Other favourites Harry Potter influences and analogues

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a tale of 2 cities charles dickens


in 1999, while rowling on tour of united states, bookseller handed copy of capture castle dodie smith, saying love it. book became 1 of time favourites. rowling says that, voice of narrator, in case 17-year- old cassandra mortmain, makes masterpiece out of old plot.


also in 1999, rowling said in interview great fan of grimble clement freud, saying: grimble 1 of funniest books ve ever read, , grimble himself, small boy, fabulous character. d love see grimble film. far know, these last 2 fine pieces of literature out of print, if publishers ever read this, please dust them off , put them in print other people can read them?


on number of occasions, rowling has cited admiration french novelist colette.


rowling said death of sydney carton in charles dickens s tale of 2 cities, , novel s final line, far, far better thing have ever done; far, far better rest go have ever known , had profound impact on her.


in 2000 interview bbc radio 4, rowling revealed deep love of vladimir nabokov s controversial book lolita, saying, there isn t enough time discuss how plot have been worthless pornography becomes, in nabokov s hands, great , tragic love story, , exhaust reservoir of superlatives trying describe quality of writing.


in interview o: oprah magazine, rowling described irish author roddy doyle favourite living writer, saying, love books. talk him , jane austen in same breath. think people mystified because superficially re such different writers. both have unsentimental approach human nature. can profoundly moving without ever becoming mawkish.


many of rowling s named favorites decorate links section of personal webpage. section designed bookcase, , includes capture castle, little white horse , manxmouse, jane austen s pride , prejudice, sense , sensibility , emma, book of fairy tales e. nesbit, commitments , van roddy doyle, 2 books dorothy l. sayers , book katherine mansfield.


in january 2006, rowling asked royal society of literature nominate top ten books every child should read. included in list wuthering heights emily brontë, charlie , chocolate factory roald dahl, robinson crusoe daniel defoe, david copperfield charles dickens, hamlet william shakespeare, kill mockingbird harper lee, animal farm george orwell, tale of 2 bad mice beatrix potter, catcher in rye j. d. salinger , catch-22 joseph heller.








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