If you want to watch more Top 10 novels from other countries (France, Russia, Japan, US, the Netherlands etc.), here is the playlist: kzread.info/head/PLyKyeehuJVIGLGFKZ-zzJjuxfMyjCb47N

Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Somerset Maugham, Thomas Hardy, George Orwell, Joseph Conrad, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austin.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

This is a great list. I love Maugham and hardy. Also Wilde. What did you think you Walter Scott?

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

Ivanhoe is best historical fiction I’ve ever read it’s a breeze

@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs

Жыл бұрын

Oscar Wilde was Irish he's in the hall of fame of Irish novelists like Bram Stoker Jonathan Swift Samuel Beckett and James Joyce

@nl3064

3 ай бұрын

​@@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecsyeah, and Conrad was wasn't English either.

@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs

3 ай бұрын

@@nl3064 he was English Polish

1,000,000 thanks, Matt. Wow, your channel has really grown. I love it! Congratulations! I haven't gotten around to reading Kazuo Ishiguro, yet, but I will. Lessing is one of my ATFs. I especially love the two series "Canopus in Argos" filled with processes for the evolution of human consciousness and "The Children of Violence" where she discusses the violence of holding each other in place with our group think and judgments and claims of who you should be in relation to me. Also, her 1985 Massey Lecture "Prison We Choose to Live Inside" is a masterpiece of non-fiction worth studying.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Yes, you were away for a while. So glad you're back.

Jane Eyre was a book that I could not put down in high school. Actually, read it in the bathtub because I couldn't put it down. I had the opposite experience with Middlemarch. Felt it was a painful read.

Strange list. Where are Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Thackeray, Trollope, Conrad, F.M. Ford, E.M. Forester, E. Waugh, A. Powell, H. Green, G. Greene, A. Huxley-to name just a few of the most obvious omissions.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

i guess I could have added another 10 to make it 20 but still would not have been enough.

@johnnicholas1488

6 ай бұрын

So glad you included Ford. I would rank THE GOOD SOLDIER among the top three. Since my first reading in 1970, I have read or listened to it on Audible at least 50 times. By the way, the Frank Mueller reading on Audible is superb. Oh the language of our "naive" narrator is just stunning. Thanks for mentioning Ford. Since 1970, I rarely find anyone who has even heard of it.

@BobbiWilhelm65

4 ай бұрын

If you feel so strongly about the obvious omissions, you should make a video about your choices. I’d be interested in watching it.

@johnnicholas1488

4 ай бұрын

So glad to see your reference to Ford Maddox Ford . There's a fellow whose skills were so fine as not to be unmentioned. Or perhaps so fine as not to be even noticed.

@nl3064

3 ай бұрын

@davidhuston292 it's his list, not yours - why does everyone have this obnoxious mindset? And not everyone can include everyone who's ever picked up a pen. - and Conrad wasn't even born English!

So 10 I would add to your list for anyone interested NB. The first 6 are listed in order how vital i believe they are as a read to any passionate lover of English lit despite their comparative obscurity) 1.Titus Groan & Gormenghast of the Gormenghast trilogy either are incredibly but 3rd Titus Alone not as good- nevertheless imo the most underrated/misunderstood works in the English Language...A quote to demonstrate the incredible beauty, cleverness and humor of his prose & immediate evidence as to why it commonly being defined as Fantasy with NO caveats/elaboration '' IAlfred? What have you arranged? Nothing, I expect. Have you done anything? Have you? have you?’? ‘What sort of thing, Irma, my dear? What sort of thing are you referring to? I have done all sorts of things, I have removed a gallstone the size of a potato, I have played delicately upon my violin while a rainbow shone through the dispensary window; I have plunged so deeply into the poets of grief that save for my foresight in attaching fish-hooks to my clothes I might never again have been drawn earthwards, ha, ha! from those excruciating depths'' ** 2.The Once & Future King by TH White (another of most underated novels in the English language and for me far and away the best interpretation/adaption/descendent of Mallory's Morte D'Arthur (or of Arthurian legend in general )you can read) 3.Erewhon by Samuel Butler (SO under-rated for its themes and ideas which, no exaggeration, are massively challenging, provocative, genius & controversial even TODAY let alone in the victorian age!) 4.Watchmen (it maybe a graphic novel, but i am a novice in genre and have read no others yet for me this is as insightful, as emotive, as stunning in terms of the actual writing, as provacative and as memorable as mostly any novel i have ever read) 5.Ivanhoe - best historical fiction/epic I have ever read & second best, after Once and Future King medieaval-set fiction ever 6.Brighton Rock Graeme Greene 7.Brave New World 8.Dorian Gray (if we call WIlde English), 9.A Clockwork Orange, 10.And Far from The Madding Crowd- imo best and most readable Hardy ** (more on Gormenghast trilogy) (NOT nec an easy read- almost always listed as fantasy TOTALLY INCORRECTLY- bar a slightly fantastical/gothic setting of a castle in a slightly different world there is NOTHING FANTASTICAL ABOUT IT- no magic, no great epic plot of good vs evil, Anthony burgess called it something like 'most hard to categorise novel in english language) i have sometimes termed it 'freudian/gothic dream realism' which i am pretty sure is not an official term but works... but if you love INCREDIBLY poetic, original prose, memorable thought provoking themes & charectors, incredible imaginiation and just enduring originality you will love this...

