The list starts with The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Villette by Charlotte Brontë. 5 of the books also appear on other Oxford and Cambridge lists we collected.

The 8 books

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1. 1.

   The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

   Anne Brontë

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2. 2.

   Jane Eyre

   Charlotte Brontë

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3. 3.

   Villette

   Charlotte Brontë

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4. 4.

   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

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5. 5.

   Great Expectations

   Charles Dickens

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6. 6.

   Middlemarch

   George Eliot

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7. 7.

   North and South

   Elizabeth Gaskell

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8. 8.

   Vanity Fair

   William Thackeray

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