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Dana Gioia

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“Certainly anna Karenina, you know, having read novels for over 60 years, Anna Karenina is the best novel I've ever read.”

Why: It is cited as the best novel the speaker has ever read.

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Guest on EconTalkWeep, Shudder, Die: The Secret of Opera Revealed (with Dana Gioia)

“And War and Peace is the most ambitious, successful novel, even though parts of it, I think, are failed.”

Why: Described as the most ambitious, successful novel.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Guest on EconTalkWeep, Shudder, Die: The Secret of Opera Revealed (with Dana Gioia)