W. Somerset Maugham’s Ten Greatest Novels of All Time
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Great Novelists and Their Novels, 10 Books
Maugham's studies of the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists are outstanding examples of literary criticism at its finest. Afforded here are some of the formulae of greatness in the genre, as well as the flaws and heresies which enfeeble it. Written by a master of fiction, "Ten Novels and Their Authors" is a unique and invaluable guide.
This list was originally published in 1954 and was added to this site almost 12 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | Tom Jones | Henry Fielding | 1749 | British | English | |
| 13 | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 1813 | British | English | |
| 42 | The Red and the Black | Stendhal | 1830 | French | French | |
| 228 | Father Goriot | Honoré de Balzac | 1835 | French | French | |
| 47 | David Copperfield | Charles Dickens | 1849 | British | English | |
| 20 | Madame Bovary | Gustave Flaubert | 1857 | French | French | |
| 7 | Moby-Dick | Herman Melville | 1851 | American | English | |
| 15 | Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë | 1847 | British | English | |
| 18 | The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1880 | Russian | Russian | |
| 12 | War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | 1869 | Russian | Russian |