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Finest Works of Fiction - Page 2

In Novels and Novelists, A Guide to the World of Fiction (1980) Seymour-Smith and the other contributors selected about 55 works of fiction as receiving full marks on the four criteria used for evaluation: Readability, Characterization, Plot, and Literary Merit. These represent, for the contributors, the finest works of fiction that have been written.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
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William Faulkner
Miss Lonelyhearts (Nathanael West)
Miss Lonelyhearts
42
Nathanael West
The Man Who Loved Children (Christina Stead)
The Man Who Loved Children
43
Christina Stead
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
44
Malcolm Lowry
The Moon and the Bonfires (Cesare Pavese)
The Moon and the Bonfires
45
Cesare Pavese
The Go-Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go-Between
46
L.P. Hartley
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
47
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner (Sillitoe)
Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner
48
Sillitoe
Anton Chekhov's Short Stories (Ralph E. Matlaw)
Anton Chekhov's Short Stories
49
Ralph E. Matlaw
Collected Stories by William Somerset Maugham (William Somerset Maugham)
Collected Stories by William Somerset Maugham
50
William Somerset Maugham
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Humboldts Gift
Humboldts Gift
52
The Seance and Other Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Seance and Other Stories
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Short Friday (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Short Friday
54
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese (Cesare Pavese)
The Selected Works of Cesare Pavese
55
Cesare Pavese
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