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Nov 14, 2017
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84 Grad
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Invisible Man by Ralph Elison, Don Quixote, Moby Dick, Scarlet Letter, Walden
Atlas Shrugged, Farewell to Arms, As I Lay Dying, and Brave New World. I also didn't like Ulysses.
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What is the worst work of renowned classic literature?
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 2:55am
"The Last of the Mohicans" is supposedly really poorly written - so much so that
Game Changer
11/14/17 3:39am
My favorite movie soundtrack though.
TriggerWarning
11/14/17 3:40am
One of the most iconic of all time.
MarylandFan
11/14/17 3:51am
It's pretty dull. And Twain was anything but.
mantis mutu
11/14/17 5:49am
It’s terrible; like it’s written for eight year olds.
bennerc
11/14/17 6:14am
In a largely illiterate Republic at the time--might've been part of its appeal.
mantis mutu
11/14/17 6:25am
It was deerslayer that Twain made fun of, another in that series
cougarmanguy
11/14/17 6:56am
You haven't read it, doesn't count!!
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:28am
Catcher in the Rye
Jimo Dashen
11/14/17 3:57am
Never in my life have I put down a book and thought I gained nothing from this.
Geldir
11/14/17 5:27am
I enjoyed it as a teenager - that was a long time ago, though
dixdog
11/14/17 8:35am
I read that as a HS senior and just eviscerated it in my book report
byujag
11/14/17 9:38am
It's such a short and easy read I'm really surprised this one is being mentioned
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:16am
What does length and ease have to do with how good the book is?
Jimo Dashen
11/14/17 12:10pm
Huh?
ArchbishopMitty
11/15/17 6:20pm
If you say so. A crappy book is crappy. A good book is good.
Jimo Dashen
11/15/17 6:41pm
Invisible Man by Ralph Elison, Don Quixote, Moby Dick, Scarlet Letter, Walden
84 Grad
11/14/17 4:22am
Agree about Atlas Shrugged. Great concept but just got weird and ponderous.
SouthernCoug
11/14/17 5:32am
You have to be kidding including Invisible Man.
mpfunk
11/14/17 7:38am
Invisible Man is excellent
inertiaman
11/14/17 8:24am
Atlas shrugged is poorly written. The capitalistic and libertarian concepts
dixdog
11/14/17 8:36am
Wow, you have an extensive hate list. Is there anything you like?
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:18am
RE: Wow, you have an extensive hate list. Is there anything you like?
84 Grad
11/14/17 11:26am
Nice. With you on the Shakespeare. Others there on my to-read list.
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:29am
Joyce as a whole is a terrible writer. Portrait of an artist as a young man is
phageman
11/14/17 4:28am
Try Dubliners then. Greatest ever collection of short stories
Gustav
11/14/17 5:17am
Outrageous
Tortillero
11/14/17 5:47am
You're thinking of 'Ulysses,' 'Portrait of an artist' is very readable
Avery
11/14/17 5:50am
No, I have the right book. It is garbage.
phageman
11/14/17 2:42pm
Moby Dick was one of my more unpleasant literary experiences. I finished it
SouthernCoug
11/14/17 5:19am
I felt the same way. I do know all the different ways to tie boat knots now
Pobs
11/14/17 5:38am
Loved it. Had to consume it one small chapter at a time, usually.
mantis mutu
11/14/17 6:05am
It’s basically a how-to manual occasionally interrupted by a plot
SouthernCoug
11/14/17 6:38am
It certainly has a very sporadic plot. But I think its MANY divergences can't
mantis mutu
11/14/17 6:45am
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Cretin
11/14/17 7:13am
They were actually asleep. You just didn’t realize it .
SouthernCoug
11/14/17 11:09am
Oh man!! I think Melville is so moving!
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:21am
The Good Soldier was pretty lame. I liked Moby Dick
Gustav
11/14/17 5:56am
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was a tough read for me in high school.
byujacob
11/14/17 6:25am
It's also a bunch of hooey.
Freddie Cougar
11/14/17 8:24am
And also pooey.
mantis mutu
11/14/17 1:30pm
Les mis. I could never get past the first 100-150 pages. Sooooo boring.
sgriff
11/14/17 7:03am
Harry Potter followed closely by Hunger Games
2FarGone
11/14/17 7:13am
Hunger Games is not, and never will be, a classic.
Geldir
11/14/17 7:24am
That’s my feeling about Harry Potter, too
2FarGone
11/14/17 7:26am
LOL. Okay.
byujacob
11/14/17 7:34am
Basically the rest of the world disagrees with you on Harry Potter.
Geldir
11/14/17 7:49am
Well, the world is going down the drain these days
2FarGone
11/14/17 8:22am
Valid point. I still disagree with you, but my argument was incredibly weak.
Geldir
11/14/17 11:17am
Wrong topic.
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:23am
Have you ever tried Finnegan’s Wake?
Sandstone Cougar
11/14/17 8:00am
No, should I? Given that it's a Joyce work I think I'll be steering far wide.
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:24am
Considered to be the most unreadable novel in western literature.
Sandstone Cougar
11/14/17 1:46pm
Silas Marner
SoCalCoug
11/14/17 8:01am
The Great Gatsby. It was terrible
Frank Castiglione
11/14/17 8:22am
Admittedly I don't understand the love for this one either. What's the "plot"?
ArchbishopMitty
11/14/17 11:24am
Wuthering Heights
Freddie Cougar
11/14/17 8:23am
I still remember the scene where Heathcliff breaks into the house and makes out
phageman
11/15/17 4:20pm
Grapes of Wrath was really good until the ending. What stupid ending.
Jeff Spicoli
11/14/17 9:21am
One of my favorite endings in all of literature.
84 Grad
11/14/17 9:38am
Made me cry the first time through. Steinbeck was the master of endings.
mantis mutu
11/14/17 11:19am
RE: What is the worst work of renowned classic literature?
Cosmo4Pres
11/15/17 9:01am
Yeah, Citizen Kane sucks.
Freddie Cougar
11/15/17 9:40am
Agreed, Citizen Kane extremely overrated.
ArchbishopMitty
11/15/17 12:10pm
That I am at all familiar with? Jane Austin novels.
Breaded Hamster
11/16/17 12:51am
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