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⌈ Secret Post #2923 ⌋

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Just to keep in mind

[(Anonymous)]

Sure a lot of "classics" are classics for a reason, but, at least for me, that reason sometimes means that they have some sort of "cultural or historical" significance, but aren't the best books in their own right.

There's classics I've genuinely enjoyed reading for school (for example, this year, Jane Eyre and As I Lay Dying are Excellent)

But shit like Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man bored me to tears and I couldn't even bring myself to finish it.

I've occasionally read "classics" on my own time just for the hell of it (with varying levels of quality)

Any recs?

Also, I've heard Infinite Jest is good (in fact, one of my teachers told me I have a similar writing style to the author) but I heard it is REALLY hard to to read because it's kind of mind-screwy. Anyone have any suggestions about it?

Re: Just to keep in mind

[(Anonymous)]

Infinite Jest is great- this is probably kinda weird to admit, but it's one of the few books I've read in my adult life that has actually helped me become a better person (some of the big themes are addiction/recovery/etc). I wouldn't say it's mind-screwy so much as really, really disorganized- a generous estimate might be that it is 15% plot and 85% random tangents that are never addressed again. So if that's not a turn-off for you, I would consider giving it a try.

Re: Just to keep in mind

[i_paint_the_sky]

I'd personally rec Wuthering Heights, though I do know some fans of Jane Eyre who hate it. I however think that Emily was a much better writer than Charlotte.

And, of course, there are Charlotte's other books.

I'm not sure what else is like Faulkner, other than more Faulkner.

Re: Just to keep in mind

[(Anonymous)]

I enjoyed The Three Musketeers.

[(Anonymous)]

I know it's hit or miss for a lot of people, but I loved Pride and Prejudice. And I liked Wuthering Heights.

I didn't like Of Mice and Men but I enjoyed East of Eden a lot. I also liked Hamlet quite a bit, but Shakespeare is... difficult to read in your spare time. For me.

Re: Just to keep in mind

[(Anonymous)]

Ohhh, I hated "Portrait" too. What an unlikeable, self-absorbed lout the protagonist comes off as.

As for classics I enjoyed... I liked "To the Lighthouse."

I hated "Women in Love" quite a lot. I actually defaced the copy I borrowed from the school library, scribbling in the margins everywhere my reactions to everything because I spited the book so much. I paid like an 80 dollar fine for it, but it was so worth it. Fuck that book. I got through it, but it cost me in rage and frustration.

Re: Just to keep in mind

[(Anonymous)]

Kim by Kipling is a nice traveling story with a bit of spy action.

racism wise it can hold up pretty well by modern standard, excluding some colonialism excuse and exoticism.