I'd swap out Virginia Woolf (can't stand her writing, or her) and add Lord of the Rings (I consider it one book)

@aclark903

11 ай бұрын

Quite right, sir.

@nl3064

3 ай бұрын

It's his list, not yours.

can we count Jonathan Swift? he was Anglo-Irish. I'd also include The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I totally agree with putting Orwell here, he's my favorite author. I would probably choose 1984 over animal farm, even though it's become a meme. his other works are great too. Down and Out in Paris and London, and Homage to Catalonia are underrated. there's only one I haven't read yet, Road to Wigan Pier, which I just found a copy of, but I'm trying to savor the anticipation of reading it. I'll be sure to check out your other Orwell vid. not sure if you're into poetry, but would be cool to see a top 10 English poets or some such thing

I love all these great novelists. Wonderful selection, FictionBeast. Many blessings for 2024 to you. I loved the Bronte sisters. Anne Bronte's "The Tenet of Windfell Hall" was among my list of the best novels , although all three were excellent. 🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵.

So you are saying that Emily Brontë, with ONE novel to her name, is among the top 10 authors in the history of English novelists? That's ridiculous.

When I think about it, most of the literature I read as a child came from England. Milne, Carroll, Kipling, Burnett, Doyle….English literature in general reminds me that excitement is the best part of reading.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

For me it’s been Russian literature. And French to some extent.

@lauracook8203

9 күн бұрын

I fell in love with Russian literature after reading Fyodor Dostoesky's Crime and Punishment. I then started reading his short stories and loved "Notes from underground". My favorite though is Alekzander Solzenhystin's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Im fond of some Chekov plays and stories like Uncle Vanya but the only books I really didn't get were Tolstoy's. Anna Karinina was meh and War and Peace- just no. Ive read a few French novels but the only memorable one I can say I really liked is Camus' Lost Weekend. Love it!

I'd like to add Authors that I wish were on the list of top ten English authors if you are interested: 1. J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) 2.Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) 3.HG. Wells (The War of the Worlds) 4.C. S. Lewis (Narnia) 5.Agatha Christie (And then there were none) 6. E. M. Foster (A Passage to India)

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

These are great recommendations!

@declanm6887

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Thank you,

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

(NB. The first 6 are listed in order how vital i believe they are as a read to any passionate lover of English lit despite their comparative obscurity) Titus Groan & Gormenghast of the Gormenghast trilogy either are incredibly but 3rd Titus Alone not as good- nevertheless imo the most underrated/misunderstood works in the English Language...A quote to demonstrate the incredible beauty, cleverness and humor of his prose & immediate evidence as to why it commonly being defined as Fantasy with NO caveats/elaboration '' IAlfred? What have you arranged? Nothing, I expect. Have you done anything? Have you? have you?’? ‘What sort of thing, Irma, my dear? What sort of thing are you referring to? I have done all sorts of things, I have removed a gallstone the size of a potato, I have played delicately upon my violin while a rainbow shone through the dispensary window; I have plunged so deeply into the poets of grief that save for my foresight in attaching fish-hooks to my clothes I might never again have been drawn earthwards, ha, ha! from those excruciating depths'' ** The Once & Future King by TH White (another of most underated novels in the English language and for me far and away the best interpretation/adaption/descendent of Mallory's Morte D'Arthur (or of Arthurian legend in general )you can read) Erewhon by Samuel Butler (SO under-rated for its themes and ideas which, no exaggeration, are massively challenging, provocative, genius & controversial even TODAY let alone in the victorian age!) Watchmen (it maybe a graphic novel, but i am a novice in genre and have read no others yet for me this is as insightful, as emotive, as stunning in terms of the actual writing, as provacative and as memorable as mostly any novel i have ever read) Ivanhoe - best historical fiction/epic I have ever read & second best, after Once and Future King medieaval-set fiction ever Brighton Rock Graeme Greene Brave New World Dorian Gray (if we call WIlde English), A Clockwork Orange, And Far from The Madding Crowd- imo best and most readable Hardy ** (more on Gormenghast trilogy) (NOT nec an easy read- almost always listed as fantasy TOTALLY INCORRECTLY- bar a slightly fantastical/gothic setting of a castle in a slightly different world there is NOTHING FANTASTICAL ABOUT IT- no magic, no great epic plot of good vs evil, Anthony burgess called it something like 'most hard to categorise novel in english language) i have sometimes termed it 'freudian/gothic dream realism' which i am pretty sure is not an official term but works... but if you love INCREDIBLY poetic, original prose, memorable thought provoking themes & charectors, incredible imaginiation and just enduring originality you will love this...

