Have you ever tried Finnegan’s Wake?

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Nov 14, 2017
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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.

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