Time's 100 best English-language novels (1923 - present)

[John Carvill]

Can anyone give a reason for the list?

You'd think Time might've allowed us to read the original reviews, at
least for a while...



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To: bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Time's 100 best English-language novels (1923 - present)


Fair enough, but can anyone give a reason for the 1923 date?

>From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
>
>>Ghetta Life wrote:
>>Conrad's Heart of Darkness
>>
>>>From: Rcfchess at aol.com
>>>
>>>How about some nominations from the list for books that should've
been 
>>>included but weren't?
>
>
>Heart of Darkness  was written in 1902,  prior to  the time frame of
the 
>list  (1923 - ).   After I stopped being incensed about not seeing
Marquez 
>Garcia,  I realized that the books were all originally written in
English.  
>  Still, way too much fluff and not enough substance.
>
>Bekah
>

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