Millenium Masterworks
Given by The Times
10 Works 292,476 Books 3,458 Reviews 4.2
The Newspaper Article came out around year 2000. It was a readers poll of the greatest creations (masterworks) of the last millennium (1000 to 1999).
The Times in the UK, dated in the mid 1990's,
show more that listed the greatest works/creations of all time. show lessWork | Year |
---|---|
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | 2011 |
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien | 1954 |
The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot | 1922 |
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | 1869 |
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin | 1859 |
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | 1813 |
Paradise Lost by John Milton | 1667 |
Hamlet by William Shakespeare | 1603 |
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer | 1380 |
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri | 1308 |
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