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Alex Haley wrote the 1976 novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family". It tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African captured and sold into slavery in America, and follows his descendants down to Haley himself.
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E.M. Forster wrote "A Passage to India" in 1924. The novel explores the racial misunderstandings and cultural tensions between the British colonial government and the Indian people during the British Raj.
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Samuel Richardson wrote "Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded," published in 1740. It is an epistolary novel and is widely considered to be one of the first true novels in the English language.
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Monica Ali is the author of "Brick Lane," published in 2003. The novel follows the life of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi woman who moves to London at the age of 18 to marry an older man.
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Thomas Hardy wrote "The Return of the Native," published in 1878. Set on the fictional Egdon Heath, the novel explores the tragic romantic entanglements of Clym Yeobright and Eustacia Vye.
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"The Sacred Flame" is a play written by William Somerset Maugham in 1928. Although the provided text originally pointed to Oscar Wilde, this is factually incorrect; Maugham is the true author.
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Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray," his only novel, published in 1890. It is a philosophical novel about a man whose portrait ages while he remains young and beautiful.
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Thomas Kyd wrote "The Spanish Tragedy" in the late 16th century. It is an Elizabethan tragedy that established the revenge tragedy genre, which greatly influenced later playwrights like Shakespeare.
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William Golding wrote "Lord of the Flies" in 1954. The novel depicts a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempt to govern themselves.
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Joseph Conrad wrote "Lord Jim," originally published in 1900. It is a psychological novel that explores the themes of cowardice, guilt, and personal redemption through the life of a young seaman.