2006-07-08 07:57:03 · 12 answers · asked by Dustfinger the master of fire 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Dean Koontz shouldn't be anywhere within a thousand miles of this answer...(And "Gone With The Wind"--by Margaret Mitchell--might MAYBE make the third team...)
EVER written? Like, in the 400 years since the novel was invented? Top candidates are probably "Don Quixote" by Miguel Cervantes, "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy, and "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Probably a few others, but I don't think anybody currently alive has written The Greatest Novel Ever Written...
2006-07-08 08:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by zeebaneighba 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is generally considered the greatest novel ever written.
He paints a detailed, realistic picture of the times and life in Russia at that time.
2006-07-08 08:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by jimmy h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there are a mode of fable books that are a lot extra acceptable written than the Bible. The Bible will be a lot extra acceptable, if it were not a determination of reports hob nailed mutually to make it appear like it become written as a continuous narrative. in case you could stay wide awake, attempt interpreting the Koran.
2016-10-14 06:17:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, many people actually consider "Tom Sawyer" to be a great classic novel. By Mark twain
2006-07-08 08:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are asking for literary critics' consensus, probably War and Peace or Don Quixote or James Joyce's Ulysses are the ones most often listed at the top.
Now if you are asking for my personal favorites, you'd have to meet several criteria: good sense of human nature, engaging story to the very end, a sense of humor, a sense of time and place (call that history, if you like), and a spiritual depth.
At the top of my list would be such works as Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, Eudora Welty's Losing Battles, Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend, and William Wharton's Midnight Clear.
2006-07-08 10:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by bfrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my favorites is A farewell to arms by Ernest Hemmingway, but i also like The Long Walk by Richard Bachman
2006-07-08 08:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by Andrea R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ulysses" by James Joyce has been named the greatest on many lists.
Just keep in mind, there is no science beyond the arbitrary rules constituting well written manuscripts as pertaining to various elements. Ultimately, it is still opinion.
2006-07-08 08:03:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anna Karenina, by Tolstoi.
2006-07-08 10:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein. Go with the unedited version.
2006-07-08 08:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by TheSlayor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am thinking Gone with the Wind, but I have no idea who wrote it
2006-07-08 08:01:11 · answer #10 · answered by nemraC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