Les Miserables!
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Les Miserables!
Really? This tired argument agin? We must do better than this. You. Can't so flippantly write this off...
Anna Karenina - I would have started reading classics earlier.
I agree. His last four or five books have been significantly worse than his first four or five.
1. Confederacy of Dunces / Catch-22
2. Unbearable Lightness of Being / Les Miserables
3. Atlas Shrugged
4. Beyond Good and Evil / Autobiography of Malcom X
5. Anna Karenina / Middlemarch
There is a great quote from Eco about the Da Vinci Code:
Asked whether he had read the Brown novel, Eco replied:
I was obliged to read it because everybody was asking me about it. My answer is...
So what?
(And I mean that very seriously...)
I agree with dfloyd.
There isn't much you'd want to skip in the Count of Monte Cristo.
Les Mis, on the other hand, contains many diversions that are not directly relevant to the basic plot -...
Absolutely! A life-changing book. One of the most honest accounts I've read of a man trying to figure out the world and changing his positions along the way.
I'd also highly recommend Jean-Jacques...
I would certainly use an ereader if I got a free electronic copy of the book when I bought a physical copy. I'd use the ereader for convenience, but will NEVER replace physical books.
Anna Karenina or Les Miserables.
Can you show me where? I know he discusses similar ideas, such as "Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our...
Thoreau said "That government is best which governs least" in Civil Disobedience.
I would recommend reading someone that is writing about something you are really interested in at the moment or feel strongly about. This way, you can engage the text and form your own dialogue with...
Just to add: When I was reading it, I learned of the ending, too. I really thought it would ruin the book for me. IT DID NOT!
There's just so much more to the book. Especially Levin and Kitty. I...
I would say use Russell's book for reference. Remember, Russell is writing about other philosophers from his perspective. It's useful, but remember that it's not the final word on any philosopher in...
I'm reading this now, and so far, I agree.
And, not to beat a dead horse, but how does Fountainhead get up so high?
(Well, I guess I know how. But, jeez!)
I'd second Plato's Republic. While I am at it, here is a list of books I've assigned in my Introduction to Political Philosophy Courses. They are mostly standard canon and very relevant. The list is...
Yeah, I figured. I'll still try to post some stuff here as I go...
Dark Muse, how far along in the book are you? I started a little over a week ago and am about 200 pages in.
"He felt that he had chosen the one who was in all respects the superior; and a man naturally likes to look forward to having the best."
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Despite whatever the hell PeterL is talking about, it is a very interesting book.
What I enjoy about it, and find most interesting, is its incredible popularity at the time in America. To think a...
Her writing is pretty awful. I've read Anthem, the Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. The Fountainhead was my favorite, as far as literature goes. Anthem was like something a college student writes in...
Wow, you think pretty highly of yourself there, coberst! Please explain to me how your statement about sophistication is any different from any other form of "they know not what they do" or false...
Did you notice that poll says "On the Roof"?