Posted on 03/02/2022 9:20:32 AM PST by C19fan
I had to read 8 of these for school and college.
Classic: A book everyone praises and nobody reads. - Mark Twain
When I saw that I thought it was “Moody Dick” - which wouldn’t have been a bad title for the book!
1:Tolstoy “War and Peace” — saw two different movie versions
2:Shakespeare “Hamlet” — May have read, but saw movies of the play.
3:Melville “Mody Dick” — Saw movie
4:Emily Bronte “Wuthering Heights” — Nope
5:Orwell “Animal Farm” — Read 2-3 times
6:Dickens “Bleak House” — Nope
7:Hugo “Les Miserables” — Watched the 2012 movie of the play “Les Miserables” and Great Performances
Les Misérables in Concert
8:Hugo “Hunchback of Notre Dame” — Have seen the 1939 movie version multiple times.
9:Fitzgerald “The Great Gatsby” — Saw 1974 movie, wasn’t impressed.
10:Joyce “Ulysses” — Nope I’ve read about the ancient Greek Ulysses and biographies and autobiography of my favorite “Ulysses” —> Ulysses Simpson Grant
Good one.
Also: Heinlein's 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.'
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