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English literature

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Precocious wit from an enduring favourite of English literature

Unique manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon epic

A milestone in the history of English literature

Tales of chivalry from a 15th-century prison

An ancient Greek classic retold for the 18th century

The famous opening lines in the author’s own hand

From the master of plot and characterisation

A 19th-century masterpiece of high romance

Enter a world where nothing is as it seems

Echoes of the Raj in a children's classic

A soldier-poet's account of the horror of war

A new style of writing reflects a day in 1920s London.

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