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Philip
Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, confessed to
being surprised that his book came third in the vote to find the
nation's favourite books.
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Philip Pullman talking about
Tolkien, and about how his own works are being made into films.
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"I
didn't expect even to be in the top 100," he told 成人快手 Radio
Oxford's Jonathan Hancock.
He
was delighted that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was so high
in the list - in second place.
"It's
one of the greatest novels that's ever been written," he said.
Was
he a Tolkien fan? "No, not really. He is a great storyteller,
there's no doubt about that.
"But
I don't think he does with the novels what great novelists do, which
is to tell us the truth about what it feels like to be a human being.
"They
are not great novels. They might be great stories, which is a different
thing."
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