Who had the best prose style of all time?
I nominate this man, Sir Thomas Browne.
List the specific work if your nominee's style changed over time.
At the end I'll tally this up and see who Veeky Forums agrees is the best.
Who had the best prose style of all time?
Hunter Scott
Joseph Cox
Does haiku post count?
Jettison'd wisdom upon
This brink of ever.
Ryan White
Samuel Johnson
Kayden Baker
Joyce with Ulysses
Brayden Young
Chihuahua looking nigga
Josiah Anderson
Browne for the English tongue indeed.
La Bruyère or Retz for French.
Leo Jones
Wow. STB and the Cardinal. Every once in a while Veeky Forums surprises. In a good way.
I'll choose Hazlitt for the English, the Duc de St. Simon for the French.
Xavier Perez
Vladimir Nabokov. English wasn't even his first language and dude still had lovely prose.
Angel Scott
Too bad he was a wackjob who believed in witches
Carter Powell
I still feel Retz has a better prose than Saint-Simon though. Saint-Simon "écrivait à la diable pour l'éternité" ; here and there, Saint-Simon does sleep.