‘Great’ writers who are no longer read (by so many)

[mikealdren]

Chaucer was A level for me I think but my memory could be playing tricks re the Prologue as compared to some of the tales which we did for A Level.

We did the Prologue for 'O' level too.

[french frank]

I agree. He wrote so badly, it’s no surprise he came from Leicester.

He may or may not have 'written badly' but he had things to say which may have got in the way of his creative fiction rather than becoming integrated into it. At the time I enjoyed The Masters, The New Men and The Conscience of the Rich.