The list, which was compiled by the BBC from contributions made by 82 literary critics from around the world – none of whom were from the UK – is topped by Middlemarch, whose author, Mary Anne Evans, had to submit it under a man’s name, George Eliot, to ensure publication.
Modernist writer Woolf had two of her novels in the top three: To The Lighthouse in second place and Mrs Dalloway in third. Both she and Elliot appear again further up the list: The Waves is at 16 and Orlando at 65, and Eliot’s Daniel Deronda appears at 70.
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Modernist writer Woolf had two of her novels in the top three: To The Lighthouse in second place and Mrs Dalloway in third. Both she and Elliot appear again further up the list: The Waves is at 16 and Orlando at 65, and Eliot’s Daniel Deronda appears at 70.
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Are Britain’s Best Authors Women? They’re Certainly Rockin’ BBC’s Top 100 British Novels List
Female novelists wrote six of the top ten titles on the list, including the top three, and make up 40% of the total. The UK certainly has a long tradition of great women authors, from Jane Austen to Hilary Mantel, but previous lists haven’t been quite so equitable. What made the difference here? (Actually, it’s those bloody foreigners.)
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