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Millions of us ravenously devour novels every year. It’s not surprising that we also wrestle with them, judge them, press them on our friends (often demanding them back), and quietly “misplace” the ones we can’t warm up to. The unspoken word here is “ranking.” Whenever we say “<i>Pride and Prejudice</i> is a better book than <i>Sense and Sensibility</i>”or <i>Jane Eyre</i> or <i>Moby-Dick</i>, we are evaluating and, in some way, ranking these old familiars. So what are the hundred best novels, anyway. And which comes first? eighth? ninety-eighth? It’s anybody’s right to say; no such list can be purely objective. <p>After teaching literature for more than twenty years, <b>Daniel S. Burt</b> has an informed view of his own, and he puts it forward in <i>The Novel 100</i>. He identifies a great novel as one that has defined or modified the genre and remained influential over time. Each entry provides a plot summary and assessment of the novel, as well as details about its creation, historical context, critical reception, and contribution to literary history. Because there are more candidates for inclusion than there are spots, he concludes the book with “A Second Hundred (Honorable Men

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Author

Daniel S. Burt

Publisher

Barnes & Noble, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780760794029

Category

reference

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Reference

Rating

3.75 / 5 (18 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14