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EmmaRiddle 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.

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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
The full list of fifty books can be seen via the above link.

ReneeWeasley 06-20-2008 12:26 PM

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)

elmo_the_emo 06-20-2008 12:36 PM

yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... ........................

Mrs Felton 06-20-2008 12:41 PM

That's great!!

Patronus Charm 06-20-2008 12:59 PM

I agree w/ some of those books, but certainly not all.

Maxilocks 06-20-2008 01:05 PM

Niiiice. But, personally, I find the top three much, much more deserving. ;) And the sixth, seventh and eight are great choices, too. =)


Antarctica 06-20-2008 01:21 PM

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! :lmao:

FoxFire 06-20-2008 02:07 PM

Wow, greatest novels of all time! That is a HUGE deal! That is way awesome; it's also my favorite of the series :yes: Go Jo!!

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Originally Posted by Antarctica! (Post 6809854)
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! :lmao:

:xd: I sense some, er, dissent there. :P

Antarctica 06-20-2008 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoxFire (Post 6810023)
:xd: I sense some, er, dissent there. :P

Well done! How perceptive. :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy:

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. :D

But quite possibly this 2000-people poll conducted on the Internets is not the last word in literary criticism.

^_^

[edit]
Or is this about George Orwell? Hm...

BabyStag 06-20-2008 02:32 PM

Of cooouuurse prisoner is up there :D

Slytherin Fox 06-20-2008 02:34 PM

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.

puffy 06-20-2008 02:44 PM

wow thats cool ! those books on the list are very very good books! congraaats

laura-tonks 06-20-2008 04:31 PM

YAY! It's my favourite of the books :D
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'.

Shopgirl3876 06-20-2008 06:44 PM

WOOHOO! That's one of my favorite books too!

HarryThePotter 06-20-2008 07:39 PM

Great. But number nine? Seriously, it deserves better!

Darkpsychosis722 06-20-2008 08:00 PM

It is nice to know people understand how awesome the hp books are even if they dont read them

Potter for Minister 06-20-2008 08:29 PM

Top Ten! Yay!

Zoe 06-20-2008 09:41 PM

Sweet! ^_^

Lily Evans 06-20-2008 10:39 PM

Great!! is a very good book!! it deserves it!!

Steelsheen 06-20-2008 11:22 PM

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?

aidan stylez 06-21-2008 01:10 AM

no lie dudes but i like the movie better then the book :) it's more action packed then the books dudes!!

Mari of the Ocean 06-21-2008 02:48 AM

awesome!! And I totally agree, POA is the best of all!!

Liisa 06-21-2008 03:11 AM

I'm not surprised !:)

SnfflesLuvr 06-21-2008 03:16 AM

WOOOO! That's a great list! And POA is my favorite book of the series.

dracodelirious 06-21-2008 06:28 AM

Whoo hoo!!!! :D


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