Neglected Books @neglectedbooks.bsky.social

July 4th brings out calls to name the Great American Novel. In 1836, Edgar Allan Poe said it was Beverly Tucker's George Balcombe: "We are induced to regard it, upon the whole, as the best American novel." These things come and go & this is a pointless game. So, love great novels—don't rank them.

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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:11 UTC

Looking up the plot of GEORGE BALCOMBE, more like "the Great Proto-Confederacy Novel", promoting the subjugation of women and blacks as part of the natural order.

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