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Feiling K.
A History of England: From the Coming of the English to 1918 / K. Feiling. – London: Macmillan and CO.LTD, 1951. – 1229p.
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The primary purpose of this book is to tell the story in a narrative form, and to lay the emphasis on the period within which Britain became a great Power.

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Morton A.L.
A People’s History of England / A.L. Morton. – London: Lawrense and Wishart, 1968. – 565p.
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This is a history book which scholar and average reader alike will find absorbing, exciting and rich in content. It treats history not in terms of kings and dates and battles – nor yet in terms of dry economics – but in terms of people, showing how the English people shaped their own history and their social institutions from the time of the Norman Conquest.
There are 15 maps by J.F. Horrabin in this volume.

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Morgan D.
A Short History of the British People / D. Morgan. – Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopadie, 1974. – 201p.
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This book contains material about the development of Britain and, in particular, of the British Labour movement. It is an attempt to explain the historical growth of some important features of British life. The Labour movement above all has a unique character which can only be understood by a study of its history.

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Webb R.K.
Modern England: From the 18th Century to the Present / R.K. Webb. – London: Routledge, 1994. – 658p.
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This volume offers a comprehensive chronicle of English life since the middle of the eighteenth century, when it can be said that modern England begin to emerge with the development of reform movements, the Industrial Revolution and Romanticism.
This second edition has been extensively revised to reflect the latest advances in modern historical research and writing. Skillfully interweaving political, economic, social, intellectual and religious history, the author traces the course of England's transition from oligarchical to democratic forms of government and society. Throughout Professor Webb provides a wealth of colorful illustrative detail, and continually enriches his narrative with lively and often provocative analysis and insight.

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Vincent J.
The Formation of the British Liberal Party 1857 – 1868 / J. Vincent. – London: Penguin Books, 1972. – 314p.
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This book describes how, at root level, the Parliamentary Whig Party developed into a national Liberal movement. The action takes place in the 1860s, and the leading parts played by a cluster of great men – Geadstone, Bright, Palmerston, Russell and Mill. This volume could be interesting not only for students of history, but anyone who wants to understand the nature and development of British politics.

II. II. English Literature

English literature consists of the poetry, prose, and drama written in English language by authors in England, Scotland and Wales. Each of the countries, but especially England, has produces outstanding writers, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens are only two of the great names in English literature.
English literature is a rich literature. It includes masterpieces in many literary forms, particularly the novel, the short story, epic and lyric poetry, the essay, literary criticism, and drama. English literature is also one of the oldest national literatures in the Western world. English authors wrote important literary works as early as A.D. 700's.
English authors have always been deeply interested in the political and social conditions of their times. In their works, they have described, criticized, and commented on the society in which they lived. During the 1800's, for example, gifted writers such as George Eliot used their novels to promote economic, political, and social reforms.

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Schulz Uwe
British Literature as a Mirror of British Life: From Defoe to Hardy / U. Schulz. – Berlin: Cornelsen, 1992. – 144p.
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The aims and purposes of this book are manyfold. First of all, it intends to introduce the great tradition and development of the English novel, the most popular and most prolific of all English literary forms.
The reader of this volume will find some personal profit and pleasure in reading and studying "British Literature", which acquaints him with English novelists of rank who have very often held first places in world literature.

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The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature / ed. P. Rogers. – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. – 528p.
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Britain possesses a literary heritage which is almost unrivalled in the Western world. In this lavishly illustrated volume, the richness, diversity, and continuity of that tradition are explored, by a group of Britain's foremost literary scholars under the General editorship of Professor Pat Rogers. Chapter by chapter the authors trace the history of English literature, from its first stirrings in Anglo-Saxon poetry to the 20th century. At its heart towers the figure of Shakespeare, who is accorded a special chapter to himself. Other major figures such as Chaucer, Milton, Donne, Wordsworth, Dickens, Eliot, and Auden are treated in depth, and the story is brought right up to date with discussion of authors, such as Seamus Heaney and Edward Bond.
But this is much more than a mere chronicle. The book provides a basic core of information and invaluable supplementary material – suggestion for further reading, maps, a chronological table of dates, and a detailed index with birth and death-dates of individuals listed.

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Schlauch Margaret
English Medieval Literature and Its Social Foundations / M. Schlauch. – London Oxford: University Press, 1967. – 366p.
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This book is intended for students and amateurs of medieval English literature wishing to obtain an initial general view of the subject. The treatment has had to be broad rather than detailed, therefore, and the bibliographical references make no pretension to exhaustiveness. At the same time an effort has been made to include such items as would enable a student to embark on the further study of any special theme for himself. To this end basic editions have been noted, and also a choice of leading articles and monographs. Emphasis has been places on recent contributions, since these studies often include summaries of previous research, with annotations.

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature. / ed. M.H. Abrams. – 6th edition. –  V.1: The Middle Ages. The Sixteenth Century. The Early Seventeenth Century. The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century. -  New York. London: W.W. Norton and Company, 1993. – 2586p.
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The anthology is designed for indispensable courses that introduce students to the unparalleled excellence and variety of English literature. Its criteria remain those announced in the original edition: 1) that, the study in depth of achievements by the major writers in prose and verse, in the context of the chief literary types and tradition of each age; 2) that these works be so far as feasible complete, and also abundant enough to allow instructors to choose from the total those that each one prefers to teach; 3) that the student be provided the most reliable texts available, edited so as to expedite understanding, in a format inviting to the eye; 4)that introductions, glosses, and other informative materials be adequate to free the student from dependence on reference books, so that the anthology may be read anywhere – in the student's room, on a bus, or under a tree.
This volume contains the works from the old English period to the 18th century.

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature. / ed. M.H. Abrams. – 6th edition. – V.2: The Romantic Period. The Victorian Age. The Twentieth Century. – New York. London: W.W. Norton and Company, 1993. – 2543p.

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This volume contains the literary works from the 18th to the 20th century.

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Laski Marghanita
Jane Austen / M. Laski. – London: Thames and Hudson, 1997. – 143p. 137 illustrations. – (Thames and Hudson Literary Lives).
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The novelist and critic Marghanita Laski brings to this illustrated (137 illustrations) biography the fruits of a long and loving study of Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), her work, letters, and her time.

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Nichol John
Byron / J. Nichol. – New York: AMS Press, 1968. – 216p.
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This book is about different periods of life and creative activity of English romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824).