"Top 100 books official list"Originally Posted by genji
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"Top 100 books official list"
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Last edited by papayahed; 05-01-2010 at 09:41 PM.
Why does everyone spell Anna Karenina incorrectly, it's even incorrect on the original list. jeez.I adore quite a few of these (1984, Pride and Prejudice, the Republic, The Great Gatsby, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, Animal Farm, Candide, Jane Eyre, Anna Kerrina) but have not read so many of them! I have some of them in my library (Lord of the Flies and War and Peace are the first ones that come to mind) that I have not gotten around to reading. I'm going to print this and make a point to read all of them!
I'm also somewhat surprised at the support of Crime and Punishment being the number one book, especially as most people have read the Constance Garnett translation - which should be number one, for all time worst literary tragedies.
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Lol just because it is, as you say, a book doesn't mean in necessarily merits 10th position on the list. Chill out!
I think it probably should be up there somewhere - especially the King James translation - as it has much beautiful language and has been the foundation to so much subsequent literature. This is just trying to judge it on its literary merit without the (perhaps unavoidable) baggage attached to it.
Last edited by papayahed; 05-01-2010 at 09:41 PM.
I think that has to do with the way the name is translanted, I have seen different editions of the book spell the name in different ways.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
I thought it was only sometimes translated as Karenin, the final A left off.
as far as i know it has never been translated as Karinini or Karrini or anything like that.
Great list. They're a definite help when I'm unsure of what to read next.
And I know nobodies ever completely happy with these list...I think it's great...but what about Breakfast at Tiffany's? I always thought it's the standard of excellent writing.
"Smooth seas rarely make skillful sailors."
Sweet! Crime and Punishment is the greatest novel of all time and definitely deserved that number one spot. So I'm at 33 of those books already read, not bad for only being 20.
I loved Crime and Punishment and thought it was a fabulous and very intriguing book.
My current count is 39
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
My current count is 29. But I do own some from the list which I have not yet read, and after finishing those, I would have 45 of them done!
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My current count is 21 but I've had to study excerpts for 10 more, hehe.
I've read onlly 7 of those books, and am reading another one currently. I guess I've kind of avoided classic literature until relatively recently. The only two I read Before I was 16 were The Good Earth and The Republic; and I think the only other one I read before this past year was Catch 22. I can't say that I reget that though because it seems like I appreciate reading the classics now a lot more than I would have when I was younger. Lots of people in this thread have said that Crime and Punishment isn't even Dostoyevsky's best novel. If that's true, I'm going to have to read more of them, because I can hardly imagine anything being better.
I think if you make a signature, you should inspire some emotion in someone else. I also think it would be pretentious for me to think I could do that.
If it was ever translated as Karenin, then it was wrongly translated because it's masculine form or simplier - Anna's husband surname.
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Why Crime and Punishment is in on the top? I've read and it is an OK novel?!
I'm up to 32 and counting. I lot of fantastic books on that list!
Thanks,That is VERY COOL!
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