Thread 24626382

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Anonymous 8/10/2025, 3:04:31 PM No.24626382 [Report] >>24628869 >>24630686 >>24630728 >>24630734

British Imperial Literature

I'm looking for some good examples of literature dating to the days of the British Empire. Anything from pro-imperialist texts to anti-imperialist diatribes, writings about life in nascent colonies, etc

Anonymous 8/10/2025, 3:27:47 PM No.24626414 [Report] >>24626450

Ulysses

Anonymous 8/10/2025, 3:44:30 PM No.24626450 [Report] >>24626509

>>24626414
elaborate saar

Anonymous 8/10/2025, 3:57:22 PM No.24626481 [Report]

Much of Conrad, specifically I'd recommend Lord Jim.

I quite like Antony Burgess' Malay trilogy, Orwell's Burmese Days is great too.

Anonymous 8/10/2025, 4:03:11 PM No.24626504 [Report]

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Anonymous 8/10/2025, 4:04:21 PM No.24626509 [Report] >>24627068

>>24626450

Are you Indian?

Anonymous 8/10/2025, 7:28:12 PM No.24627068 [Report] >>24628890

>>24626509
I was being ironical

Anonymous 8/11/2025, 10:49:27 AM No.24628869 [Report]

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>>24626382 (OP)
fate of empires
>kek

Anonymous 8/11/2025, 11:04:55 AM No.24628890 [Report]

>>24627068

I know. I wanted you to larp further on

Anonymous 8/11/2025, 11:19:46 AM No.24628914 [Report]

While written well past the British Empire's heyday, J.G. Farrell's Empire Trilogy is great historical fiction covering the period