Riders jilly cooper series7/8/2023 ![]() “I couldn’t get The Portrait of a Lady (by Henry James) or any John Updike in there but there are other titles I knew little about before which I’ve since enjoyed reading.” ![]() “The similes such as ‘breasts like poached eggs’ have lived with me for 30 years.” Jilly Cooper is famous for her racy novels (PA) Brontë debateĬould the panel really justify excluding Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Emily’s Wuthering Heights in favour of Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall? “People might find that questionable,” acknowledged Abell. I remember copies being furtively passed round at school,” Abell reminisced. Riders deserved its place in the list for breaking taboos about sex. “This isn’t the definitive canon but it’s a very interesting, fun-to-read list which reflects the different life experiences of the panel members.” “I’m against middle-class snobbishness about literature,” he said. Stig Abell, TLS editor and a member of the selection panel, defended the choices. ![]() The most surprising inclusion is Riders, Jilly Cooper’s 1985 work of erotic fiction, famed for its enthusiastic depiction of sex and adultery set in the bitchy world of championship show-jumping. From Great Expectations to The Goldfinch, the classic novels that critics love - but we hate Bonkbuster Riders makes list ![]()
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