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“But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid? [Referring to Gothic novels, fashionable in England at the beginning of the 19th century, but frowned upon in polite society.]”

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Author:Jane Austen

“Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two invaluable contributions to civilization - this tea ritual and the detective novel.”

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Book:Ayn Rand Novel Collection

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih, is an eloquent and restrained portrait of one man's exile. It is a rare narrative in that it charts a life divided between England and Sudan. Without a doubt it is one of the finest Arabic novels of the 20th century, and Denys Johnson-Davies' translationdoes the original justice.”

Men Justice Novel Doubt Century Seasons England Originals Narrative One Man Divided Finest Portraits 20th Century Exile Johnson Eloquent Migration Sudan

Author:Hisham Matar

“As a student in England, I studied French and English literature. I read L'Etranger and the rhythm of the novel felt familiar to me - very African.”

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Author:Sefi Atta

“I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a novel? I may do one day. But the simple answer is that it does not excite the novelistic part of my brain; it does not fire it up.”

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Author:Sebastian Faulks

“England offers new comforts. I could write a novel there.”

Writing Novel Comfort Offers England

Book:The Journals of Sylvia Plath

Source: The Journals of Sylvia Plath