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Fw: Fw: bbc: the big read -- where's nabokov?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Roth" <paroth@skidmore.edu>
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> I do believe that conditions of the survey dictated that the book in
question
> be a novel -- ergo, no Shakespeare. Moreover, any list with 3 Jane
Austens
> and two Brontes at the top of the charts can by no means be all bad! And,
> finally, as one sitting in London while all this is going on, the
enterprise
> has led to wonderful discussions of favorite books and the sort of
> foregrounding of lifetime reading that should be the envy of every
country.
>
> Phyllis Roth
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tina Colquhoun" <tacolquhoun@btopenworld.com>
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> > > As such surveys usually are (how does one compare Ulysses to Harry
> > > Potter fx??), this one was very random and really mainly a bestseller
> > > list. About 20% of the top 100 were children's books(!?). It was
> > > surprising that Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Joyce got a look-in at all in
> > > this context. There was nothing pre early 1800s (Jane Austen) and no
> > > Shakespeare. But then maybe we Brits are too dim to read him as
well...
> > >
> > > Alex Colquhoun
> > >
> > >
> > >
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From: "Phyllis Roth" <paroth@skidmore.edu>
>
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (29
lines) ------------------
> I do believe that conditions of the survey dictated that the book in
question
> be a novel -- ergo, no Shakespeare. Moreover, any list with 3 Jane
Austens
> and two Brontes at the top of the charts can by no means be all bad! And,
> finally, as one sitting in London while all this is going on, the
enterprise
> has led to wonderful discussions of favorite books and the sort of
> foregrounding of lifetime reading that should be the envy of every
country.
>
> Phyllis Roth
>
> "D. Barton Johnson" wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tina Colquhoun" <tacolquhoun@btopenworld.com>
> > > ----------------- Message requiring your approval (13
> > lines) ------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > As such surveys usually are (how does one compare Ulysses to Harry
> > > Potter fx??), this one was very random and really mainly a bestseller
> > > list. About 20% of the top 100 were children's books(!?). It was
> > > surprising that Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Joyce got a look-in at all in
> > > this context. There was nothing pre early 1800s (Jane Austen) and no
> > > Shakespeare. But then maybe we Brits are too dim to read him as
well...
> > >
> > > Alex Colquhoun
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>