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Mr Darcy or Mr Toad? The nation settles down to choose its favourite book
From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20031019
Author:CHRIS HASTINGS AND DAVID BAMBER
A SHORTLIST of the 21 books which the British public has voted to be the greatest works ever written was published yesterday by the BBC. The list of favourite titles includes works by Charles Dickens, George Orwell and Charlotte and Emily Bronte, as well as contemporary authors such as J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman.
Among those omitted are literary greats including Thomas Hardy and James Joyce, and foreign novelists such as Gustave Flaubert and Victor Hugo, whose masterpieces were also eligible for the list, having been translated into English.
The shortlist is based on the choices of more ...
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