Posted by Racer on January 19, 2004, at 1:41:08
In reply to Re: Does anyone know of any good historical fiction?, posted by badhaircut on January 7, 2004, at 12:47:44
"Anthony Adverse", but Hervey Allen. Starts before The Terror, involves world travel, faith and the meaning of life, love, loss, and grief, and redemption. Oh, yeah, and it was the best selling novel in America -- and I believe elsewhere as well -- for the years 1933 and 1934.
Is it a good book? That's subject to debate. Is it worth reading? Oh, yes, if only for the alternate perception of the Great American Shame of slavery. It also includes views of evil, and of unreasonable, long term bitterness and the twisting of souls by the search for vengeance.
It's a story of overcoming adversity, trying on differing philosophies of Man, and a few other things.
Can't promise you'll like it, can predict you'll learn from it, and if you made it through "Middlemarch", you'll likely get through it, too. If you do read it, let us know what you think.
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