Loving
British novelist, 1905–1973.
Loving is a 1945 novel by Henry Green.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Henry Green
- First published
- 1945
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Class and society, Love story, War and conflict
Is Loving worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 89 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 58 | See the list |
Best edition of Loving
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2005), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2005)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9780099481478
How critics and readers rate Loving
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 25% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work