In that case, I would opt for Roald Dahl, Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie. An entire generation had grown up reading their works alongside Grimms and Andersen.
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Originally Posted by ganbaru
To be honest,I thought than Lovercraft was already condidered as a classique, like Heminguay, Arthur C Clarke, Ray Bradbury or George Orwell to name a few.
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Yes, his works are classics but still pulps. He had never published a single book by himself in his life. It was only by a stroke of luck that his genius was recognised by August Derleth and preserved. Lovecraft's work could had easily gone the way of so much of his peers.
Which brings to the point that there might be many good writters today that are ignored by publishers because they do not have that mass appeal.