Talk:List of English novelists

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[edit] Connections to England

1. Aren't these people:
   • James Ballantine, (1808–1877)
   • George Douglas Brown, (1869–1902)
   • Mary Brunton, 1778–1818)

   rather Scottish? alx-pl D 07:33, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

2. What are the connections of
   • Anna Eliza Bray, (1790–1883)

   with England? alx-pl D 14:14, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

3. Weren't
   • Henry Brooke, (1703–1783)
   • Oliver Goldsmith, (1730–1774), The Vicar of Wakefield
   • George A. Moore, (1852–1933)

   rather Irish? alx-pl D 15:16, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

4. Isn't
   • Rhoda Broughton, (1840–1920)

   rather Welsh? alx-pl D 15:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

5. The author
   • Joseph Conrad, (1857–1924), Polish–born mariner, author of Heart of Darkness

   wasn't definitely English. alx-pl D 15:48, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

6. The authors
   • Hall Caine, (1853-1931)
   • Lawrence Durrell, (1912–1990), author of The Alexandria Quartet
   • Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810–1865), author of North and South
   • George Gissing, (1857–1903), author of New Grub Street
   • Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day
   • Arthur Koestler, (1905–1983)
   • Hanif Kureishi, (born 1954), author of The Buddha of Suburbia
   • Doris Lessing, (born 1919), author of The Grass Is Singing The Golden Notebook and Canopus in Argos: Archives
   • Iris Murdoch, (1919-1999)

   seem to be connected with the Britain as a whole rather than with England only. alx-pl D 16:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)