One of the best known novels of the Great War Era didn’t make the bestseller lists. Tarzan of the Apes, first published as a magazine serial in 1912 and then released as a book in 1914, catapulted author Edgar Rice Burroughs to fame. Tarzan became a icon.
Archive for November, 2008
Tarzan Still Has That Swing
Posted in Romance, tagged Africa, apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs on November 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Musings on the 1918 bestseller list
Posted in 1918 Bestselling Novels, Lists of bestsellers by year, tagged E. Phillips Oppenheim, Edward Streeter, Ethel M. Dell, Gene Stratton-Porter, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ralph Connor, Zane Grey on November 19, 2008 | Comments Off
Older bestsellers are increasingly hard to find. When I do find them, the pages are yellow and brittle. . . . According to my posting scheme, I should begin posting the reviews for 1918’s bestsellers this week. These novels are
My pics for the best bestsellers of 1928
Posted in My Top Pics, tagged All Kneeling, Anne Parish, Bad Girl, Booth Tarkington, Clarie Ambler, John Galsworthy, Louis Bromfield, Swan Song, The Strange Case of Miss Annie Sprague, Vina Delmar on November 12, 2008 | Comments Off
The Strange Case of Miss Annie Sprague is my top pick. . . . Second place on my list is a tie between Clarie Ambler by Booth Tarkington and All Kneeling by Anne Parish.
Clear portrait emerges painlessly from tiny bits
Posted in 1928 Bestselling Novels, Psychological novel on November 5, 2008 | Comments Off
Christabel Craine is an attractive young woman with modest talent for writing and enormous talent for making people think she deserves to be worshiped….Like a Monet painting, the little bits of this Anne Parrish easy-reading novel add up to an insightful portrait.
