British vs French 19thc century lit rumble

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Spiffor

I have to help you out of the limbo of ignorance.

He doesn't live in France.


(Francophile molly, who can't resist pulling my favourite Frog's leg)


Let's hear it for the Goncourt Bros. too and Eugene Sue.

Have we had Isidore Ducasse, by the by ?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Oh, and kudos to molly for William Blake. What an oversight.

Trust me- he would have made my lists were it not for the fact that his greatest literature was published in the 18th century.

[Dr Strangelove]

Marx's stuff should count as fiction.