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I agree about the Great Gatsby, It is a really good novel, the story would have been flawless if it wasn't for Fitzgerald's sloppy writing. Before I read it, of course we all know about the brilliant idea of the story but the actually text itself is rather poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orual
But children particularly of this age bracket can be the cruelest persons of all. Now take them, isolate them, and perhaps leave them to fend for themselves. Observe how they begin working out social order amongst themselves. Whether on a deserted island, friends in a empty schoolyard, or hanging in abandoned field for a greater length of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orual
Some of my favourite books are mentioned and some that i definately want to read as well..Oh well. I didn't like "Madame Bovary" but i always thought that it was the translation that was bad and not the book. Maybe it's a lot better in french.
Hehe Malwe you forgot "Emma"..:D :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by malwethien
Maybe it is something you ate..:D :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Typical male reaction (all my male friends loathe Austen).
I actually liked Gatsby, but maybe it was just because my English teacher worshipped it and I needed a good grade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Orual
I very much liked the Great Gatsby as well.
But...you guys are going to shoot me down...I didn't care for To Kill a Mockingbird. EEEP running!!! It just kind of trailed on to me.
All time worst: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. I have others I dislike, Great Expectations, Moby Dick, for example, but I abhor Crane or anything written by Sherwood Anderson, even if he is a local writer and actually buried up the hill from my grandfather here in town.
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Wuthering Heights is terribly dry book. Not bad, but can be in some places.
To Kill A Mocking Bird. That is terrible. Took me forever to read through, and with my English not being very good took a long boring time.
I hate not finishing a book, no matter how terrible.
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Originally Posted by Felixstowe
I found this book virtually impossible NOT TO LIKE!
Can you explain your position in further detail Flexistowe? I would like to see specifically why you didn't like it :)
That is possible, but as a general rule I try to not eat anything I've made myself;)Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
Wuthering Heights was kinda too melodramatic for me. Moby Dick. and Gulliver's Travels. It was just too dryly whimsical for me. I've "read" it several times, getting further every time but I don't think I've actually finished it.
Emma and Pride and Prejudice
Why, exactly, do you "abhor" Stephen Crane? Abhor connotes some sort of personal resentement, and it seems it would be hard to abhor someone who wrote so little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
He's not the greatest writer ever of course, but Red Badge is a nice portrait of a young soldier facing the realities of war and death, a cliche now, but done well nevertheless. He died in his twenties so his best work was yet to come, and the The Red Badge and Maggie would have been the first steps of a good, if not great, American catalogue of works if his voice hadn't been cut short.
Manolia...that's right....but technically, I have never actually read Emma ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
Yeah i know. We've discussed a lot about that. I am just teasing you Malwe :D . My humble opinion is that you can read something else instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by malwethien
I'd have to say that Catcher in the Rye was really not a good book- I suppose it was important in the development of English writing, but puh-lease! Not exciting at all, virtually no plot, just an insane, disgruntled, depressed boy talking about how "phony" everyone is. Also, The Old Man and the Sea- all Hemingway, actually. Most overrated author there is. Totally sparse writing, no passion or flavor to it, nothing good in it at all.