A Glastonbury Romance A Glastonbury Romance A Glastonbury Romance was written by John Cowper Powys (1873–1963) in rural upstate New York and first published by Simon and Schuster in New York City in March 1932. An English edition published by John Lane followed in 1933. It is the second of Powys's Wessex novels, along with "Wolf Solent" (1929), "Weymouth Sands" (1934) and "Maiden Castle" (1936). Powys was an admirer of Thomas Hardy and these novels are set in Somerset and Dorset parts of Hardy's mythical Wessex. The first two chapters of "A Glastonbury Romance" takes place in Norfolk, where the late Canon William
The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English "The Guardians 100 best novels"' is a list of the best English-language novels as selected by Robert McCrum for "The Guardian". 1. Don Quixote Miguel De Cervantes 2. Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan 3. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 4. Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 5. Tom Jones Henry Fielding 6. Clarissa Samuel Richardson 7. Tristram Shandy Laurence Sterne 8. Dangerous Liaisons Pierre Choderlos De Laclos 9. Emma Jane Austen 10. Frankenstein Mary Shelley 11. Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock 12. The Black Sheep Honoré De Balzac 13. The Charterhouse of Parma Stendhal 14. The