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Pages in category "Novels set in high schools and secondary schools" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Guardian asked readers a fortnight after the conclusion of McCrum's list to name the novels that they wish had been on the list. The book with the highest number of votes was Chinua Achebe 's Things Fall Apart , the second Arundhati Roy 's The God of Small Things , and the third Toni Morrison 's Beloved .
This category is for novels in which a school is the main setting or the focus of events.. For novels set in an elementary or primary school (middle school), a high school or secondary school (middle school), a boarding school, or a university or college, see Category:Novels set in elementary and primary schools, Category:Novels set in high schools and secondary schools, Category:Novels set in ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels is a 1998 list of the best English-language novels published during the 20th century, [a] as selected by Modern Library from among 400 novels published by Random House, which owns Modern Library. [1] The purpose of the list was to "bring the Modern Library to public attention" and stimulate sales of its books. [2]
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read [5] The Guardian ' s 100 Best Novels Written in English (2015) [ 3 ] Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century (1999) [ 6 ]
His philosophy also placed a high value on intuition, though without rejecting the importance of the intellect. [20] These various thinkers were united by a distrust of Victorian positivism and certainty. [citation needed] Modernism as a literary movement can also be seen as a reaction to industrialisation, urbanisation and new technologies.