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Aug 17, 2015 · The 100 best novels written in English: the full list. After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a verdict on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in...
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- The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
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The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List. This is one of the 305 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.
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Sep 18, 2020 · Interested in finding out the most famous English authors of all time? We've had a go at defining England's ten best authors, based on a combination of criteria.
4 days ago · This list of authors features the best writers ever, including, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Geoffrey Chaucer, Homer, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, Herman Melleville, William Faulkner, and Edgar Allan Poe. Vote up the best authors of all time below or add the writer you think is the best who isn't already on the list.
- Homer ~850 BCE. Scholars have debated whether Homer was one single author rather than a collection of oral stories but it is now thought that such an author existed.
- Sophocles 496-406 BCE. Sophocles, an ancient Greek dramatist, wrote plays that have stood as a model for tragic dramas, both by Greek and Roman writers and into the modern age, hugely influencing the playwrights of the golden age of Elizabethan drama in England, as well as modern dramatists.
- Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) 70 BCE – 19 BCE. Virgil was a prolific Roman poet, best remembered for his epic, Aeneid. He Was to Rome what Homer was to Greece.
- The Evangelist, Mark (Author of the Gospel of St Mark) 1st Century CE. The identity of Mark is unknown but his great book, The Gospel of St Mark, was written in about the year 70 and has had the greatest impact on the world of any book ever written.
All the books on the list "100 Best Novels Written in English" from The Guardian. Respected literary critic Robert McCrum selects the definitive 100 novels written in English.
Ulysses by James Joyce. Set in Dublin, the novel follows a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, an advertising salesman, as he navigates the city. The narrative, heavily influenced by Homer's Odyssey, explores themes of identity, heroism, and the complexities of everyday life.
