Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1914

Kokoro for me - the tragicomedy of the protagonist obsessing so much over obedience to his mentor while treating his actual parents like shit.

The Corelli and Lagerlof both sound intriguing.

nb the Chesterton is the one where the UK falls under islamic rule and as a result - worst of all possible consequences! - alcohol is forbbiden so the hero travels around the country helping people get turnt. Unlikely to get a BBC adaptation anytime soon (or is it??).

I have read none of these.

The World Set Free is mentioned in The Making of the Atomic Bomb as inspiring Leo Szilard to work towards developing the bomb. He's the guy who first came up with the idea of the chain reaction, and the guy who wrote the letter Einstein signed and sent to FDR.

Oh, oh, I've got one! An actual favourite on the list! Vote early, vote Roussel.

Also voting Roussel. I haven’t read Kokoro, alas.

Roussel for sure. Read it back in my undergrad days after hearing that it was one of Ashbery's faves

Kokoro or Ragged-Trousers.
Angel Island is interesting and depressing: some men are shipwrecked on an island of winged women, spend the rest of the books subjugating and ruining the women's lives, then cut off their wings.
World Set Free is also interesting but minor Wells.

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Komodo is his best, such an intense reading experience

Roussel far and away the most interesting author on this list.

Would be pretty awesome if the book was called Komodo.

Lol autocorrect why

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A locus, a solus, oooh you need a bolus
Of the trousers, so ragged, read H Rider Haggard
Oh the earth's core, Rice Burroughs, baby why don't we go
Down to Kokoro
We'll read it fast and then we'll read it slow
That's where we want to go
Way down to Kokoro

astonishing!

lol wow emily

Yeah Emily that's amazing :D

Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1915

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