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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
In this year the Globe, the theatre were Shakespeare debuted most of his plays burned down -
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Napoleonic Wars took place during Jane Austen's lifetime and in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice' officers are a big part in the plot. -
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
In this year Britain and the United States set the boundaries between American Missouri and British North America (Canada) -
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
In this year the United States was immersed in the Civil War and Britain decided to remain neutral. -
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated this year. -
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The novel is set during the American Civil War, which finished in 1865. -
Dubliners by James Joyce
In 1914 the First World War broke out. -
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
This novel was published a year before the start of the Second World War, and in 1938 the situation in Germany and Europe was already in crisis. -
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
In this year Germany split into two different nations -
Once We Were Warriors by Alan Duff
The UK reaches an agreement with Spain to reopen its border with Gibraltar -
The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
All of the former communist regimes of Eastern Europe were replaced by democratically elected governments. I