Is that really true? I have often felt that the French and English have given us great Novels too, especially in 18th and 19th century. War and Peace is great,

Is that really true? I have often felt that the French and English have given us great Novels too, especially in 18th and 19th century. War and Peace is great, but perhaps Les Miserables pips it scope and dramatic stakes essential covering the same period of time. Flaubert is also very cinematic. Zola's naturalism is also deeply introspective. English given us a more comic look at life, from Fielding, to Trollope, and even later in Evelyn Waugh.