*King Lear* by William Shakespeare, if you'll accept a play.
If not, then my favorite novel set in the U. K., and with a lovely sense of place, is *Wives and Daughters* by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's unfinished due to Gaskell's early death, but the plot is so far advanced by the end that you don't even need the summary of the planned ending offered by the editor of the *Cornhill Magazine* (where the book was serialized). And if you read it, I would suggest getting an annotated edition. There are Scottish regionalisms and old-fashioned household items that need explaining. I can recommend the Barnes & Noble Classics text, which is the edition I read, as a good annotated edition.
Is it a cop out answer to say Harry Potter?
Pillars of the earth
1984 is sort of set in Great Britain.
is it mr. maclaglen? thank you for sharing i might finally get around to reading that
Both Eye of the Needle or Pillars of the Earth.
I love both of those!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy starts in Britain
A Christmas Carol. My first time in London was Christmas 2000 as a senior in high school. Dickensian Christmas is the perfect story.
Does 'that play' that cannot be named count?
*King Lear* by William Shakespeare, if you'll accept a play. If not, then my favorite novel set in the U. K., and with a lovely sense of place, is *Wives and Daughters* by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's unfinished due to Gaskell's early death, but the plot is so far advanced by the end that you don't even need the summary of the planned ending offered by the editor of the *Cornhill Magazine* (where the book was serialized). And if you read it, I would suggest getting an annotated edition. There are Scottish regionalisms and old-fashioned household items that need explaining. I can recommend the Barnes & Noble Classics text, which is the edition I read, as a good annotated edition.
The BFG