Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't
- Descrição
- I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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- Explicações
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Adicionado 2012-01-09, 06:40 PM
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- Explicações
- aulsmith : Got halfway through hell and gave up.sturlington : Read Inferno in college. Not sure of the point of reading the rest.Arrashid7: I plan to read it this summer.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, loved.MyFathersDragon: I didn’t finish. I read some in Italian, but I am not very good with Italian. I read more in English translation, but I wanted to go back to the Italian, and never finished.
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de James Joyce
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- Explicações
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de Mark Twain
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Adicionado 2012-01-26, 05:41 PM
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- Explicações
- gilroy : Read itamanda4242: Loved it.auntSteelbreaker : Read it, did not enjoy it.JalenV: I think I read my parents' copy. I'd read all my books and usually had the library ones finished before our next visit.ManWithAnAgenda : Read, eh.MyFathersDragon: I read some Twain in 5th grade and ended up reading most of his books.
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Adicionado 2012-02-10, 09:58 AM
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- Explicações
- amanda4242: Hated it.Simone2 : One of my best last yearMyFathersDragon: It was one of the classics to choose from to read in a high school class. I read lots of the choices, so I had options to choose from when it was time to write a book report.
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- Explicações
- JalenV: Can't recall if I listened to a library copy or read my sister's copy. It was certainly bleak. Avoid lawsuits!ManWithAnAgenda : Read.MyFathersDragon: I was reading lots of Dickens back then.
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de H. G. Wells
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Adicionado 2012-02-19, 01:12 PM
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- Explicações
- aulsmith : Tried and gave up.JalenV: I loved the 1960 movie with Rod Taylor when I was a kid so of course I read the book.ahef1963: So far the only book by Wells that I've liked.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.MyFathersDragon: I discovered Jules Verne and H. G. Wells in 4th or 5th grade and read all of the ones I found in the public library.
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de Mark Twain
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Adicionado 2012-02-12, 09:58 PM
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- Explicações
- sturlington : Read in grade schoolJalenV: I believe this is another one of the classics my parents had that I read.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.MyFathersDragon: I started reading Twain in 5th grade and kept on, reading several of his.
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- Explicações
- jain: Read it in high school but need to reread as an adult.ahef1963 : Have tried to read it several times but was too bored.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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de John Milton
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Adicionado 2012-10-30, 12:33 PM
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- Explicações
- aulsmith : I tried, but after Satan leaves Heaven things get very boring.sturlington : Read partly in college. Not worth it.FancyHorse: I read it in high school but have forgotten most of it.ManWithAnAgenda : Read.MyFathersDragon: We read excerpts in an English class. I knew it was a classic, so I thought I should keep reading.
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Adicionado 2012-10-25, 05:29 PM
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- Explicações
- aekd: no interest
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de James Joyce
5,324 membros
58 resenhas
3.9
Global Rank 93
Pontuação 56.04
Adicionado 2012-01-09, 10:08 AM
- 37 Members
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