Blowouts and nail-biters—in Round 3 there was no in between.
Blowouts: The Brothers Karamazov sailed past Moby-Dick , The Lord of the Rings not-so-humbly beat Pride and Prejudice , and Pilgrim’s Progress swept away Charlotte’s Web —each by a margin of 2 to 1.
One Hundred Years Of Solitude was alone in losing 3 to 1 against Brideshead Revisited .
But the biggest margin of the round—6 to 1—belonged to The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn , which sunk the underdog Hunt for Red October ’s chances of being a spoiler.
Nail-biters: The Scarlett Letter calmly slipped past The Sound and the Fury by a mere 32 votes. The same 32 vote margin separated David Copperfield from Wise Blood . And in the closest match of the round, To Kill A Mockingbird fluttered past 1984 to win by 9 votes.
With only powerhouse novels remaining, who will make it into the Final Four?
Your vote will decide the outcome, so choose your favorites now.
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