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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:27 PM Original message |
What are your favorite classic novels? |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have a few favorites |
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motely36 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I loved Lord of the Flies |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Poe's short stories are excellent though |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh gods. Almost all of them, to be honest. |
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BOSSHOG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Don't know if this is a classic |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Tristram Shandy." |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. Flowers for Algernon, East of Eden, Frankenstein, Lord of the Flies |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah I guess your name makes it obvious |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. i wish i still had it |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Loved Flowers for Algernon, strange and sad novel though |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Atlas Shrugged, Watership down, Lord of the Rings, Heart is a lonely hunter |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Alas, Babylon. The Time Machine. To Kill a Mockingbird. nt |
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siligut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, one of mine too. So much wisdom. So much hope. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. a hard question! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. To Serve Them All My Days, R.F. Delderfield |
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irina (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gatsby & the Fountainhead. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. This could be a great thread! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Well go start it then! |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. So many.... |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. The Sound and the Fury |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I love Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones." Absolutely hilarious. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. You'll like "Moll Flanders", too. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. I love Moby Dick (yes, even the many digressions) more than most people seem to. |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So...is your mother |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Heh |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Of all the characters, I feel for Cash the most. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Yeah, I would tend to agree |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Moby Dick is my favorite, too |
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blueraven95 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. just about anything by Jane Austen - |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm with you on plays. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Pride And Prejudice |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. "Wise Blood" Flannery O'Connor. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Count of Monte Cristo. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Three Musketeers - Dumas |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. Every book by Dickens except for "Great Expectations" and "Hard Times"... |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. I dislike a lot of the ones we're s'posed to read in school. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Agreed. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. That, and a lot of them just plain sucked. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Jules Verne - The Adventures of Captain Hatteras n/t |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. War of the Worlds, Catcher in the Rye, War and Peace |
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Lincolngirl (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The Good Earth, |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
38. Anything by Tolstoy, anything by Dickens except |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. "Of Mice and Men"; "Wuthering Heights"; "Madame Bovary"; "Cry, the Beloved Country". |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. Anything by Agatha Christie or "Wuthering Heights" |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. "The Pet Goat" was an interesting read! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. . |
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MarthaMyDear (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Childhood's End - Arthur C Clarke...Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Orlando". |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. One that has stuck in my head since high school.... |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
50. "To Kill A Mockingbird' of course. Also GWTW, "Jane Eyre" "The Woman in White" |
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Release The Hounds (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. In Cold Blood |
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LadyoftheRabbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. I love Jane Eyre |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. In case anyone likes BOOKS still... |
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