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06-20-2008, 12:12 PM
| | |  Prisoner of Azkaban on Greatest Novels of All Time list
The Telegraph is today reporting that Prisoner of Azkaban featured in a list of the top ten Greatest Novels of All Time. The poll of 2000 readers was conducted by online retailer Play.com. Quote:
1. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
2. Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S Lewis
4. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
5. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
6. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
7. Animal Farm - George Orwell
8. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JK Rowling
10. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
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06-20-2008, 12:26 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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Too Cool! Those are all really good books. So glad to see HP in the top ten.
*wow first to post* (that is a first for me)
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06-20-2008, 12:36 PM
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| | Dugbog
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yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... ........................
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06-20-2008, 12:41 PM
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That's great!! | |
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06-20-2008, 12:59 PM
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| | Abraxan
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I agree w/ some of those books, but certainly not all.
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06-20-2008, 01:05 PM
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|  Urdu Mod SS Featured AuthorTürk BilginiRunespoor
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Niiiice. But, personally, I find the top three much, much more deserving.  And the sixth, seventh and eight are great choices, too. =)
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06-20-2008, 01:21 PM
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| German Mod Centaur
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Why is it Animal Farm? It's not a bad book, that's for sure, but I think 1984 is much better, both in style and metaphysics.
Nice to see the Prisoner up there, though. Not the one I would pick as the best novel of the series, but then again, I'm no literary expert like those who voted for The Da Vinci Code!  | |
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06-20-2008, 02:07 PM
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| | Leprechaun
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Wow, greatest novels of all time! That is a HUGE deal! That is way awesome; it's also my favorite of the series  Go Jo!! Quote:
Originally Posted by Antarctica!  Why is it Animal Farm? It's not a bad book, that's for sure, but I think 1984 is much better, both in style and metaphysics.
Nice to see the Prisoner up there, though. Not the one I would pick as the best novel of the series, but then again, I'm no literary expert like those who voted for The Da Vinci Code!  I sense some, er, dissent there. 
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06-20-2008, 02:26 PM
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| German Mod Centaur
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Originally Posted by FoxFire I sense some, er, dissent there. Well done! How perceptive. 
To be fair though (and I'm nothing if not that!), The Da Vinci Code was, to an extent, quite readable. But all-time top five? Come on. I have more trouble figuring out my daily's Sudoku than the clues in that book. 
But quite possibly this 2000-people poll conducted on the Internets is not the last word in literary criticism. 
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Or is this about George Orwell? Hm...
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06-20-2008, 02:32 PM
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Of cooouuurse prisoner is up there | |
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06-20-2008, 02:34 PM
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I'm very happy that one of the HP books is there, though I'm a bit surprised that it's Prisoner that was chosen and not one of the others.
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06-20-2008, 02:44 PM
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| | Ramora
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wow thats cool ! those books on the list are very very good books! congraaats
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06-20-2008, 04:31 PM
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YAY! It's my favourite of the books
I think it's a good list, I'm also glad to see 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wadrobe', 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Lord of the Flies'.
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06-20-2008, 06:44 PM
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WOOHOO! That's one of my favorite books too!
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06-20-2008, 07:39 PM
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Great. But number nine? Seriously, it deserves better!
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06-20-2008, 08:00 PM
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It is nice to know people understand how awesome the hp books are even if they dont read them
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06-20-2008, 08:29 PM
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| | Ghoul
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Top Ten! Yay!
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06-20-2008, 09:41 PM
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06-20-2008, 10:39 PM
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Great!! is a very good book!! it deserves it!!
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06-20-2008, 11:22 PM
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i was just wondering, with all these greatest novels list, why do they keep lumping LOTR as just one entry and HP as 7 different entries? since HP is a series much like LOTR and Narnia shouldnt they just evaluate JKR's work as a whole and not piecemeal?
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06-21-2008, 01:10 AM
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| | Gnome
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no lie dudes but i like the movie better then the book  it's more action packed then the books dudes!!
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06-21-2008, 02:48 AM
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awesome!! And I totally agree, POA is the best of all!!
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06-21-2008, 03:11 AM
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06-21-2008, 03:16 AM
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| | Ramora
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WOOOO! That's a great list! And POA is my favorite book of the series.
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06-21-2008, 06:28 AM
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Whoo hoo!!!!
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