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A Corpus Stylistics Approach to Contemporary Present-tense Narrative
Reiko Ikeo, Eri Shigematsu and Masayuki Nakao
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 43] 2024
► pp. 257–259

Titles of novels and short stories in the corpora

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The PREST corpus
Serious section
Atwood, M. 2013 [2003]. Oryx and Crake. London: Virago Press.Google Scholar
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Enright, A. 2007. The Gathering. New York: Black Cat.Google Scholar
Galgut, D. 2010. In a Strange Room. London: Atlantic Books.Google Scholar
Hyland, M. J. 2006. Carry Me Down. Edinburgh: Canongate.Google Scholar
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Levy, D. 2016. Hot Milk. London: Hamish Hamilton.Google Scholar
Mantel, H. 2012. Bring up the Bodies. London: Fourth Estate.Google Scholar
McCarthy, T. 2010. C. London: Jonathan Cape.Google Scholar
Mitchell, D. 2014 [2001]. Number9Dream. London: Sceptre.Google Scholar
Moore, A. 2012. The Lighthouse. London: Salt Publishing.Google Scholar
Morrall, C. 2013 [2003]. Astonishing Splashes of Colour. London: Sceptre.Google Scholar
Mukherjee, N. 2015 [2014]. The Lives of Others. London: Vintage.Google Scholar
Ozeki, R. 2013. A Tale for the Time Being. Edinburgh: Canongate Books.Google Scholar
Pierre, DBC 2003. Vernon God Little. London: Faber and Faber.Google Scholar
Seiffert, R. 2002 [2001]. The Dark Room. London: Vintage.Google Scholar
Self, W. 2012. Umbrella. London: Bloomsbury.Google Scholar
Smith, A. 2015 [2014]. How to Be Both. London: Penguin.Google Scholar
Popular section
Ahern, C. 2008. Thanks for the Memories. London: Harper Collins.Google Scholar
Billingham, M. 2017 [2016]. Die of Shame. London: Sphere.Google Scholar
Burton, J. 2014. The Miniaturist. London: Picador.Google Scholar
Filer, N. 2013. The Shock of the Fall. London: Harper Collins.Google Scholar
Green, G. 2016. Dear Dad. Sittingbourne, Kent: Yule Press.Google Scholar
Greene, M. 2013. Ostrich. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.Google Scholar
Harris, R. 2014 [2013]. An Officer and a Spy. London: Arrow.Google Scholar
Healey, E. 2015 [2014]. Elizabeth Is Missing. London: Penguin.Google Scholar
James, E. L. 2012 [2011]. Fifty Shades of Grey. London: Arrow.Google Scholar
Kinsella, S. 2003. Can You Keep a Secret? London: Black Swan.Google Scholar
MacDonald, L. 2012. A Meeting of a Different Kind. Beauchamp: Matador.Google Scholar
MacGregor, V. 2016. The Return of Norah Wells. London: Sphere.Google Scholar
Mackay, M. 2015 [2013]. How a Gunman Says Goodbye. London: Mulholland Books.Google Scholar
Mark, D. 2017 [2015]. Taking Pity. London: Quercus.Google Scholar
Marwood, A. 2012. The Wicked Girls. London: Sphere.Google Scholar
May, P. 2016. Coffin Road. London: Quercus.Google Scholar
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Whitney, R. 2015. The Liar’s Chair. London: Pan Books.Google Scholar
The PAST corpus
Serious section
Amis, M. 1985 [1984]. Money. London: Penguin.Google Scholar
Ballard, J. G. 1984. Empire of the Sun. New York: Panther Books.Google Scholar
Barnes, J. 1989. A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. London: Picador.Google Scholar
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Carter, A. 1967. The Magic Toyshop. London: Heinemann.Google Scholar
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Gardam, J. 1992 [1991]. The Queen of the Tambourine. London: Abacus.Google Scholar
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Huxley, A. 1928. Point Counter Point. London: Chatto & Windus.Google Scholar
Lawrence, D. H. 1955. “Tickets, Please”. In The Complete Short Stories (Vol. II), pp. 334–346. London: Heinemann.Google Scholar
Lessing, D. 1974. The Memoirs of a Survivor. London: Octagon.Google Scholar
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Maugham, S. 1935 [1919]. The Moon and Sixpence. London: Heinemann.Google Scholar
Murdoch, I. 1961. A Severed Head. London: Chatto & Windus.Google Scholar
Rushdie, S. 1995. The Moor’s Last Sigh. London: Jonathan Cape.Google Scholar
Wells, H. G. 1953 [1909]. Tono-Bungay. London: Collins.Google Scholar
Woolf, V. 1919. Night and Day. London: The Hogarth Press.Google Scholar
Popular section
Adler, E. 1986. Peach. London: Hodder and Stoughton.Google Scholar
Bow, J. 1991. Jane’s Journey. Hove, Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd.Google Scholar
Burley, W. J. 1978. Wycliffe and the Scapegoat. London: Gollancz.Google Scholar
Conran, S. 1982. Lace. Harmondsworth: Penguin.Google Scholar
Cookson, C. 1984. Hamilton. London: Heinemann.Google Scholar
Dibdin, M. 1991. Dirty Tricks. London: Faber & Faber.Google Scholar
Francis, D. 1988. The Edge. London: Michael Joseph.Google Scholar
Higgins, J. 1991. The Eagle Has Flown. London: Pan.Google Scholar
Holt, V. 1991. Daughter of Deceit. London: Harper Collins.Google Scholar
Lewis, T. 1992. Get Carter. London: Allison and Busby.Google Scholar
MacLean, A. 1986. Santorini. London: Collins.Google Scholar
Maitland, S. 1991 [1990]. Three Times Table. London: Virago Press.Google Scholar
McDermid, V. 1992. Dead Beat. London: Gollancz.Google Scholar
McDowell, C. 1991. A Woman of Style. London: Random Century Group.Google Scholar
Nabb, M. 1989. Death in Springtime. London: Fontana.Google Scholar
Peters, E. 1992. The Holy Thief: The Nineteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: Headline.Google Scholar
Seymour, G. 1992. Archangel. London: Fontana.Google Scholar
Smith, W. 1987. The Eye of the Tiger. London: Heinemann.Google Scholar
Taylor, A. 1986. The Raven on the Water. London: Harper Collins.Google Scholar
Thomson, R. 1991. The Five Gates to Hell. London: Bloomsbury.Google Scholar