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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: epicure who wrote (45881)7/17/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
X, actually I don't think it makes sense to rank novelists (or poets) in order of greatness, to try to decide who is "best." After they reach a certain generally recognized level of "greatness," it becomes a matter of personal taste how one ranks them.

For example, there are writers whose greatness I can recognize, but whose work I do not enjoy reading (Melville, for example). Austen is fun to read and re-read -- Pride and Prejudice especially -- but in terms of breadth and depth, I would not personally rank her up there with Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, or Mann (my favorites). But, as I said, that is a matter of personal taste.

Joan
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