Nobody's mentioned it yet, but my favourite is
'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo. All praise for this book is superfluous and the thought of musical and film versions gives me nightmares.
Also up there is
'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde,
'Great Expectations' by Dickens,
and, of course, 'Lord of the Rings'.
'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo. All praise for this book is superfluous and the thought of musical and film versions gives me nightmares.
Also up there is
'The Picture of Dorian Gray' by Oscar Wilde,
'Great Expectations' by Dickens,
and, of course, 'Lord of the Rings'.