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<p>No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a complete history of novels written in the English language, from the genre's seventeenth-century origins to the present day. In the spirit of Dr. Johnson’s <i>Lives of the Poets,</i> acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland selects 294 writers whose works illustrate the best of every kind of fiction—from gothic, penny dreadful, and pornography to fantasy, romance, and high literature. Each author was chosen, Professor Sutherland explains, because his or her books are well worth reading and are likely to remain so for at least another century. Sutherland presents these authors in chronological order, in each case deftly combining a lively and informative biographical sketch with an opinionated assessment of the writer's work. Taken together, these novelists provide both a history of the novel and a guide to its rich variety. Always entertaining, and sometimes shocking, Sutherland considers writers as diverse as Daniel Defoe, Henry James, James Joyce, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Michael Crichton, Jeffrey Archer, and Jacqueline Susann.</p> <p>Written for all lovers of fiction, <i>Lives of the Novelists</i> succeeds bo

Author

John Sutherland; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300182439

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Literary Criticism

Rating

4.06 / 5 (87 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14