It’s unusual for a novel to receive overwhelmingly positive reviews even if the prose is objectively perfect, as critics have their own tastes and preferences. However, the publication Collider recently spotlighted several classic pieces of literature that have been showered with accolades since publication.
The ranking, titled “The 20 Most Universally Acclaimed Books of All Time,” included beloved novels like 1965’s Dune by Frank Herbert, The Shining by Stephen King, released in 1977, and J.R.R. Tolkien‘s The Lord of the Rings series, published between 1954 and 1955. According to Collider, 1869’s War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is the “most universally acclaimed book of all time.”
The over 1,000 page long novel, which looks at the impact of the Napoleonic Wars, has a score of 4.17 out of 5 from 379,400 readers on Goodreads.
Tolstoy’s epic tale has had several adaptations on the screen and stage. Most recently, the BBC released a six-episode series in 2016. The writer behind the 2016 War and Peace adaptation, Andrew Davies, discussed making Tolstoy’s grand novel suitable for television audiences during an interview with BBC.
Davies admitted that he hadn’t read the novel “before the BBC suggested” that he should write episodes for the adaptation. He said upon reading Tolstoy’s work, he “was absolutely surprised to find out how fresh and lively and modern it felt.”
“I thought it was going to be this great solemn tome. But there’s a lot of humour and affection in it. Once you’ve cut out the bits where Tolstoy is arguing with himself about theories of history, it’s such a vibrant, fun and very moving story with really, really interesting characters. He’s just so good on different sorts of family dynamics. I just fell in love with it,” said Davies during the 2016 BBC interview.
Davies also said he stayed true to Tolstoy’s structure and storylines.
“I haven’t felt any need to change War & Peace. Occasionally I have written one or two things that Tolstoy forgot to write!” said the screenwriter, now 90.
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