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Greatest Novel of All-Time

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by EStreetJoe, Sep 19, 2012.

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  1. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Huffington Post has the bracket up and is asking people to vote:
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/best-novel-of-all-time_n_1792173.html?ir=Books
     
    EStreetJoe, Sep 19, 2012
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  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    "Gatsby."
     
    Dick Whitman, Sep 19, 2012
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  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Gatsby and Lolita, which would probably be my 1-2 from that list, are both losing...
     
    Mizzougrad96, Sep 19, 2012
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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Omits much too much. Needs to be a bracket of 64.

    Without heavyweights like 'Don Quixote' and 'Midnight's Children' or Cinderellas like 'Day of the Locust' or 'All The King's Men' it's not even a believable throwaway.
     
    Azrael, Sep 19, 2012
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Seriously. It doesn't include several possible winners. Bad bracket. Don't agree with Azrael's complete list, but without Don Quixote, the bracket doesn't have credibility. Gulliver's Travels, too. You can throw Frankenstein in there, too.

    I'd vote for Gatsby as the Greatest American novel. I love To Kill a Mockingbird, and I think it is brilliant, but I wouldn't put it on a list of the greatest books of all time.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 19, 2012
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  6. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Was this list compiled by Chef2?
     
    Versatile, Sep 19, 2012
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  7. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    To Kill a Mockingbird is a fine book. Great Expectations was 19th century pulp fiction.
     
    Versatile, Sep 19, 2012
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  8. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    WHERE TEH HELL IS THE GOOD EARTH?!>?!!?!
     
    Donny in his element, Sep 19, 2012
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  9. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Utterly dismayed that "All the King's Men" is omitted.
     
    Beaker, Sep 19, 2012
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  10. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Catch-22 is the Great American Novel because I said so.
     
    Versatile, Sep 19, 2012
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  11. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    Granting that this is a flawed list, but on a list of only 16, it should rightfully be omitted.
     
    dreunc1542, Sep 19, 2012
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  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    That would depend upon whether one thought it was of equal or greater stature that "To Kill A Mockingbird," the most overrated novel in the American canon.

    Speaking of which, how is that bracketed, but not "Huckleberry Finn?"
     
    Azrael, Sep 19, 2012
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