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What, IYO, is the greatest novel ever written?
Posted on 9/23/17 at 11:34 pm
Posted on 9/23/17 at 11:34 pm
I don't have an answer, but i'd like to hear from some expert readers here.
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Posted on 9/23/17 at 11:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I've read The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley once a year going on almost three decades. May not be the best novel ever written but it's my all time favorite.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 12:10 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I'm still trying to make my way through the classics, but the one that's really blown me away is The Grapes of Wrath.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 6:22 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
The Brothers Karamazov
Posted on 9/24/17 at 9:06 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
expert readers here
I'm not this, and there are a lot of classics I have not read. But of the books I have read I'll go with Infinite Jest. It's a very tough read and the first time through was a love/hate relationship. But it is brilliant as hell and well worth the effort in the long run. But it also took multiple readings to really start understanding it.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 9:18 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
For me, it's difficult to top Lonesome Dove.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 1:43 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
Here’s 5:
The Scarlet Letter
A Christmas Carol
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dracula
The Old Man and the Sea
The Scarlet Letter
A Christmas Carol
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dracula
The Old Man and the Sea
This post was edited on 9/24/17 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 9/24/17 at 5:36 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I think a common answer from many professors would be Joyce's Ulysses. For a more traditional answer you could go with Huckleberry Finn. I am personally partial to Animal Farm.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 9:32 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I have always loved, This Side of Paradise.
Edit- I always love it when someone down votes an opinion of someone else. I don't think people understand what a personal opinion is here.
Edit- I always love it when someone down votes an opinion of someone else. I don't think people understand what a personal opinion is here.
This post was edited on 10/16/17 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 9/24/17 at 9:39 pm to ElephantGA
Slapstick
Posted on 9/24/17 at 10:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
War and Peace. Breathtaking in both scope and execution.
Posted on 9/24/17 at 10:28 pm to JawjaTigah
What makes you put The Scarlet Letter on there? I loved the others on your list but that one was boring for me.
Posted on 9/25/17 at 10:00 am to Porter Osborne Jr
East of eden. Steinbeck
I am partial to "los muertos mandan", blasco ibanez. In Catalan.
I admit to confirmation bias re my nominee.
Steinbeck is the "official" answer.
Almost as grim as my nominee.
Both horrific.
Maybe los muertos mandan is in english translation. Imagine the protagonist is Rex and the locals are the OT baws.
I am partial to "los muertos mandan", blasco ibanez. In Catalan.
I admit to confirmation bias re my nominee.
Steinbeck is the "official" answer.
Almost as grim as my nominee.
Both horrific.
Maybe los muertos mandan is in english translation. Imagine the protagonist is Rex and the locals are the OT baws.
This post was edited on 9/25/17 at 10:03 am
Posted on 9/26/17 at 5:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
This is very hard to answer but I very much enjoy reading and re-reading The Caine Mutiny.
Posted on 9/26/17 at 9:01 am to Porter Osborne Jr
quote:I think it is a great reflection of the times it represented. I think it is a great study in human nature. It shows clearly how over time's passage, certain "facts" about people do often evolve, and how public opinion can move. And how our misdeeds can be redeemed or redeeming factors over time - like lemons, they can be turned to lemonade.
What makes you put The Scarlet Letter on there?
In this case, Hester's practice of kindness and her parenting demonstrates much about what is in her soul (despite initial popular opinion). Whereas, the good reverend's heart rotted from having to exist in the unconfessed shadows of what he had done.
So that's why I included it.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 10:30 pm to AUveritas
quote:
The Brothers Karamazov
Although I do not know if I would consider it the best novel ever written (it is up there for sure) it is the novel that has had the most impact on my life. It is truly remarkable.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 11:04 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
That is an impossible question to answer. I'll just throw out a few that impacted me on a very deep level.
All Quiet on the Western Front
A Separate Peace
Aztec
Lonesome Dove
1984
Farenheit 454
I just better stop, or I'll never end this post..
All Quiet on the Western Front
A Separate Peace
Aztec
Lonesome Dove
1984
Farenheit 454
I just better stop, or I'll never end this post..
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:19 pm to glassman
Moby Dick or Don Quixote IMHO
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:37 pm to glassman
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Posted on 9/29/17 at 8:15 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Brave New World in addition to many included here.
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