Best work of literature?

[Eldritch]

I hesitate to play into the hands of our resident Spanish chauvinists, but...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002...manities.books

Well, just as even a blind chicken will find a worm now and then, the Guardian's panel (Doris Lessing? Salman Rushdie? Nadine Gordimer? ) is right on this one, imo.

However I'd say that greatest body of work produced by any single author is that of Shakespeare.

[Murphy]

However I'd say that greatest body of work produced by any single author is that of Shakespeare.

Sorry Tolkien steals that !

[Eldritch]

Sorry Tolkien steals that !

Hmmm, point taken. I was mainly looking at the options on the list.

These threads will of course always end up and endless arguments on what should be on the list. I do think LotR should.

[CommonSense]

[Bogdan]

I have a soft spot for The Iliad and the Oddysey, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Hans Christian Anderson, and the Brothers Grimm