I had to read it twice to fully comprehend it but it's a favorite of mine.can't get past page ten of the sound and the fury.
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I had to read it twice to fully comprehend it but it's a favorite of mine.can't get past page ten of the sound and the fury.
I think I tried to read it once when I had a slight hangover and tossed it aside, last time was about a year ago and still couldn't. I might try it out again soon.I had to read it twice to fully comprehend it but it's a favorite of mine.
can't get past page ten of the sound and the fury.
"Life is a walking shadow,The Benji stuff, right? Oh lord, I wanna slap the idiot--"getcher dang continuity straight, man-child!"
"Life is a walking shadow,
a tale told by an idiot,
full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing."
I liked some of Wildes essays. Like Decay of Lying and The Soul of Man Under Socialism. You don't have to agree with his arguments to be amused by the way he argues. One thing about Wilde, he is seldom dull (his poetry somehow loses his usual sparkle and except Dorian Gray novels isn't really his thing but Plays (importance of Being Earnest) short stories and essays are enjoyable. Another english classic i've never read is George Eliot. Somehow i've managed to read the Bronte sisters and Austen but miss her.I'm another who dislikes Faulkner. I've read him, because I once had an obsession with reading as many of the 'classics' as I could manage, but I gave up after the third one. I didn't like any of them. Fitzgerald is okay--I liked The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night well enough. The Picture of Dorian Gray was all right, as well (the most recent movie was a atrocious, though). Oscar Wilde was a better raconteur than writer (especially of poetry--his is pretty bad), but this and a few of the short stories were well done.
OK, i do know about Faulkner. But he is one of these classic authors i've never read for some reason. i remember thinking several times that i ought to read something at least. Same thing with Fitzgerald. But perhaps Karma has wisely steered me clear of them, who knows?
I loved the story, but I did a lot of skimming. Like I didn't need three chapters on the battle of Waterloo just to introduce two characters. Moby Dick was the same. A great story, but way too much background of the whaling business.Les Mis ...I read 3/4 of the book, the whole book. I liked it A little
but it ...dried up for me.. I give it a great big ...Meh
Yep. Boring.The Catcher in the Rye - I've read maybe half before giving up. There was nothing holding me there and I felt no connection whatsoever with the teenager.
I've read this one a few times over the years trying to figure out what I'm missing, just could never get into it.The Catcher in the Rye - I've read maybe half before giving up. There was nothing holding me there and I felt no connection whatsoever with the teenager.
....that's cuz nobody was helping you sound out the big words while you ran your pointy finger along the lines of text....I've read this one a few times over the years trying to figure out what I'm missing, just could never get into it.
....that's cuz nobody was helping you sound out the big words while you ran your pointy finger along the lines of text....
LMAO, writing you out of my will as of this post MISTER.....Now, off my lawn you will get....