To: Sabatier
For the English majors: the full title of Melville's story is "Bartleby the Scrivener":)
53 posted on
08/05/2003 2:08:52 PM PDT by
Sabatier
To: All
As someone who recently graduated highschool and is about to begin college I recognize that the majority of my peers really lack a solid knowledge of classic literature. I have been lucky enough to have a mother who was an english major and who made me (often begrudgingly) read the classics. I began with HG Wells and Jules Verne because as a 10 year old boy the plots were simple enough and filled with action. Now Im constantly reading something, though Ive moved into more non-fiction classics lately (Plato's "Republic", Macchiavelli's "The Prince" etc). Many people don;t know what they're missing by sticking to what TV tells them.
54 posted on
08/05/2003 2:19:16 PM PDT by
ztiworoh
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