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so i just finished last [I]The Secret Agent[/I], though i liked it better than [I]Heart of Darkness[/I] and [I]Lord Jim[/I] i find it a hard time to get comfortable with Joseph Conrad. Next book will be Master & Margarita. somewhere in the forum, there's this discussion about the "best 150 novels", a compilation of lists from Modern Library and two others. i am doing the Modern Library and no, i'm fine by not adding another 50. :p [I]The Secret Agent[/I] happens to be the 66th novel I've read from that list, a project which i started early last year. i had fun, though it slowed down drastically since December 2007. there were terrible ones but most inpired me to read and discover more. strange though my favourites happens to be from the final end of the list: [I]The Sheltering Sky [/I]and [I]Wide Sargasso Sea[/I] are ranked in the line of 90.
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  1. motherhubbard's Avatar
    What a great idea. I have two lit. classes left this year and maybe then I could attempt such a lofty list. Are you just reading them in order?
  2. B-Mental's Avatar
    I really liked the Wide Sargasso Sea...it was the heroine that pained me the most. I felt haunted by that. I remember going through those lists maybe 10-12 years ago. It was fun at the time, but I too agree that Conrad was agitating to read sometimes. Goodluck on the rest of the list. B
  3. Sir Bartholomew's Avatar
    nope not in order. it depends on what i find in 2nd hand bookstore. right now it's going really slow so i read books not from this list. yes Wide Sargasso Sea is great. it reminds of the Sound and the Fury. my favorite part would be the last third where the action takes place in England.