Greatest Books Voted by Authors (1915)

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35 Werke 278,039 Bücher 3,587 Rezensionen 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 mehr anzeigen 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. weniger anzeigen
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Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit von William Makepeace Thackeray
11848
Tom Jones von Henry Fielding
21749
Der scharlachrote Buchstabe von Nathaniel Hawthorne
31850
Charles Dickens Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden: David Copperfield von Charles Dickens
31850
Robinson Crusoe von Daniel Defoe
41719
Der Weg allen Fleisches von Samuel Butler
51903
Eine Geschichte zweier Städte von Charles Dickens
51859
Westward Ho! von Charles Kingsley
51855
Ivanhoe von Sir Walter Scott
51819
When Valmond came to Pontiac: The story of a lost Napoleon von Gilbert Parker
62012
Sons and Lovers von D. H. Lawrence
61913
Mit den Augen des Westens von Joseph Conrad
61911
Fraternity von John Galsworthy
61909
Tono-Bungay: Roman von H. G. Wells
61909
A Certain Rich Man von William Allen White
61909
The Awakening of Helena Richie von Margaret Deland
61906
What Maisie Knew von Henry James
61897
Sentimental Tommy von J. M. Barrie
61896
The Damnation of Theron Ware von Harold Frederic
61896
Trilby von George Du Maurier
61894
Der Ausschlachter: (The Wrecker) von Robert Louis Stevenson
61892
Diana vom Kreuzweg : Roman von George Meredith
61885
GESCHICHTE EINER AFRIKANISCHEN FARM. Roman. von Olive Schreiner
61883
Die Grandissimes. Eine Geschichte aus dem tiefen Süden von George Washington Cable
61880
Clyms Heimkehr von Thomas Hardy
61878
Tom Sawyers Abenteuer von Mark Twain
61876
Anna Karenina von Leo Tolstoy
61875
Die Türme von Barchester von Anthony Trollope
61857
Charles Dickens Gesammelte Werke in Einzelbänden: Bleakhaus von Charles Dickens
61852
The History of Pendennis von William Makepeace Thackeray
61848
Handley Cross von R. S. Surtees
61843
Der Spion von James Fenimore Cooper
61821
Der Landpfarrer von Wakefield von Oliver Goldsmith
61766
Sir Charles Grandison von Samuel Richardson
61753
The Guarded Flame von W.B. Maxwell
61969
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