Greatest Books Voted by Authors (1915)

Given by New York Times

35 Works 278,039 Livros 3,587 Críticas ½ 3.8
Believing that a discussion of a literary topic of the widest interest might: be not without volte as a momentary relief to mind which have constantly before them the tragic spectacle of the mostrar mais world's greatest war, The New Yok Times recently asked a few of the most distinguished novelists of America and England to reply to this question:

"Which, in your opinion, are the six best novels in the English language?"

The answers received have shown great diversity of opinion and indicate that the taste of novelists is often at variance with that of the public for which they write. The letters have been printed in several instalments, and the opinions of their authors art today summarized. Two letters previously crowded out art published after the summary. mostrar menos
ObraEtiqueta de OrdemAno
Vanity Fair por William Makepeace Thackeray
11848
Tom Jones por Henry Fielding
21749
The Scarlet Letter por Nathaniel Hawthorne
31850
David Copperfield por Charles Dickens
31850
Robinson Crusoe por Daniel Defoe
41994
The Way of All Flesh por Samuel Butler
51903
A Tale of Two Cities por Charles Dickens
51859
Westward Ho! por Charles Kingsley
51855
Ivanhoe por Sir Walter Scott
51819
When Valmond came to Pontiac: The story of a lost Napoleon por Gilbert Parker
62012
Sons and Lovers por D. H. Lawrence
61913
Under Western Eyes por Joseph Conrad
61911
Fraternity por John Galsworthy
61909
Tono-Bungay por H. G. Wells
61909
A Certain Rich Man por William Allen White
61909
The Awakening of Helena Richie por Margaret Deland
61906
What Maisie Knew por Henry James
61897
Sentimental Tommy por J. M. Barrie
61896
The Damnation of Theron Ware por Harold Frederic
61896
Trilby por George Du Maurier
61894
The Wrecker por Robert Louis Stevenson
61892
Diana of the Crossways por George Meredith
61885
The Story of an African Farm por Olive Schreiner
61883
The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life por George Washington Cable
61880
The Return of the Native por Thomas Hardy
61878
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer por Mark Twain
61876
Anna Karenina por Leo Tolstoy
61875
Barchester Towers por Anthony Trollope
61857
Bleak House por Charles Dickens
61852
The History of Pendennis por William Makepeace Thackeray
61848
Handley Cross por R. S. Surtees
61843
The Spy por James Fenimore Cooper
61821
The Vicar of Wakefield por Oliver Goldsmith
61766
Sir Charles Grandison por Samuel Richardson
61753
The Guarded Flame por W.B. Maxwell
61969
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