In great expectations (my favorite Dickens ), Pip does not have a kid of his own - it’s Joe and Biddy who have a son. Great list btw.

@purplesprigs

7 ай бұрын

I have yet to see a review of Great Expectations by someone who has actually read it ("Pip is adopted by wealthy a wealthy family.") . Beyond that, this list is awful! Again, it would be nice if someone who actually reads would compile these lists.

My favorite English writer, and really my favorite writer, is J.G. Ballard. The only other English writer I read sort of regularly is John Le Carré. Anyway, roughly my favorite English novels are, -Watchmen (A. Moore & D. Gibbons) (Graphic Novel) -From Hell (A. Moore & E. Campbell) (Graphic Novel) -Super-Cannes (J.G. Ballard) -Empire of the Sun (J.G. Ballard) -A Maggot (J. Fowles) -The Satanic Verses (S. Rushdie) -Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Le Carré) -The First Men in the Moon (H.G. Welles) -Nights at the Circus (A. Carter) -The Unlimited Dream Company (J.G. Ballard) And a large handful of Ballard's short stories.

I had been thinking of reading Animal Farm for a long time, but never did. Maybe I'll give it a try soon ☺️ Thanks for the video

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

It's short and fun. You will enjoy it.

I think you've given away too much plot for most of these. Also, you're incorrect to rate Animal Farm above 1984. I found Animal Farm to be simplistic and too predictable, whereas the feeling I got with 1984 was foreboding and doom, and hope that ultimately proved futile. Altogether harrowing. Also, the latter has been far more influential in modern political discourse, particularly in reference to the use and dangers of Newspeak.

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

possibly right but I would argue anyone is incorrect to rate 1984 above Brave New World?

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

Yes. 1984 went far beyond A Brave New World in every sense. It's also more realistic. Think Huxley's better novel is maybe Counterpoint. But, think Huxley pales face to Orwell. For me every Orwell book is a good book. It's one of the deepest, smartest author I've ever read. And as said, he maintains the quality level, something really difficult for a writer. Orwell is a capital author in Literature, and this applies for the whole world. 1984 is the second more read book in our world, only after the Bible, I was told.

@frooqy

Жыл бұрын

Agree, we didn't need to have so much plot given away for those of us who are looking forward to reading these books

I love writing. My fave writers include George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Ursula K LeGuin, Arthur C Clarke, Philip K Dick, Stephen King, Joey Vimsante, Bob Gale, George Lucas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J R R Tolkien and Tim Schooch, They are from lots of different places.

@nl3064

3 ай бұрын

I like how you say from lots of different places, yet they're all American and English... So, not lots of different places.

Good choices. I was surprised to see Somerset Maugham on the list. He was one the first English writers I read a million years ago. His short stories are entertaining the same way de Maupassant's are.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

He was a great artistic writer. I recently learnt that he was also a spy.

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

I've not read him but have you read any Saki? Imo best short story writer of all time and one of wittiest people ever! If not I would recommend starting with maybe The Lumber Room, The Story Teller or Romance at Short Notice- all hilarious and clever and just 2-3 pages

@donaldkelly3983

Жыл бұрын

@@harryjones84 Read "The Open Window" in high school. But not until a few years ago I picked up a large volume of his tales. They were funny but have a dark aspect to them. Munro was not positive about human nature. A bunch of Reginald stories were included.

