Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1904

First time so far that I actually haven't read anything on this list so voting "John Bull's Adventures in the Fiscal Wonderland by Charles Geake and Francis Carruthers Gould" because come on.

The sea wolf is an absolute cracker, not the best Jack london but a ripping yarn nonetheless.

Nostromo

henry james was just churning them out eh. shame i haven't read any of his later ones yet.

"It is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871)."

https://archive.org/details/johnbullsadvent00geakgoog/mode/2up

with illustrations after tenniel

Probably the Chesterton.

I had no idea Hesse was writing this early.

The Phoenix And The Carpet, now we're talking

I've only read The Phoenix and the Carpet, Freckles, and The Sea Wolf. Freckles is fun but also terrible; I read The Sea Wolf a long time ago and liked most but not all of it, and I can't remember it well enough to feel confident voting for it. I like The Phoenix and the Carpet but it's my least favorite of that series. This poll is a hard one.

If anyone's interested in weird, experimental short stories from 1904, check out Kipling's "Mrs. Bathurst," one of the most confusing stories ever written.
https://www.telelib.com/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/TrafficsDiscoveries/bathurst.html

Sitting this one out, as I haven't read a single one of these titles.

The Late Mattia Pascal was maybe one of the first books I picked as a NYRB classic and it's interesting only.

I've recently picked up a cheap copy of Lucky Per which I am looking forward.

*Makes the sign of the cross* to whoever votes for The Golden Bowl

Interesting, as this is one of the first of these where I've read more than one of the books! And for me, The Golden Bowl was the clear winner...

Haven't read any of these? There's still time! And all should be available via public domain.

Freckles is a fun hate-read, I recommend it. (Not exactly hate, but you'll marvel at how batshit it is on every page while happily reading on.)

I remember the Sea Wolf as being suuuuper homoerotic, so it's a good one as well.

And E. Nesbit is a total classic. (Look out for some really bad antisemitism when you get to the otherwise brilliant Story of the Amulet though.)

Nesbit, Conrad, Chesterton all great.
Lucky Per is NEARLY great, he just didn't realise which character he should have written the book about and she vanishes 4/5 of the way through and then all the air goes out of the book.

Ooops, the Wells is also great fun.

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E. Nesbit vs Henry James FITE

Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1905