Brighton

Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. Brighton and Hove form a single conurbation but Brighton's lively atmosphere is a direct contrast to its near neighbour which has quieter and more refined character. The two boroughs were joined together to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove in 1997, which in 2000 was granted city status.

Brighton in literature

• Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
• Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
• William Makepeace Thackeray: Vanity Fair
• Graham Greene: Brighton Rock
• Helen Zahavi: Dirty Weekend
• The fictional seaside town of Watermouth — the setting of Malcolm Bradbury's campus novel The History Man — bears a lot of resemblance to Brighton.
• Patrick Hamilton: West Pier
• Patrick Hamilton: Hangover Square
• Henry James: The Golden Bowl
• Robert Rankin: The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (1995) Featuring an unnamed seaside town on the south coast with two piers!
• Robert Rankin: The Brightonomicon (2005)
• Nigel Richardson: Breakfast In Brighton (ISBN 0575402016)
• Louise Rennison: The "Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" series