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Readers of the classics: do you read them because...?
a) You actually like them
b) You have to
c) You want to show people up with your knowledge
d) You want to refute the pretentious gits that talk about the classics
e) You keep hearing about them and want to know what all the fuss is about
Mostly a and e for me. I haven't liked them all (I gave up on Catcher in the Rye not far in; teenage angst, ugh), but it's nice to get out of my usual comfort zone and learn about history and the way different people think. Even though they are fiction, I think the tales are good historical ethnographies, painting a picture of how people thought and acted in the time/place the story was set in. Reading Les Miserables at the moment; he rambles, but the characters and the overall theme make up for it.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
a and e......
in these days, you can honestly get away without reading any book you don't like (what with sparknotes etc.) ..i actually have had the good fortune of having the same english teacher for three years...she has impeccable taste and i have read everything she has assigned (i've loved every single book)..classics are soooo wonderful......i actually liked catcher in the rye though...if i were you, i would wait a while and give it another chance...i didn't like it at first but by the third read i loved it. les miserables is sooo great!!!!!!! i totally agree...i really, really wanted to skip his history pages but I forced myself to get through them (he has the uncanny knack of placing them right after cliffhangers) ...so glad i did...certain parts wouldn't have made as much sense without them
- steven mLv 71 decade ago
I am currently reading Oliver Twist on "100 Classic Book collection " on the DS lite
Why? Why not.
The Language is very different, since it is the Original version of the book.
Definitely not politically correct - not the Disneyfied version either . Violent, brutal and a bit racist and sexist. It was how people were at the time.
Not read Les Miserables Yet, but its on the to do list
- The StigLv 51 decade ago
a and e. I would not read any book, contemporary or classic, for any other reason.
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