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Classics that you have never read
Posted on 1/28/19 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 1/28/19 at 8:43 pm
ok, so apparently i’m the only person in america that has never read 1984.
don’t know how/why i’ve made it to 40 years old, graduated with a 3.4 in HS and went to college (did not graduate) without ever having read it, but i did.
so i’m starting it now.
other classics I’ve never read (and will after completing 1984)
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
anyone else have some literary classics they haven’t read?
don’t know how/why i’ve made it to 40 years old, graduated with a 3.4 in HS and went to college (did not graduate) without ever having read it, but i did.
so i’m starting it now.
other classics I’ve never read (and will after completing 1984)
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
anyone else have some literary classics they haven’t read?
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Posted on 1/28/19 at 8:51 pm to Nutriaitch
I mean everyone has some. I would say i'm very well read but some off the top of my head:
War and Peace
Catch 22
Anything by Jane Austen
There are hundreds of classics
War and Peace
Catch 22
Anything by Jane Austen
There are hundreds of classics
Posted on 1/28/19 at 8:55 pm to Nutriaitch
Never read Hemingway, Austin, any of the Bronte sisters, Tolstoy, Dosteyevski, . . .
Posted on 1/28/19 at 11:51 pm to Nutriaitch
In high school I went on a classics binge, so I’m actually pretty versed in them, but like anybody, there’s still plenty I skipped.
War & Peace
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Brothers Karamazov
The Grapes of Wrath
Lord of the Flies
I’m sure there are more.
War & Peace
One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Brothers Karamazov
The Grapes of Wrath
Lord of the Flies
I’m sure there are more.
Posted on 1/29/19 at 12:03 am to Nutriaitch
There are hundreds if not thousands of books that can be called classics.
Unless you are Harold Bloom, there is no way you can hav read them all.
Unless you are Harold Bloom, there is no way you can hav read them all.
This post was edited on 1/29/19 at 12:05 am
Posted on 1/29/19 at 7:30 am to Nutriaitch
You should try A Brave New World as well - I think it proved to be a largely more accurate picture compared to 1984
This post was edited on 1/29/19 at 7:31 am
Posted on 1/30/19 at 9:07 am to Nutriaitch
To name a few older classics yet unread, War and Peace, Moby Dick, A Tale of Two Cities, Les Miserables
Newer - Gone With the Wind, Catcher in the Rye
Newer - Gone With the Wind, Catcher in the Rye
Posted on 1/30/19 at 11:34 am to Buckeye06
Catch-22 is an awesome book, and I highly recommend it. I started War and Peace but gave up after 100 pages.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 1:15 pm to Buckeye06
quote:
War and Peace
I've never read it and I understand it is an all time great. - Although one wonders if War and Peace would have been as highly acclaimed as it was, had it been published under its original title War, What Is It Good For.
This post was edited on 1/30/19 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 1/30/19 at 3:08 pm to DLSWVA
quote:
I started War and Peace but gave up after 100 pages.
Read one chapter a day, and it will take about a year. Almost every chapter is less than 10 pages. There are several blogs out there that break down each chapter after you read it - tells you which characters are important and which ones are not, which is big because of how many characters there are. Makes it a much less daunting read.
As for the OP question, I also have never read 1984. I did read Animal Farm. There are a lot of other classics I've never read. Pretty much none of the British classics as they never really interested me. Only read The Old Man and The Sea from Hemingway and hated it so never picked up anything else by him.
Posted on 1/30/19 at 3:28 pm to DLSWVA
quote:
Catch-22 is an awesome book, and I highly recommend it. I started War and Peace but gave up after 100 pages.
I retract my statement. I went to look at a plot for catch 22 and it looked like something I had read. Yes read it
Posted on 1/31/19 at 12:16 pm to Nutriaitch
The Great Gatsby had a pretty profound effect on my outlook at life as a 17 year old. I read it again with a group of kids I was teaching about 8 years ago and it did not have the same effect, but was still a pleasure to read. It’s a really, really well written book that covers some basic concepts above love and time that a 40 year should know by that age, but extremely thought provoking in HS.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 2:34 pm to Andychapman13
I read Great Gatsby and Grapes of Wrath in the same semester in high school, and Grapes of Wrath had a profound impact on me at the time. I think maybe because I grew up somewhat poor, it resonated with me more. I re-read Great Gatsby a few years later and it clicked with me then. Love both of them now, and I'm actually re-reading Grapes of Wrath right now. Still have my copy from high school with all my notes in it, along with a few from the best teacher I ever had who passed away a few years ago. Seeing her notes was pretty emotional when I found it a few months after she passed away.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 5:15 pm to Nutriaitch
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
1984
War and Peace
Almost everything else in this thread except Grapes of Wrath and Catcher in the Rye...ha!
For some reason, we didn't read many "classics" in school.
The Great Gatsby
1984
War and Peace
Almost everything else in this thread except Grapes of Wrath and Catcher in the Rye...ha!
For some reason, we didn't read many "classics" in school.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 8:44 pm to Cowboyfan89
I’ve never read The Little Prince-I will read it this week.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 9:25 pm to Nutriaitch
I wish I hadn't read The Last of The Mohicans.
Posted on 1/31/19 at 10:45 pm to Buckeye06
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Buckeye06
I’m with you all the way on War and Peace. And, I’m a very old reader with no excuse.
But, dude, you’ve never read Catch-22?!?!
Posted on 1/31/19 at 11:05 pm to Froman
quote:
The Grapes of Wrath
You should read. One of my all time favorite books.
Posted on 2/2/19 at 7:25 am to Nutriaitch
Franny and Zooey >> Catcher in the Rye
Posted on 2/2/19 at 9:15 pm to S
On the Road has been on my to read list for two years. Maybe one of these days.
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