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Theriandros:
Somehow, I never got the memo why Kurt Vonnegut was great. I've read maybe a half-dozen books by him and it was like pulling teeth to get through the last couple.
WriterofAllWrongs:
Well, which ones did you read? Because a few of his books are pretty slow (Galapagos), but they are generally really quality books all the same.
phooey:
Tonight I described Atlas Shrugged as misanthropic multimillionaires enslaved by society finding freedom through the magics of laissez faire capitalism. This makes it sound like a better book than it actually is, because it's a great deal shorter and also because it includes magic!
TheMooseOfDeath:
--- Quote from: tender on 03 Sep 2009, 17:08 ---
Maybe it is just a language thing for you, but damn... you hate most of 19th century literature? Tolstoy? Dostoevsky? Poe? Hugo? Dickens? Eliot? Nietzsche? Pushkin? Doyle? Chekhov? Dumas? Gogol? The translations of many writers might be holding you back, and it's always your call, but I think you're missing out on a lot of beautiful literature if you ignore them!
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When it comes to non-English 19th century lit, it certainly does depend on the translation. I have two copies of Brothers Karamazov, one good and one bad. Out of the authors you mention who wrote in English, Poe is hit and miss for me (maybe it's because I'm just not scared as I'm supposed to be), I hate trudging through a Dickens novel (which I've thrice had to do), and I actually haven't read any George Eliot, though I wouldn't mind going through her poetry for a taste.
I find I often enjoy 19th century poetry (especially from the Romantics), but usually not the prose. That's not to say I won't bother.
I dunno, maybe I just don't like Victorian prose?
Mr. Doctor:
--- Quote from: TheMooseOfDeath on 04 Sep 2009, 12:50 ---Poe is hit and miss for me (maybe it's because I'm just not scared as I'm supposed to be)
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Emmm... It's not like you should be scared. It would surprise me if anyone here was scared with Poe's stuff. It was scary at that time, but not now.
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