One novel I've read recently and really enjoyed was "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope. And, it is quite pertinent to the way we are living now. Highly recommend.
I couldn't commit to a favourite, but to whittle it down I'll name some whose work I have liked enough to read several of their novels. Like you, Jane Austen is on my list. I have also very much enjoyed John Irving, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, Iris Murdoch, Kingsley Amis and Ian McEwan. Finally, for me, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a masterpiece.
Excellent. I admire Murdoch's philosophical vision but find her novels kinda flat. I love Kate Bush's song "Wuthering Heights". I've read all the others.
I had a strange introduction to Murdoch. First I read The Italian Girl and wasn't all that keen. Many years later I tried another of hers and ended up liking it so much that I read a few. I tried again with The Italian Girl and liked it! I guess that's to do with the evolution of my reading tastes and not to do with the author.
One novel I've read recently and really enjoyed was "The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope. And, it is quite pertinent to the way we are living now. Highly recommend.
https://open.substack.com/pub/harkness/p/melmotte-merdle-and-bulstrode-victorian?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=gqpmg I love The Way We Live Now..massively underrated novel, Melmotte stalks the City and Wall Street in the 21st century!
Wow. Fascinating, and your writing is world-class brilliant!
Thank you, Sarah. I'll check it out!
Thanks, Julie.
Trollope. I've read a couple things by him but not that one.
I couldn't commit to a favourite, but to whittle it down I'll name some whose work I have liked enough to read several of their novels. Like you, Jane Austen is on my list. I have also very much enjoyed John Irving, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, Iris Murdoch, Kingsley Amis and Ian McEwan. Finally, for me, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is a masterpiece.
Excellent. I admire Murdoch's philosophical vision but find her novels kinda flat. I love Kate Bush's song "Wuthering Heights". I've read all the others.
I had a strange introduction to Murdoch. First I read The Italian Girl and wasn't all that keen. Many years later I tried another of hers and ended up liking it so much that I read a few. I tried again with The Italian Girl and liked it! I guess that's to do with the evolution of my reading tastes and not to do with the author.
She's an acquired taste, but well worth any and all esteem that comes her way.
PS I'm reading a really good book at the moment. It's called We Are Like Fire by MG Weber. Don't know whether you know him?
Hope you find it meaningful, Julia.
Haha! Thank you.
Interesting, Elizabeth.