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List of books about Oxford

January 01, 1970

Below is a list of books about Oxford or written in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. The city of Oxford has generated and inspired much literature. Many authors have lived in Oxford, especially associated with the University. It has also been a setting used in many books.

Title page from The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede.
Title page from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Overview edit

The Oxford University Press (and Clarendon Press) is the university's own publishing house. It is world-renowned for its dictionaries as well as other books, largely academic in nature. It also publishes the Oxford World's Classics series. Other publishing companies based in the city include David Fickling Books,[1] notable as the first bi-continental publisher of children's books.[2]

Leading 20th-century authors at Oxford University include C. S. Lewis (works including The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books) and J. R. R. Tolkien (works including Middle-earth books).

Inspector Morse is a detective book series based in Oxford, by Colin Dexter. It has spawned a successful television series. Other book series associated with Oxford include A Staircase in Surrey, a five-novel series, written between 1974 and 1978 by J. I. M. Stewart, and Kate Ivory by Veronica Stallwood. His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust are trilogies of fantasy novels started by Philip Pullman in 1995 and 2017 respectively.

Timeline edit

Before 1900
1900-1949
1950-89
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
 
20 Northmoor Road, where Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and most of The Lord of the Rings.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ David Fickling Books, Random House, UK.
  2. ^ Kids at Random House: About us, Random House, UK.

Further reading edit

  • Hood, Nancy, Literary Oxford. Sutton Publishing Limited, 1999. ISBN 0-7509-2115-3.

External links edit

  • Rowley, Richard. .
  • A-Z of Literary Oxford exhibition at the Museum of Oxford, 10 February – 8 July 2007.