@harshvardhanrai8301

Жыл бұрын

@@harryjones84 Read his The Background in my pre university School.

I suppose I've never thought of ranking authors by country, but here goes. Great English or British Authors #1 is, #5 of all time, C.S. Lewis #2 is, #6 of all time, J. R. R. Tolkien #3 is, #8 of all time Jane Austen #4 is, #10 of all time, George Eliot #5 is Thomas Hardy #6 is A. A. Milne #7 is Mary Shelley #8 is Charles Dickens #9 is George Orwell #10 is William Shakespeare #11 is Beatrix Potter #12 is David Mitchell Since two of these are children stories with images in the book, I have lowered them slightly as I see fit based on the necessity of the pictures, per both authors' works. C.S LEWIS 6) The Chronicles of Narnia - series by C. S. Lewis 28) "Mere Christianity" by C. S. Lewis 130) "Out of the Silent Planet" by C.S. Lewis others not on my list, as I am still building it, are the following: "The Problem of Pain," "Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life," and "The Screwtape Letters." This all would clearly be in the top 200 books of all time. J.R.R. TOLKIEN 11) The Silmarillion - The Hobbit, or there and back again - The Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien JANE AUSTEN 17) "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen 29) "Emma" by Jane Austen 50) “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen 57) “Persuasion” by Jane Austen GEORGE ELIOT 40) "Silas Marner" by George Eliot 62) "Middlemarch" by George Eliot THOMAS HARDY 59) "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy A.A. MILNE 35) "Winnie the Pooh" by A. A. Milne MARY SHELLEY 54) “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley CHARLES DICKENS 68) "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens GEORGE ORWELL 71) "Animal Farm" by George Orwell WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 86) "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare" by William Shakespeare BEATRIX POTTER 31) The Beatrix Potter books - animal story series by Beatrix Potter DAVID MITCHELL 46) "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell

@ReligionOfSacrifice

Жыл бұрын

There was nothing quite like my aunt picking up "Uncle Remus" and changing her voice to make Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear all seem like various characters. In like manner, the reading of Christopher Robin picking up his gun to shoot at Winnie-ther-Pooh if spoken with animation leading up to it can make a child absolutely breathless and worried about a teddy bear about to get it. Indeed the opening paragraphs of these stories when read right with a child in your lap can make grown men in the room cry as they imagine a child dragging their toy in the room and up the stairs. And, as for John Joiner with a saw rushing to save a kitten from being a meal for a rat in the attic, if read right adult females will laugh and laugh as they realize how your reading of the kitten as little kids at play and the mother hoping for this adult male with his saw to save the child is really affecting their child with worry and excitement all at the same time.

After some thought, I want to ask if you considered Christopher Isherwood for your list of English writers. Single Man and Prater Violet brilliant and compelling works. He is a writer who has influenced me greatly.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t heard of him. Will check him out. Thanks

@harryjones84

Жыл бұрын

I've not heard of him but looking for someone to read...what other writers do you like, in any language, who i'm likely to know? (not v good on anyone post 1960 tbh)

I love your channel

I love England culture

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

Me too. You have good taste‼️😇👍

great video thank you xxxxxxxxxxxx

Loved it 😅

Fun fact: Doña Barbara's author Romulo Gallegos was also president of Venezuela.

Am only halfway through the vid- but seen all the segments and am pretty shocked that it seems George Orwell is in the list (even if not1984) and yet Aldous Huxley with Brave New World is NOT...i could just about understand neither being on but to habe ANY Orwell and not Brave New World is (even allowing for subjectivity of opinion) questionable! I would say whatever you think of BNW as a novel/story or the writing skill/style/aesthetic shown by Huxley; the boldness & prescience of its themes and their enduring, possibly increasing, relevance to modern issues combined with others of such a timeless/eternally relevant nature, make it a necessary inclusion in any top 10 list of prose from an English author

my favorite is "Adam Bede" by George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans)

شكرا لك عزيزي ❤❤

This was nicely done, but wow did you miss the mark on Megan and Harry coming to America in order to “speak freely.” Like the novels you talked about, that story is pure fiction.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

It’s been a while I made this video. Could you elaborate?

@ALavin-en1kr

Ай бұрын

Couldn’t resist I suppose. They really ticked off the Brits. and their royals. An unspeakable crime. As if the Royals of resent times were not undermining themselves with their unRoyal behavior.

What depth of talent England has!

Great novels. I thought EM Forester might make your list.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Good call! There are so many. i will make another top 10 sometime in the future.

