Reply With QuoteKing Lear is probably the most painful thing I had to slog through in college.
He writes like a pretentious faggot too.
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King Lear is probably the most painful thing I had to slog through in college.
He is.Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
He wrote one phenomenal book, a few good ones, a few short stories, and then collapsed under all the pressure and hid from everyone. Failure.
Braaaaaaainssssss
I gotta' give Charles Dickens the nod for "worst books ever (aside from abysmal crap nobody reads or studies, hyperbole being what it is)".
I'll grant him "A Christmas Carol" because it adapts into some awesome cartoons. But that's it. Dear God, the man can write paragraphs about nothing.
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I know, right? Like, how can it be the best of times and the worst of times? That doesn't even make sense! Charles Dickens? More like Gnarls Dickends. Ha HA!
Last edited by A Robot Bit Me; 07 Jul 2009 at 08:40 PM.
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I have very little time for The Classics in art, literature, or music.
There's too much great stuff being written now that has more impact on my life.
Boo, Hiss.
Indeed. Such as "The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Volume 2".
Last edited by YellerDog; 07 Jul 2009 at 10:21 PM. Reason: fucking seals!
That's so stupid.
95% of the best stuff being produced today is directly influenced by classics.
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And yet written for the modern age!
Amazing how that works.
Boo, Hiss.
There's great classic books and great modern books. I like to read as many as possible.
At the moment I'm reading The Great Gatsby for the umpteenth time.
You sir, are a hideous hermaphroditical character which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
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