tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post7725102115041435215..comments2023-10-30T04:09:45.910-04:00Comments on Letters and Surveys: Survey: What is the Greatest Novel of All Time?brdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-45002907200259522942011-11-21T01:18:49.266-05:002011-11-21T01:18:49.266-05:00I think You might be right about the need for a ha...I think You might be right about the need for a hard edit. And I do agree that the movie is great--Greatest movie of all time? However, you didn't post an alternative suggestion. I am always looking out to <a href="http://www.surveymethods.com/Free-Online-Surveys.htm" rel="nofollow">free online surveys</a>Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00183496055940447454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-18355608401052371792011-09-27T22:08:45.289-04:002011-09-27T22:08:45.289-04:00I agree, our sensitivities to novels does change o...I agree, our sensitivities to novels does change over time. There are some novels that, perhaps, a young person can't quite "get" that becomes clear to an older reader. At the same time, I still have a lot of respect for the novels that I loved in my <br />20's.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-27663143562943591342011-09-27T19:48:42.983-04:002011-09-27T19:48:42.983-04:00A better question may be... "What is the grea...A better question may be... "What is the greatest novel at THIS time?" A novel that touched me at age 20 may not have the same effect 20 years later. One year, perhaps my journey has made me appreciate some aspects of a novel that another year would go unnoticed. Don't you wish you had taken better notes when you were younger and compared to now? I know I do.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-62971294470126960912011-08-25T19:47:44.950-04:002011-08-25T19:47:44.950-04:00All right, Alicia. It is Middlemarch. I love Georg...All right, Alicia. It is Middlemarch. I love George Eliot.brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-9815159916915761162011-08-25T17:40:51.234-04:002011-08-25T17:40:51.234-04:00Oh, let it be Middlemarch!
I understand that not...Oh, let it be Middlemarch! <br /><br />I understand that not everyone IS Dorothea Brooks, but I am. And not everyone loves those intertwining plots that all work themselves into a tanglish mess by the end, but I do. And that means it will always be Middlemarch for me.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612768039888295232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-41437187422385788772011-04-04T17:24:56.543-04:002011-04-04T17:24:56.543-04:00Well, why shouldn't it be Doomsday Book? Or Wa...Well, why shouldn't it be Doomsday Book? Or Watership Down? In fact, why shouldn't it be Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown? That was my first favorite bookbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-70636177597780824832011-04-04T16:33:17.724-04:002011-04-04T16:33:17.724-04:00Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
My problem with t...Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.<br /><br />My problem with this question is that all the books that are the greatest to me personally...books like Watership Down, or Ender's Game, or The Road don't seem quite formal enough for this question. Even Connie's book is "just one of those time travel books". So I then force myself to think about High School English and limit my choices to those options, like Lord of the Flies, 1984, or Tess of the D'Urbervilles, or some other depressing and difficult read.cadh 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229405846825667683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-48784186143840120352011-03-11T10:02:17.852-05:002011-03-11T10:02:17.852-05:00Josh,
You might be right about the need for a har...Josh,<br /><br />You might be right about the need for a hard edit. And I do agree that the movie is great--Greatest movie of all time? However, you didn't post an alternative suggestion. We need that.<br /><br />Bbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-45258848762174176732011-03-11T09:48:54.214-05:002011-03-11T09:48:54.214-05:00I'm sorry, but the unabridged Les Mis novel is...I'm sorry, but the unabridged Les Mis novel is clearly an example of the "I get paid by the word" model of that era. <br /><br />I read it so I could compare book to movie to musical. And this is one of a few rare instances where the movie is better than the book.<br /><br />You could cut about 300 pages from Hugo's Les Mis without losing a thing. <br /><br />So, I'm sorry, but I must disagree with your 'greatest novel' claim.Josh Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-61808504314973412362011-03-11T06:57:07.638-05:002011-03-11T06:57:07.638-05:00Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
KHRebecca by Daphne du Maurier<br /><br />KHbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-53402309552413991782011-03-11T06:55:57.735-05:002011-03-11T06:55:57.735-05:00Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Wuthe...Moby Dick by Herman Melville<br /><br />JT<br /><br />Also ran, <br />Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte <br /><br />Dracula by Bram Stoker <br /><br />Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowebrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-64762438672795802242011-03-11T06:52:39.216-05:002011-03-11T06:52:39.216-05:00War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Jane Eyre by Charlot...War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy<br /><br />Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte<br /><br />East of Eden by John Steinbeck<br /><br />Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Randbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-24991295828630788392011-03-11T06:51:15.593-05:002011-03-11T06:51:15.593-05:00Ulysses by James Joyce
JHUlysses by James Joyce <br /><br />JHbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-53545615304511403962011-03-11T06:50:52.573-05:002011-03-11T06:50:52.573-05:00Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice b...Middlemarch by George Eliot<br /><br />Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin<br /><br />Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br />A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickensbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-81296129144997589372011-03-11T06:49:17.720-05:002011-03-11T06:49:17.720-05:00The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevskybrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-62254270788450172912011-03-11T06:47:46.195-05:002011-03-11T06:47:46.195-05:00Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
BRDLes Miserables by Victor Hugo<br /><br />BRDbrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.com