Who is the most overrated author of all time.

Dickens.

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David Foster "Bandana" Wallace

>>8426736

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

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>>8426736

>>8426746
This was posted, more or less.

Gabriel garcia Marquez tebeje

>>8426753
What kind of pleb thinks Robert Frost is overrated?

>>8426764
jej

>>8426764
Probably the plebs that only read 3 of his poems when they were forced to in high school.

>>8426779
I think you are right.

Shakespeare for sure.

James Joyce or William Gaddis

>>8426741
read this as "banana" wallace.
top kek

>>8426779
Wish I'd read or even heard of Frost in high school

>>8426736

JK Rowling...

George Rape Rape Martin

>>8427357
gaddis.
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>>8426736
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

>>8428602
What poetry did you read in high school then? You must not be from North America.

>19 replies
>No mention of Stephen King

>>8426741
>Dave "The Banana" Wallace
this desu

>>8426744
he's extremely overrated by atheistards

>>8428770
that's the only good part of his books however, where girls get raped

>>8429187
Only nearly braindead people think he's worth a shit, so. he's not worth mentioning.

>>8429312
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.

>>8429310
Ignore his religious writings. Most of his literary essays are almost Sontag-tier good

>>8429363
>Most of his literary essays are almost Sontag-tier good

this

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, this>>8426986
I know of no value he has brought to anyone, any more than any fairy tale would.

>>8429363
so they're shit? lol

>>8429671
>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.

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>>8426736
Cervantes is literally the only correct answer.

Victor Fucking Hugo