According to Ernest Hemingway: Mark Twain. Hemingway said that "Huckleberry Finn" was the greatest american novel ever written.
2007-12-27 13:51:15
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answered by mattdaddy 2
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There's no clear holder of this title. The list above by ck1 is a pretty good list of some major contenders. However, she has included a few who probably shouldn't be there. She also excluded some who should. The most obvious omissions:
William Faulkner
F Scott Fitzgerald
Henry James
I would add two more who would be less unanimous choices for a list of the greatest American novelists, Thomas Wolfe and Philip Roth.
If I were forced down to one name, I'd say Faulkner was the greatest, but Twain is easier and more fun to read.
2007-12-27 14:16:47
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answered by A M Frantz 7
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That's very subjective. I don't know of any one author who is considered the best by everyone.
I'd include:
-Margaret Mitchell
-Louisa May Alcott
-Edgar Allan Poe
-Jack London
-Mark Twain
-O. Henry
-Washington Irving
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
-Herman Melville (I agree)
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
-Frances Hodgson Burnett (born in England but became an American citizen)
-Ernest Hemingway
-Henry James
These are just some of the greatest American writers of fiction classics....
2007-12-27 13:51:29
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answered by ck1 7
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William Faulkner
2007-12-27 14:25:18
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answered by Severus Rox My Slytherin Sox 5
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Living or Dead?
Living: John Updike
Dead: William Faulkner.
2007-12-27 14:04:22
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answered by MontagueMom 3
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Herman Melville
2007-12-27 13:41:37
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answered by melville22000 4
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Oh, there have been so many great ones, it's hard to pick just one! I'd say Isaac Asimov and Mark Twain are high up on the list.
2007-12-27 14:43:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Most versatile and most prolific, the title goes to Isaac Asimov (born in Russia, by the way).
2007-12-27 13:50:37
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answered by loryntoo 7
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Brett Easton Ellis.
American Psycho was brilliantly written.
2007-12-27 14:06:31
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answered by Candi Apples 7
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Stephenie Meyer.
(The Twilight Series.)
Read them. :]
2007-12-27 13:45:53
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answered by Taylorlol. 2
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