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The list is a personal selection - some critical of and some positive towards aspects of British culture. I'm not sure why it's upset you so, unless you either believe that there are no unattractive aspects of British culture, or that nobody should ever comment on the unattractive aspects.

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A "Great British" list of books shouldn't focus in the majority on left-wing critique. Like I said elsewhere, I'll give you the marmalade, but the rest is the product of metropolitan miserabilists.

Half of the 6 reads seem like gently sympathetic descriptions of peculiarities of British life (the popularity of holiday walks in bad weather, marmalade and pets). I don't see the source of the offence in any of these stories - but then again, I'm not British.

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