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Originally Posted by HarryT
British schools tend not to read translations as set books, so we stuck to British authors.
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...because no other place in the world speaks English? *scratches head*
Besides, translations are worth discussing in their own right. It broadens the conversation, it doesn't narrow it. And the question was what books we studied at school - not what books we studied in English Literature class. (In Australia, English and English Literature are two separate subjects in upper school.)