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What 1000 page classic to read first?
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:50 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:50 am
Looking at Don Quixote, Count of Monte Cristo and Brothers Karamazov
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:12 pm to Cosmo
I can only speak for The Count of Monte Cristo of those three but it is one of my all time favorite books. Over 1k pages and little to no slogs. I love that book so much. Probably could have started it over and read it again as soon as I was done wit it. Really hated when I finished it.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:22 pm to Cosmo
I'd rank them:
1. Count of Monte Cristo
2. Brothers Karamazov
3. Don Quixote
1. Count of Monte Cristo
2. Brothers Karamazov
3. Don Quixote
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:17 pm to Cosmo
Guess which one I recommend?
Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:15 pm to Raoul Stimulato
Read Atlas Shrugged in 2017 (1147 I think?); read The Stand in 2021 (1476 I think); currently reading Les Misearbles at 1732 (on page 750). I’m enjoying Les Mis and loved the first two, but a long book is a big commitment but worth it IMO. All took me a few months.
Next on my list would be The Count of Monte Cristo, but it won’t be for a few more years because I like to space them out,
After that, War and Peace.
Next on my list would be The Count of Monte Cristo, but it won’t be for a few more years because I like to space them out,
After that, War and Peace.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 12:10 pm to Cosmo
Definitely not Don Quixote. I took it with me to Europe while backpacking for 2 months after college because I thought it would be a good idea to carry one book that would last me a long time. I don't think I ever finished it (even though I did pick up tons of other books at hostels and such which I did read). I know it's super important as to the historical development of the novel as a genre... but it just wasn't very enjoyable to me.
The other two are both great.
The other two are both great.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:32 pm to Alyosha
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