2007-03-06 07:25:02 · 12 answers · asked by Lee 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Stephen King
2007-03-06 07:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by Bare B 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People will disagree, obviously, but a short list of candidates might include Leo Tolstoy, Feodor Dostoevsky, Marcel Proust, Charles Dickens, Miguel de Cervantes, Victor Hugo ... all writers of big books. For shorter fiction, maybe Anton Chekhov or Guy de Maupassant.
I don't think Shakespeare counts, since he was a playwright, and I would exclude all modern pop fiction authors on principle (I'm a snob).
2007-03-06 07:35:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
In English? Charles Dickens.
2007-03-06 07:30:41 · answer #3 · answered by obelix 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anne Rice
2007-03-06 08:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by eyenoura 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hard question... the first answer that popped into my head was "Kurt Vonnegut," but if I think about it too much longer I'll have a whole list and start debating myself.
2007-03-06 07:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Kate 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tie--- Francine Rivers. Michael Phillips. These are the best equally.
2007-03-06 07:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
For me, Charlotte Bronte.
2007-03-06 07:37:04 · answer #7 · answered by Sean C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Agatha Christie for me
2007-03-06 07:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by Axn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First person that came to mind was Edgar Allan Poe....
2007-03-06 07:30:51 · answer #9 · answered by LionessB 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
for me Dostoyevsky and Marquez
2007-03-06 09:13:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