BBC selection of the top 100 British novels
The BBC's selection of 100 major British novels ( english The 100 greatest British novels ) was published in December, 2015. It is the result of a survey of 82 non-British literary critics and scholars, who were each asked to name what they considered to be the ten most important British novels.
The aim of the survey was to obtain a global assessment, as the British novel had influenced this literary form worldwide for centuries. Selectors from continental Europe and the USA as well as Australia, Africa, Asia and the Middle East include Claiborne Smith ( Kirkus Reviews ), Sam Sack ( The Wall Street Journal ), Stephen Romei and Geordie Williamson (both literary critics of the Australian ), Fintan O'Toole ( The Irish Times ), Mark Medley ( Toronto Globe and Mail ), and Mary Ann Gwinn ( Seattle Times ). The literary scholars surveyed include Terry Castle, Morris Dickstein , Michael Gorra, Carsten Jensen , Amitava Kumar, Rohan Maitzen, Geoffrey O'Brien, Nilanjana Roy and Benjamin Taylor. A total of 228 novels were named.
Middlemarch , the novel that was voted number one, was named as one of the top ten British novels by 42 percent of voters. The most frequently named authors on this list are Jane Austen , Virginia Woolf, and Charles Dickens , each with four works. EM Forster , Thomas Hardy and Graham Greene are each represented with three novels.
List of the most frequent mentions
See also
- The 100 books of the century by Le Monde
- ZEIT library of 100 books
- List of works in the book of 1000 books
- BBC Big Read
- BBC selection of the 20 best novels from 2000 to 2014
- List of the 100 best English-language novels
- Thirteen Classics (Classical Chinese Canon)
- Time selection of the best 100 English-language novels from 1923 to 2005
- Dutch literary canon
- Canon of literature
Web links
- BBC: The 100 greatest british novels
- The Guardian: The best British novel of all time: have international critics found it?
Single receipts
- ↑ BBC: The 100 greatest British novels , accessed January 1, 2016
- ^ The Guardian: The best British novel of all times - have international critics found it? , accessed on January 2, 2016