Who is the most overrated author of all time

Who is the most overrated author of all time.

Dickens.

David Foster "Bandana" Wallace

Hitchens isn't even close, he's polarizing, sure - but overrated? Nah

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What kind of pleb thinks Robert Frost is overrated?

jej

Probably the plebs that only read 3 of his poems when they were forced to in high school.

I think you are right.

Shakespeare for sure.

James Joyce or William Gaddis

read this as "banana" wallace.
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Wish I'd read or even heard of Frost in high school

JK Rowling...

George Rape Rape Martin

gaddis.
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Ayn Rand is one of the bigger ones I can name off the top of my head.

cats cradle guy, although hes slowly dying off

What poetry did you read in high school then? You must not be from North America.

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>No mention of Stephen King

>Dave "The Banana" Wallace
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he's extremely overrated by atheistards

that's the only good part of his books however, where girls get raped

Only nearly braindead people think he's worth a shit, so. he's not worth mentioning.

this. More women, preferably teenage girls need to murdered in his books to legitimately trigger all the SJWs when it comes on the TV-show.

Ignore his religious writings. Most of his literary essays are almost Sontag-tier good

>Most of his literary essays are almost Sontag-tier good

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patrick rothfuss

I would first like to point out that "over rated" is not a legitimate critique, for you are judging the admirers of the work and not the work itself. That said, thisI know of no value he has brought to anyone, any more than any fairy tale would.

so they're shit? lol

>I know of no value he has brought to anyone,
Literature isn't utilitarian. But if you do want to know what Shakespeare contributed, his plays are the first source we have for tons of commonly used words and phrases. It's debatable, but Shakespeare probably had more of a direct affect on the English language than any individual in history.

Cervantes is literally the only correct answer.

Victor Fucking Hugo