Long ago, when I was ion high school, a bit over 60 years ago, we’d have an annual book fair where the kids could buy any one of a large selection of paper back books. “Little Women” and all of the George Elliot drek were the leading non-sellers.
***“Little Women” and all of the George Elliot drek were the leading non-sellers.**
These are the type of books they forced on us in High School. I HATED them. I was into action and adventure books such as Beau Geste trilogy, Beat to Quarters trilogy, Manila Galleon, The Iliad, Odyssey, Captain Blood trilogy. H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Jules Verne and such.
Even today I love to read but have an aversion to horrid English novels.
Just finished War and Peace, getting ready to read Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars and the collected works of Ambrose Bierce.