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• More of the World’s Greatest Novels - August 2014

  None of these 94 novels - from Albania (2), Austria (4), Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt (4), England (27), Egypt (2), Finland, France (18), Germany (4), Hungary, India, Italy, Japan (9), Mexico (3), Peru (4), Poland, Portugal, Russia (3), Scotland, South Africa (2) and the U.S.A (6) - were included in the article on The World’s Greatest Novels elsewhere on this site, although they are all worthy candidates for the distinction of appearing there in the august company of Don Quixote, Les (...)

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• The World’s Greatest Novels - October 2009

  There are no doubt some novels missing from this compendium - albeit not very many, in my humble opinion (the jury is still out on the works of Balzac, Stendahl, Flaubert, and Zola) - but there can be no doubt that these 73 masterpieces from Albania, Austria (3), China, the Czech Republic, Egypt (2), England (15), France (11), Germany (6), Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan (3), Norway, Peru (2), Poland, Portugal, Russia (9), Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the U.S.A (9) have all scaled (...)

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