LoT Book Club Poll

Matterhorn Fan · 06-05-2006, 12:26 PM

My edition claims that with this book, Flaubert invented the novel. Hmmm.

wendybeth · 06-05-2006, 12:32 PM

Actually, I belive it's Fielding who is credited with that, but I could be wrong. Flaubert is considered to have invented the first true novel of the Realism movement, which also includes the works of Tolstoy, Dickens, etc.

View Poll Results: What Book Should we Read?
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell	1	4.17%
I, Lucifer by Duncan Glenn	3	12.50%
Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen	4	16.67%
Marley and Me by John Grogan	3	12.50%
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert	6	25.00%
Howard's End by E.M Forster	2	8.33%
Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami	5	20.83%
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06-05-2006, 12:26 PM	#1
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	My edition claims that with this book, Flaubert invented the novel. Hmmm.
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06-05-2006, 12:32 PM	#2
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Actually, I belive it's Fielding who is credited with that, but I could be wrong. Flaubert is considered to have invented the first true novel of the Realism movement, which also includes the works of Tolstoy, Dickens, etc. __________________
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