 Writing in "The Daily Telegraph", Jake Kerridge called it "a short-sighted list that will please nobody ", saying that "the scope of this list is narrow and, for all its apparent diversity and inclusivity, is far from representative of the full range of what great fiction can offer," noting that only seven of the books were published before 1900.He also named notable omissions, including "Ulysses", "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", "Gulliver’s Travels", "Vanity Fair", "Jane Eyre" and "The Golden Notebook".The BBC relied on six experts