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Latest post Sat, May 24 2008 5:25 PM by Grammar Geek. 3 replies.
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Jackson6612  +  518229 Sat, 24 May 08 03:46 AM
I have been told that most of the best English novels were written in Victoria era. But in Victorian times the atmosphere was morally strict and such a atmosphere mostly hinder the progress and creativity. Therefore, is what I have been told correct?
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Grammar Geek  +  518236 Sat, 24 May 08 04:24 AM

"The best" is certainly subective.

I love Jane Austen and she was before the Victorian era. I also enjoy modern novels. So how do you describe "best"?
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Jackson6612  +  518263 Sat, 24 May 08 06:17 AM
Hi Barbara,

I believe the person who said this to me would have described the best novels as the ones which are considered best by the general public. That said, personally I have nothing to say about the authenticity of that person's claim. Perhaps, you can shed more light on this.
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Grammar Geek  +  518517 Sat, 24 May 08 05:25 PM

I can't say how you would define best. The DaVinci Code was certainly widely read and loved by the public, and while I was eager to turn the page to find out what would happen next, I would never say it was "great writing." Hollywood routinely awards the Oscar to "outstanding films" that I have no intention of ever seeing because the subect matter is not enjoyable to me.

I don't think this is a question that has answers - only opinions.

Four of my favorite books of all times were Atlas Shrugged, written by a Russian woman first published in the US in the 1950s; The Shell Seekers, without doubt a romance novel, written by a British lady in the 1980s, Pillars of the Earth, written be a contemporary British man; and Pride and Prejudice, by Ms. Austen. It's hard to be more wide-rangning in those choices. None of them are Victorian English novels.

 
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