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It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM
I did not enjoy the experience at the time. I still have my copy, and I have been trying to decide if I should re-read the novel or donate it somewhere.

You enjoy it. I think you might be the first person, besides my old English teacher, who has claimed that. I might have to give it another chance.

Maybe. What did you not like about it then? If you don't like it, you might like some other Hardy, like The Mayor of Casterbridge .


Although the opening scene in The Mayor of Casterbridge is my favorite out of all his novels. Referenced that in a discussion of popular divorce in rural England.
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5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:10:56 PM 1471 Views
Hmmm. Difficult. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 08:15:31 PM 958 Views
Re: Hmmm. Difficult. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 08:35:03 PM 904 Views
Okay. Replace P&P with Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Rebekah - 21/04/2010 09:15:59 PM 867 Views
It is a book... Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:22:05 PM 970 Views
Hm. Maybe. Rebekah - 26/04/2010 03:08:12 PM 1019 Views
Harumph. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:51:25 PM 1032 Views
And of course Huxley's Brave New World. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 08:52:49 PM 881 Views
So now, if you would, edit it down to just five. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:13:13 PM 1037 Views
No. I do enough editing as is. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:17:56 PM 901 Views
Thanks lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:21:15 PM 1085 Views
It is very good. Ghavrel - 21/04/2010 10:18:08 PM 1023 Views
I've read a bit about it... LadyLorraine - 21/04/2010 11:04:52 PM 1062 Views
Interesting. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 09:08:35 PM 1056 Views
Re: Interesting. lyringlas - 21/04/2010 09:19:41 PM 1070 Views
Without rules, peoples' best "5" becomes meaningless. Hard decisions need to be made. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:00:08 PM 935 Views
Yes, but then the number was arbitrary to begin with... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:26:02 PM 928 Views
I disagree for the above stated reasons. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:30:13 PM 1002 Views
I agree, #1 problem people had in composition classes... LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:00:19 AM 1059 Views
I was forced to read JUDE the OBSCURE in high school. Jacob - 21/04/2010 09:50:37 PM 1098 Views
It's in my top ten books of all time. The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:02:01 PM 1011 Views
what are the others in your Top 10 of All Time? lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:11:29 PM 895 Views
Here goes, The Shrike - 21/04/2010 10:36:21 PM 1187 Views
...I think that's the first time I've noticed Lackey on anyone's top books list. <3 LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:13:26 AM 1068 Views
As a gay teenager, albeit a happy one in NYC, her books were still powerful for me. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:00:21 AM 910 Views
I think I might just reread some of them sometime soon. LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 01:10:30 AM 1036 Views
omg, naming top 10 is impossible. Aeryn - 22/04/2010 03:57:24 AM 1112 Views
I enjoyed it as well Larry - 21/04/2010 10:45:53 PM 987 Views
It's a powerful and shocking beginning to any book. The Shrike - 22/04/2010 01:01:03 AM 986 Views
Indeed Larry - 22/04/2010 03:07:48 AM 949 Views
Well, I was 16 Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:14:15 PM 997 Views
It might be worth at least trying to re-read LadyLorraine - 22/04/2010 12:01:47 AM 857 Views
I seem to recall that it was actual dislike. Jacob - 23/04/2010 06:15:37 PM 1000 Views
The movie version of Jude the Obscure is bad. Really bad. And doesn't make me want to read the book. Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:28:44 PM 952 Views
I'm old and frequently forget nationalities Mossman - 21/04/2010 09:25:07 PM 1060 Views
I loved Watership Down when I first read it! *NM* lyringlas - 21/04/2010 10:10:45 PM 456 Views
Difficult Beqi - 21/04/2010 10:00:09 PM 929 Views
Let's see... Legolas - 21/04/2010 10:37:07 PM 869 Views
Leaving aside the usual suspects (Shakespeare, Milton, Dickens, Chaucer, Hardy, Austen) Larry - 21/04/2010 10:49:35 PM 978 Views
Hm.... A Deathwatch Guard - 22/04/2010 12:44:20 AM 1062 Views
This is a very difficult task. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:16:07 AM 919 Views
I love your number one. I love that book The Shrike - 22/04/2010 02:51:15 AM 896 Views
It was the book I had in mind when talking about Island at the Center of the World. Tom - 22/04/2010 02:57:32 AM 1012 Views
Definitely agree with Greg about the Wedgwood book. LiterateDog - 22/04/2010 04:06:49 PM 968 Views
I suppose it depends on definitions... jh - 22/04/2010 04:34:40 PM 937 Views
I'd count him as both The Shrike - 22/04/2010 07:11:58 PM 1021 Views
Irish by accident of birth, English to the depths of his soul by the grace of God. *NM* Tom - 22/04/2010 10:12:28 PM 497 Views
I think you mean snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:09:22 PM 907 Views
Oh wow. nossy - 22/04/2010 02:29:38 AM 969 Views
just remembered the Herriot books. nossy - 24/04/2010 03:48:18 PM 880 Views
James Herriot has a special place in my heart. LadyLorraine - 25/04/2010 01:45:50 AM 904 Views
Mine also snoopcester - 26/04/2010 11:02:19 AM 936 Views
Begone, you! *NM* nossy - 26/04/2010 02:54:07 PM 411 Views
What did I do? *NM* snoopcester - 26/04/2010 02:56:37 PM 438 Views
You might try The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. *NM* heartbreak - 22/04/2010 04:08:30 AM 448 Views
I'm going to cheat and give you two different lists Brian - 22/04/2010 06:54:18 AM 968 Views
Ooo nossy - 22/04/2010 06:54:21 PM 1002 Views
If I wanted to be really specific I could say book 1: The Sword in the Stone Brian - 23/04/2010 02:37:24 AM 1159 Views
Only 5? snoopcester - 22/04/2010 11:43:32 AM 861 Views
Never delved much into British literature, but here are my five. Vodalus - 22/04/2010 07:43:24 PM 963 Views
Tricky. Camilla - 23/04/2010 11:12:36 AM 1188 Views
Re: 5 best books of British Authorship you've ever read BlackAdder - 23/04/2010 08:43:46 PM 1058 Views
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