You missed the greatest English author: Graham Greene.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Good point.

I am sure you have seen it but if not please watch Blackadder the Third Ink and Incapability - hope you love it♥🤣

Let's see--let me make another vid about books I haven't read.

Please do an Irish one!

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Good idea

My list would be : 1984 (George Orwell) Alexandria's Quartet (Lawrence Durrell) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Raj's Quartet (Paul Scott) Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Bleak House (Charles Dickens) Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy) Tess D'Uberville (Thomas Hardy) The Clayhangers (Arnold Bennett) The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence) Women in Love (D. H. Lawrence) Howard's End (E.M.Forster) Room with a View (E. M. Forster) Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf) Orlando (Virginia Woolf) Laughter in the Dark (Nabokov) The Good Soldier (Ford Maddox Ford) The Looking Glass War (John Le Carré) The Constant Gardiner (John Le Carré) Alice (both parts. Lewis Carroll) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hide (R. L. Stevenson) Olalla (R. L. Stevenson) The Hound of Baskervilles (Conan Doyle) The Ragman's Daughter (Alan Sillitoe) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe) Filthy (Irvine Welsh) Glue (Irvine Welsh) The Barrier (Robin Maugham) Of Human Bondage (Somerset Maugham) A Burnt Out Case (Graham Greene) The Last September (Elizabeth Bowen) The Magus (John Fowles) The Bird of Night (Susan Hill) Loitering with Intent (Muriel Spark) The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) There are more I could include in the list, but let's say this represents quite well the best (Classics and recent ones) English Literature, in my humble opinion. These are all masterworks, and page turner kind of books, in the big majority of the cases. Have included those Sillitoe short stories, the Robin Maugham one and then the Susan Hill, for those are jewels I loved. Almost the same applies to the Muriel Spark one, a fine and witty work. Thought Great Expectations (watched the movie) and Mrs. Dalloway should be here, though have not read Mrs. Dalloway. Yet. Read The Waves and Orlando, instead. Loved Orlando. Excellent Literature the whole list, anyway, no doubt. Take it as a walk around the beautiful English Language. The great Shakespeare is missing here. Will find some place to talk about my favourite Shakespeare's works...💎👍❤️

@Dan-jd4os

7 ай бұрын

This video is English authors, Irvine Welsh is scottish, and some others might be too that I don’t recognise.

@ALavin-en1kr

Ай бұрын

P. J, Wodehouse deserves a mention. Who can forget the indispensable Jeeves.

Give Zadie Smith a chance (try 'White Teeth').

England has great weather , some weird things in this video

G. Greene

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

Graham Greene has three I liked. England Made Me, The Man Within and A Burnt Out Case. 💎👍

@QED_

Жыл бұрын

@@rickartdefoix1298 I still have flashbacks occasionally from "The End of the Affair". And I read "The Quiet American" . . . about once a year.

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

@@QED_ You're welcome. Am laughing a bit, excuses for. Because I always find myself having to tell to many people, that precisely those two ones weren't my favourites. All that story about her and then her discovery of Catholic Religion and her devotion...well, it had a too slow pace and the religion matter wasn't really my cup of tea. And then, The Quiet American took also a long time to develop and found the movie, maybe better than Greene's work. Read several others of him and none of them catched me as the three I've mentioned. Nor The Comedians, neither Brighton Rock. But Our Man in Havana had sense of humour and was a witty, good entertainment, but a superficial one of course. Then The Power and the Glory disappointed me, too. Because there again, the first half of the book was at slow rhythm. And then the religious matter again. But as it happens in Mexico (as The Man Within, which I insist, is another good one) , which is a Country I love and know very well (lived there), I read it. I surely expected more of The Power and the Glory. Think Greene did a splendid job with The Third Man, but of course that was just a screenwriting. He was a prolific author, so he may have others I would like. But I sustain that not all Greene is good. Maybe his first period is the more interesting. Before he became a Catholic. Still he was a very good writer, no doubt. 😇👍

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

@@QED_ Me I still remember England Made Me and A Burnt Out Case. Greene had kind of a rare poetry, in some books. Or me I found it. And his dealing with ethics made him important for me. One could compare him to Conrad (in Lord Jim, for instance) in his ethics as heart of the matter. Saw the movie, years after, about England Made Me. And it can be seen, but as the more often with books, the ambiance of the book is lost in the movie. Though they tried to recreate it. But don't be surprised about my tastes in Culture. Deliberately or not, am always avoiding topics. And so, avoiding the opinions of the majority. I always look for different good books (but not so well known) of every author. As if willing to discover something else that not everyone knows and likes. I don't succeed very often. Actually only sometimes. It ain't easy. 😇👍

I am glad you mentioned colonialism; there must be a huge boom of postcolonial/ anitcolonial critique with literary scholars because there are aspects of colonialism in pretty much every book.

so …not on the list … since William Shakespeare is a play writer ?

