Thread: The Guardian click-bait - Get real. Terry Pratchett is not a literary genius
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Old 08-31-2015, 11:32 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Is Wodehouse significant? He was certainly an enormously popular writer, and his characters like "Jeeves" have become a part of popular culture. I don't know whether or not he's a "significant" author, though. Did he have a lasting influence on the direction of English literature, in your view?
Explain how Austen had a lasting influence so I can see what you mean by lasting influence.

But since there are authors now that are directly influences by Wodehouse it seems to me that he have a lasting influence. Just like what will happen with Pratchett.
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