/lit/ - Literature

>>12473659
>What is your opinion on private schools in Britain?
I miss Oxfordanon.

>>12119060
>>12119604
I know your secret shame.

>cold, dark night with a half-moon lurking behind the clouds here at the ancient, academically unsurpassable University of Oxford
>tfw currently sitting on my sturdy chair in my dormitory previously occupied by Great Minds who all have their own detailed wikipedia pages, my perineum positioned on the seat's edge allowing a feeling of sustained, low-level erotic pleasure
>tfw on Saturday morning, my now officially declared Elite, privately educated (~£36,000 a year fees) girlfriend and I lied side-by-side gazing into each others eyes with barely suppressed romantic adoration
>tfw eventually we showered and I walked her back to her college with her bicycle before heading to the library to loan some books for my intensive, unrivalled undergraduate academic career
>tfw as I turned away from her at the entry to her college she said "Wait, can I ask you something?" and twisted her toe into the ground while blushing crimson until saying it was nothing and hurrying away
>tfw I spent the afternoon studying in my dormitory and had lunch with a few pals from my quad, each of whom is a member of the genetically distinct, biologically profound upper class students who attend this illustrious university
>tfw one of them is the Eton-educated son of a politician I often see on the television, and is himself planning to pursue a high-status role within university politics
>tfw they all leaned in across the dinner table as I told them a spooky story from my time living amongst the humble (poor), largely irrational, often violent "working" class
>tfw the story ended with me being forced to take public transport on a bus full of drunken football fans and they all gasped and the girls were gripping one another in fright
>later that night my now officially declared girlfriend and I got dressed up in our costumes in her dormitory
>tfw she dressed as Hermione and I as Harry Potter (my own background justifying such a role, and her temperament justifying hers)
>tfw spent the evening in a popular, exclusive, traditional English pub singing drunkenly and chanting our respective college chants before stumbling through a chilly spooky night to our next destination

What a fine night we had here on Saturday to celebrate Halloween, the ancient city of Oxford lending the occasion a mysterious, almost sinister feeling as my then hopefully soon-to-be upper class, Elite, not-for-you girlfriend clutching my side as I guarded her against any and all terrors lurking close at hand. And that was only the beginning of the evening; what came later on changed my life, for the better of course (it being the University of Oxford) forever.

What books would you recommend reading to fully appreciate Halloween /lit/?