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Originally Posted by Danzig
it's surprising, but we didn't read any faulkner during 9th grade, when it was american lit. i have four of steinbecks, and enjoyed three (including light in august). have tried to get thru the sound and the fury a couple times, with no luck.
steinbeck-grapes of wrath, hawthorne-the scarlet letter, melville-moby dick. didn't enjoy the first, loved the second, hated the third. i did go back a few years ago and read grapes of wrath again, as i'd read and loved east of eden...enjoyed it tremendously. and of course mark twains huck finn. some short stories as well, but those are the ones who stick out the most to me.
we also read at least one shakespeare each year. i detest romeo and juliet. my faves are othello, hamlet, macbeth.
read dickens' a tale of two cities (love it, have read several times), great expections (meh)...i own all dickens books, great stuff.
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I read
The Sound and the Fury in college, as part of a Philosophy of Literature class- I really liked it, but it helped getting to talk about it twice a week and to read it with a focus (in that case, what the book say about the author's view of the world). But my husband has tried and he can't get through it either.
I am team
King Lear. My absolute favorite Shakespeare.