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Some Responses to “Who Was The Greatest Novelist in the English Language?” :

1. You’re kidding? How about James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Samuel Beckett, Jane Austin, etc?

   Commented Lennard Pierson on April 11th, 2009.

2. I agree , Conrad is number one

   Commented nick on April 11th, 2009.

3. I also think that a question like this, and in particular when you ask a question like this, you have to consider the circumstances behind it. To be fair, one of the reasons I would agree on Joseph Conrad, is because I happen to be reading “Victory” at the time. He seems like one of those writers that every time I read him, I get completely amazed at how much I am pulled inside the world he creates.

   But it is all arbitrary anyway, it’s like asking who was the greatest guitarist.

   Commented Bryan on April 11th, 2009.

4. Conrad.

   Commented Chris on October 4th, 2009.