January 01, 1970
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Below is a list of books about Oxford or written in Oxford Oxfordshire England The city of Oxford has generated and inspired much literature Many authors have lived in Oxford especially associated with the University It has also been a setting used in many books Title page from The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green by Cuthbert Bede Title page from Alice s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Contents 1 Overview 2 Timeline 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksOverview editThe Oxford University Press and Clarendon Press is the university s own publishing house It is world renowned for its dictionaries as well as other books largely academic in nature It also publishes the Oxford World s Classics series Other publishing companies based in the city include David Fickling Books 1 notable as the first bi continental publisher of children s books 2 Leading 20th century authors at Oxford University include C S Lewis works including The Chronicles of Narnia series of seven books and J R R Tolkien works including Middle earth books Inspector Morse is a detective book series based in Oxford by Colin Dexter It has spawned a successful television series Other book series associated with Oxford include A Staircase in Surrey a five novel series written between 1974 and 1978 by J I M Stewart and Kate Ivory by Veronica Stallwood His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust are trilogies of fantasy novels started by Philip Pullman in 1995 and 2017 respectively Timeline editBefore 1900 Reginald Dalton John Gibson Lockhart 1823 Loss and Gain John Henry Newman 1848 The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green Cuthbert M Bede in three parts 1850s The Old Parish Church with the Ghost of Merton Hall John Gibbs 1861 Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1861 Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll 1865 Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll 1871 Cripps the Carrier Richard Doddridge Blackmore 1876 author of Lorna Doone Robert Elsmere Mrs Humphry Ward 1888 Three Men in a Boat Jerome K Jerome 1889 a journey on the River Thames from Kingston to Oxford A Young Oxford Maid Sarah Tytler 1890 Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 1895 Oxford is called Christminster 1900 1949 A Clerk of Oxford Evelyn Everett Green 1900 The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 1908 Grahame is buried in Holywell Cemetery Oxford beside his son for whom the book was written Zuleika Dobson Max Beerbohm 1911 Sinister Street Compton Mackenzie 1913 14 The Charm of Oxford Joseph Wells 1920 Warden of Wadham College Oxford Decline and Fall Evelyn Waugh 1928 The Oxford Murders Adam Broome Godfrey James 1929 A Storm in Oxford E Tangye Lean 1932 Testament of Youth Vera Brittain 1933 Death on the Cherwell Mavis Doriel Hay 1935 Gaudy Night Dorothy L Sayers 1935 Death at the President s Lodging Michael Innes 1936 The Hobbit J R R Tolkien 1937 written at 20 Northmoor Road North Oxford An Oxford University Chest John Betjeman 1938 Towers in the Mist Elizabeth Goudge 1938 Michaelmas Term at St Bride s Philip Larkin 1943 The Case of the Gilded Fly Edmund Crispin 1944 The Silent Traveller in Oxford Chiang Yee 1944 Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh 1945 Folly Bridge A Romantic Tale David Leslie Murray 1945 The Notion Club Papers J R R Tolkien written 1945 46 published 1992 written in Oxford and set there Jill Philip Larkin 1946 The Moving Toyshop Edmund Crispin 1946 1950 89 The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe C S Lewis 1950 first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series The Lord of the Rings J R R Tolkien three volumes 1954 55 also film series mostly written at 20 Northmoor Road Landscape with Dead Dons Robert Robinson 1956 Summoned by Bells John Betjeman 1960 verse autobiography Dame s Delight Margaret Forster 1964 Accident Nicholas Mosley 1965 The Game A S Byatt 1967 Last Boat to Folly Bridge Eric C Hiscock 1970 The House in Norham Gardens Penelope Lively 1974 set in Norham Gardens North Oxford A Staircase in Surrey J I M Stewart 1974 78 a five novel series Last Bus to Woodstock Colin Dexter 1977 first book in the Inspector Morse series The Alchemists Margaret Doody 1980 Death of a Don Howard Shaw 1981 The Book and the Brotherhood Iris Murdoch 1983 Oxford Blood Antonia Fraser 1985 Where the Rivers Meet John Wain 1988 1990s Dirty Tricks Michael Dibdin 1991 The Children of Men P D James 1992 Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 The Men and the Girls Joanna Trollope 1992 Afternoon Raag Amit Chaudhuri 1993 Adrian Mole The Wilderness Years Sue Townsend 1993 Dancing to the Pipers Kate Fenton 1993 Juggling Barbara Trapido 1994 His Dark Materials Philip Pullman trilogy 1995 1997 2000 The Devil s Hunt Paul Doherty 1997 An Instance of the Fingerpost Iain Pears 1997 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 The Greatest Sorrow Keith Ovenden 1998 2000s The Remorseful Day Colin Dexter 2000 last book in the Inspector Morse series Another Kind of Cinderella Angela Huth 2002 Any Human Heart William Boyd 2002 Bleak Midwinter Peter Millar 2002 Lyra s Oxford Philip Pullman 2003 The Oxford Murders Guillermo Martinez 2003 also a 2008 film Endymion Spring Matthew Skelton 2006 Restless William Boyd 2006 The September Society Charles Finch 2008 2010s The Lessons Naomi Alderman 2010 A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness 2011 first novel in the All Souls trilogy The Professor of Poetry Grace McCleen 2013 The Last Enchantments Charles Finch 2014 La Belle Sauvage Philip Pullman 2017 The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman 2019 2020s The Sandpit Nicholas Shakespeare 2020 The Oxford Brotherhood Guillermo Martinez 2021 Babel R F Kuang 2022 nbsp 20 Northmoor Road where Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and most of The Lord of the Rings See also editOxford literature and film University of Oxford in literature and other media The Story Museum a museum in Oxford List of fictional Oxford collegesReferences edit David Fickling Books Random House UK Kids at Random House About us Random House UK Further reading editHood Nancy Literary Oxford Sutton Publishing Limited 1999 ISBN 0 7509 2115 3 External links editRowley Richard Oxford novels a selected reading list A Z of Literary Oxford exhibition at the Museum of Oxford 10 February 8 July 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of books about Oxford amp oldid 1202078867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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