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  1. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    Lewis Carroll鈥檚 curiouser and curiouser tale of a girl discovering a strange new world.

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  2. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

    Mrs Gaskell鈥檚 much-loved portrait of life in a small town and its female inhabitants.

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  3. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

    Edith Wharton鈥檚 novella about a young man attempting to escape a loveless marriage.

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  4. Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift

    Jonathan Swift鈥檚 satire following Lemuel Gulliver鈥檚 strange travels through odd lands.

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  5. Orlando by Virginia Woolf

    Virginia Woolf鈥檚 comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.

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  6. The Call of the Wild by Jack London

    Jack London鈥檚 tale of one dog's unbreakable spirit and survival in the Alaskan Klondike.

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  7. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

    Henry James鈥� chilling novella about a governess and two children on a haunted estate.

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  8. The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

    E Nesbit鈥檚 heart-warming story of three siblings hoping to be reunited with their father.

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  9. The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

    John Buchan鈥檚 thrilling tale of derring-do, secrets and spies set in the shadows of war.

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  10. Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

    Kenneth Grahame鈥檚 jolly riverside romp with the eccentric Mr. Toad and his animal chums.

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  11. The War of the Worlds

    Three-part adaptation of HG Wells's classic tale of a Martian invasion of Earth.

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  12. Candide (Omnibus)

    Voltaire鈥檚 18th century novel about good and evil: Candide's adventures begin.

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  13. Nick Warburton - My Love Must Wait

    1801: maritime explorer Matthew Flinders must leave behind his newlywed wife, Ann.

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  14. Stalingrad

    Vasily Grossman's dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad.

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  15. Scrooge

    Film based on the classic Dickens novel, with Albert Finney and Alec Guinness.

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  16. A Christmas Carol

    A dark and twisted take on Dickens' classic story, from the creator of Peaky Blinders.

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  17. Dracula

    Three-part adaptation of the classic novel by Bram Stoker.

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  18. Tommy's Honour

    Drama depicting the relationship between golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son.

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  19. Exile

    Gripping series about one family's journey into the unknown aboard the Mayflower.

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  20. Oliver: Lagos to London

    A radical reimagining of Charles Dickens' most political novel, Oliver Twist

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  21. Coming Up For Air by George Orwell (Omnibus)

    George Orwell's story of a married, middle-aged insurance salesman surveying his life.

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  22. Hugh Lofting - The Story of Doctor Dolittle

    The well-loved story of the doctor who learned to talk like the animals.

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  23. The Pale Horse

    When a young woman is murdered, a mysterious list of names is discovered.

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  24. The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd

    Nan Shepherd's 1928 story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence.

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  25. The Quarry Wood (Omnibus)

    A young woman's journey to maturity and independence in the early 20th century.

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  26. DH Lawrence - The Rainbow

    Novel exploring the passionate lives of three generations of the Brangwen family.

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  27. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding

    A comic masterpiece on the morals and manners of high and low society.

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  28. The Leopard (Omnibus)

    Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, and his family assemble for dinner.

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  29. Eadar na Dha: 1918-1935/Clash of Futures: 1918-1935

    Tracking the fates of men and women in the aftermath of WWI, using their own memoirs.

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  30. The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel

    Anton Lesser reads the final part of Hilary Mantel's award-winning Thomas Cromwell series.

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  31. The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (Omnibus)

    The eagerly-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell saga. Read by Anton Lesser.

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  32. Stephen Sharkey - The Visitation

    During the plague of 1665, Henry Foe decides to remain in London. Stars Henry Goodman.

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  33. The Prelude, by William Wordsworth

    Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem read by Sir Ian McKellen with music by John Harle

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  34. Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    1814: Rodney Stone is drawn into the colourful and dangerous world of boxing and gambling.

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  35. Leo Tolstoy

    Novels by the master of Russian literature.

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  36. George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss

    10-part dramatisation of George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel of Victorian childhood

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  37. Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust

    Embarking on an affair, Brenda Last shocks London society sparking tragic consequences.

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  38. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Omnibus)

    Dramatisation of George Eliot's semi-autobiographical novel of Victorian childhood.

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  39. Victoria and Abdul

    Abdul is taken from his job at a prison to present a coin to Queen Victoria (Judi Dench).

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  40. Crossriggs by Jane & Mary Findlater

    The sleepy Scottish village of Crossriggs is not the place for an unconventional woman.

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    The Elephant Man

    An ambitious surgeon (Anthony Hopkins) encounters a disfigured sideshow freak (John Hurt).

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  42. Electric Decade

    Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

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  43. Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Tracy Chevalier's much-loved novel about the unknown model in Vermeer's famous painting.

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  44. Darkest Hour

    Churchill must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight for the greater good.

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  45. The Luminaries

    An intricately woven, suspenseful tale of love, murder, magic and revenge.

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  46. Emma by Jane Austen

    Jane Austen's classic comedy of young love and romantic meddling, read by Eve Best.

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  47. On Chesil Beach

    Graduates from different social classes get married, but the honeymoon proves a challenge.

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  48. Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke

    Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel set in 1685.

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  49. Harlots

    Sex sells like nothing else in grimy, decadent Georgian London.

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  50. A Suitable Boy

    In 1951, in newly independent India, student Lata is torn between family duty and romance.

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