[Seruzawa]

I liked plenty of the books that were on the school reading list. But Cooper was simply too much for 9th graders. It was a horrible slog. David Copperfield and Silas Marner were no problem.

[Rummyfan]

But Cooper was simply too much for 9th graders.

I found Cooper much more enjoyable and easily digestible than Hawthorne.

[ought-six]

I always like Silas Marner. There was a movie many years ago with Steve Martin that was based on Silas Marner, but with a late 20th century bent. I think it was called “A Simple Twist of Fate.”