[Oztrich Boy]

I feel it is something of a sin for a sixth-grader to see a movie like GREAT EXPECTATIONS before reading the book

OTH I think something should be done for uncultured yobs like me who never read Galsworthy's Forsythe Saga, Trollope's Palliser novels, Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice before seeing them properly interpreted on the screen.

[YankeeinOkieville]

OTH I think something should be done for uncultured yobs like me who never read Galsworthy's Forsythe Saga, Trollope's Palliser novels, Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice before seeing them properly interpreted on the screen.

re: Jane Eyre - thank goodness for movies - although the stories are good the writing style of the Bronte sisters always put me into a stupor - (with apologies to their fans)

re: PnP - on the other hand I do enjoy reading Austin (and George Eliot)

re: Forsythe Saga - actually it's Forsyte (no 'h')- but it's a common mistake.

[Monterrosa-24]

"OTH I think something should be done for uncultured yobs like me who never read Galsworthy's Forsythe Saga, Trollope's Palliser novels, Jane Eyre, or Pride and Prejudice before seeing them properly interpreted on the screen."

I'll have to admit I catch the Hollywood version too instead of dealing with those longhair pages but with my children it is often "do as I say instead of do as I do".