I felt the same way about that book. It was the book where I decided that Faulkner simply wasn't for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoffrey
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I felt the same way about that book. It was the book where I decided that Faulkner simply wasn't for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geoffrey
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. Not a likeable charcater in the whole book. Had Ethan been born with a spine the story would never have been written.
Although I feel completely ill-equipped to pass judgment on any "classics", I will name two that I did not care for.
"Portrait of the Artist . . ." I found it difficult to get through this one. I think the style bothered me. However, I'm suspicious my mind might be changed by a 2nd or 3rd or 4th reading.
Also tried, unsuccessfully, to get through "Wealth of Nations". Bad idea. Too dry. Too old.
Sorry...Who knows, you might even like it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness.
Haha...that makes me smile for some reason :p Maybe cuz I voted for Age of Innocence instead!Quote:
Originally Posted by mtpspur
Frankenstein - Shelley. BUT only on the basis, I was forced to study it intensively for university. I will read it leisurely in the future as I am sure it cannot be that bad.
I must agree with the people who have said Heart of Darkness. I don't actually think it's a bad story, but I don't think Conrad did a very good job at making me care about what was going on. The events in the novel just didn't seem to be portrayed with any kind of significance attached to them.
Catcher in the Rye
I really liked this one. The profanity or the protagonist's vices didn't really bother me in the least.
Heart of Darkness
I remember Chinua Achebe had some pretty harsh things to say about Conrad that I wouldn't disagree with. But I still liked this novel, because it was insightful, even though in a somewhat rascist, Eurocentric way.
Wuthering Heights
This one was alright. I enjoyed it, despite its being a bit too melodramatic. For me it's a bit better than Jane Eyre.
Now, to what I don't like: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. True, I don't think I understood what was going on most of the time. And I don't think I will like Ulysses either.
Oh I also didn't like This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, The Beautiful and the Damned (F. Scott Fitzgerald) and The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton). But I don't know if these are considered great classics.
I loved Wuthering Heights. Exceptional writing style especially under the pressure of sexism a woman had to endure at Emily's time.
Anything by that dreadful Austen woman, so many times I have made an attempt to read her novels. Then I get this nauseous feeling in my throat and throw the thing away.
Come now, come now!Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
You don't have to be so harsh now!
I am sure you will learn to like Austen, too;
Otherwise, your lady friends will never forgive you!
(OK, I know! I can't write poetry. Let's move on now! :D)
I'm a lady who is quite bothered by Austen. I can't get very far reading one of her novels. I will eventually try again in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Moby Dick
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The great gatsby-Northanger Abbey-Silas Mariner