tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post6594557761013556491..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: Poe Powervaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-5363363861053589492017-04-25T09:35:00.593+00:002017-04-25T09:35:00.593+00:00It would be really interesting list to draw up. I ...It would be really interesting list to draw up. I reckon you could read (focusing on English authors) - say - 'Animal Farm' or '1984' in a single day. Also 'A Christmas Carol'.Aonghus Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434527113873901741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-53026254450135760482017-04-25T07:15:42.960+00:002017-04-25T07:15:42.960+00:00Absolutely! The Great American Novel is convention...Absolutely! The Great American Novel is conventionally seen as a damn big book, like Moby Dick. But as you say, the groundbreaking stuff tends to be shorter. Perhaps we could make a rule of thumb - that the most influential works are those that can be read within a single day? (If you start really early.)valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-42299005774081172632017-04-24T13:25:23.324+00:002017-04-24T13:25:23.324+00:00Funny thing is, I think there's a real prefere...Funny thing is, I think there's a real preference - on the part of both readers and authors - for big books in the US, yet even if one were to disregard the American short story as a form (and the commercial factors which popularised it), a lot of seminal American fiction is pretty short (ie, around novella-length) - e.g. 'The Scarlet Letter" 'The Great Gatsby', & ''The Catcher in the Rye'.Aonghus Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434527113873901741noreply@blogger.com