The last two should be opt out... but this is ur choice , not others.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Who would you include?

@ixmix

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Jude the obscure The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling or Daniel Deronda

@ixmix

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Jude the obscure The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling or Daniel Deronda

10% English, THOMAS C.STUHR, THE WORLD'S MOST UNDERGROUND AUTHOR ☠❤👊 READ HIS BOOKS.

I think To the light house is better then Mrs Dallowy

Beautiful work. Bollywood made a very funny movie based on Jane Austen’s book called ‘Bride and Prejudice’. Darcey is played by an American actor while Elizabeth by a previous Ms universe Aishwarya Rai. Thanks a million.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've heard of the Bollywood movie and every time the title makes me laugh.

First view 😍😍

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Super

Hi, Doris Lessing born in Iran , Kermanshah when his father was working in a bank.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Yes. But she grew up in southern africa i believe.

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

​@@Fiction_Beast You right. Had her as a South African born woman. That's why I did not include Doris Lessing and her Golden Notebook in a British Literature List I did.

I didn’t know she was black, no reference in the book!

@lauracook8203

9 күн бұрын

She wasn't. Catherine was described as being quite fair but Heathcliff was described as dark and swarthy and of unknown lineage. Can you imagine if Mowgly from Jungle book was written as a ginger, freckles and all? 😆

Pride and Prejudice is a bore. Persuasion is a more mature story with real 'feeling'.

@ALavin-en1kr

Ай бұрын

My favorite was Emma and her friend and mentor, Mr. Knightly who became her husband rescuing her from the nightmare that was spinsterhood then.

almost all 'sissy crap', missing the country that brought us Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Crusoe, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood, Hamlet, Lord of Rings, Narnia, Charlie Chocolate Factory, Peter Rabbit, Tarzan, Our Man in Havana, James Bond, 1984 & BNW, Clockwork O, Lord of F, 2001 S.O., Time Machine, Major Barbara, Tom Jones, Heart of Darkness, Day of Jackal, Hercule Parrot & MM, Daughter of Time, 39 Steps, Utopia, Pilgrim's Progress, Rumpole, Lord of F, Smiley, Father Brown,

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

You're mentioning great ones that I did not add to my list somewhere else...cause thought they were works for teens or even kids. But Alice, Peter Pan, Robinson and the Jungles Book are excellent books. And concretely Alice, with its two parts has at least a second reading. Alice is definitely, not only for children. It happens with it a tad of the same than with The Wind in the Willows. You have to be able to interpret its content. There's a simbolic inner content to which we are always referring, when speaking about Alice. We have to "cross the mirror", to see what Lewis Carroll was really telling us. Search out... 💎👍

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

Funny you mention John Buchan. Liked his 39 Steps and Three Hostages or something alike. The thing with Buchan is that Le Carré went far beyond. In comparison to Le Carré, Buchan is kind of adventures books, let's say for teens. Le Carré are much deeper and smarter books. Buchan maybe belonged to a more naive world or just wanted to produce entertainment novels. Although I liked him.

@rickartdefoix1298

Жыл бұрын

Roald Dahl is great. You nailed it mentioning him. Dahl short stories count for me among the best, funniest, witty and clever ever written. Laughed a lot with his writings, read it all. The adult ones, of course. A very original writer that improved Saki and John Collier. 💎👍

I notice that this is unrealistic 'diversity' casting. A Black officer in the British Army sitting as an equal among aristocrats in Pride and Prejudice. This really is fiction. Next we have a Black 'Cathy' running through a Yorkshire field with her Heathcliff. Oh, please!

Lord of the Rings? No?

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe on a fantasy list

@forestgrumpy119

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast would u ever do a fantasy list?

Your selctions are way off the mark, dear Sir.

Seriously that Meghan and Harry joke made me laugh so hard, it was so unexpected...

@ALavin-en1kr

Ай бұрын

They are all funny with the exception of the now deceased Queen Elizabeth. She had dignity.

this is spoiler infested so probably best to watch only if you already read the books