Philip Hensher
Praise for A History of the Novel in Britain
With the closure of English literature departments in some British universities, and the rise of AI, there can be no better time for Hensher’s magisterial defence of the novel… His taste is impeccable… One of ...
Paula Byrne, The Times
Not only a masterful account of fiction since 1719, when Daniel Defoe set Robinson Crusoe down on his desert island, but … itself a wonderful read… 600 pages of deep pleasure
Kathryn Hughes
A masterpiece of criticism
Guardian
With the closure of English literature departments in some British universities, and the rise of AI, there can be no better time for Hensher’s magisterial defence of the novel… His taste is impeccable… One of ...
Paula Byrne, The Times
Not only a masterful account of fiction since 1719, when Daniel Defoe set Robinson Crusoe down on his desert island, but … itself a wonderful read… 600 pages of deep pleasure
Kathryn Hughes
A masterpiece of criticism
Guardian
With the closure of English literature departments in some British universities, and the rise of AI, there can be no better time for Hensher’s magisterial defence of the novel… His taste is impeccable… One of ...
Paula Byrne, The Times
Not only a masterful account of fiction since 1719, when Daniel Defoe set Robinson Crusoe down on his desert island, but … itself a wonderful read… 600 pages of deep pleasure
Kathryn Hughes
A masterpiece of criticism
Guardian