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What? Handel Send a noteboard - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM


Similarly, I am on a personal crusade to have all books by the Brontes removed from required reading in all schools, everywhere. At a very minimum, Wuthering Heights, perhaps one of the worst "classics" written in the English language.

Wuthering Heights is the most insanely passionate novel ever written. I've never read anything like it and it remains among my top favorite books. Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but in my own, a more passionate novel does not exist, or if it does I have yet to find it. It might be overly dramatic and at times down right insane, but Emily Bronte's writing was powerful and very effective.
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So...what books DON'T you like? Сталин - 06/09/2009 04:57:28 AM 2022 Views
I have a couple I really disliked Brian - 06/09/2009 05:28:38 AM 1414 Views
I agree. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 05:49:28 AM 1426 Views
Ohhhh quotefail! Brian - 06/09/2009 05:54:02 AM 1505 Views
I saw that. Seriana Sedai - 06/09/2009 06:03:29 AM 1319 Views
You actually read Monkey Bridge? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:47:39 PM 1318 Views
Haha, I'm surprised anyone has heard of it here Brian - 06/09/2009 04:43:59 PM 1310 Views
Some examples Ellestra - 07/09/2009 08:25:37 PM 1234 Views
You think Battlefield Earth is bad, try reading his Mission Earth series. *NM* Brian - 08/09/2009 02:09:22 AM 714 Views
I read those in high school. I liked them. Stupid comic escapism. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 02:18:31 AM 762 Views
I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 02:47:12 AM 1342 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 TaskmasterJack - 08/09/2009 04:18:07 PM 1451 Views
Re: I read them when I was in high school too...at least the first 3 or 4 Brian - 08/09/2009 06:26:00 PM 1303 Views
No, thanks. I think all my masochism got spent on Terry Goodkind *NM* Ellestra - 08/09/2009 07:25:41 PM 737 Views
Political polemics, for one. Utopian novels, for another. Haggard - 06/09/2009 05:29:54 AM 1257 Views
People always recommend I read Ayn Rand Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:51:25 PM 1406 Views
I started The Fountainhead. It was pretty dreadful. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:44:31 PM 743 Views
I don't have enough hours in the day to detail this or something even worse Larry - 06/09/2009 05:45:35 AM 1386 Views
The Wanderer's Tale by David Bilsborough. Craig - 06/09/2009 06:24:49 AM 1380 Views
YES! Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:10:29 AM 1255 Views
Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 07:00:34 AM 1391 Views
Re: Oh, a lot of things. But I wonder. Brian - 06/09/2009 07:05:51 AM 1352 Views
! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:50:42 PM 1341 Views
Re: ! Brian - 06/09/2009 07:22:43 PM 1221 Views
Well, I do plan on reading it. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 03:38:26 AM 1311 Views
In fantasy, Vellum and Ink were terrible Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:05 PM 1312 Views
Duly noted! rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:51:22 PM 1300 Views
Oh plenty Geoff - 06/09/2009 09:37:23 AM 1358 Views
I hated Wuthering Heights more than Jane Eyre, but I hated Jane Eyre, too. *NM* Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:54:49 PM 796 Views
I was never forced to read Wuthering heights Geoff - 06/09/2009 03:44:59 PM 1406 Views
I disliked both as well... more than disliked. *NM* Jacob - 09/09/2009 08:59:37 PM 794 Views
Well... Jacob - 09/09/2009 09:01:18 PM 1314 Views
I like all books I have ever read. jh - 06/09/2009 12:09:51 PM 1394 Views
You hated The Brothers Karamazov? Сталин - 06/09/2009 02:59:16 PM 1344 Views
Umm, yeah. jh - 06/09/2009 03:28:30 PM 1502 Views
Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. In Ye Olde English, it's harder to translate than ancient Greek. *NM* IndigoAjah - 06/09/2009 05:07:49 PM 762 Views
Oh man, the prologue to the Wife of Bath was horrible. Brian - 06/09/2009 05:11:39 PM 1259 Views
The Canterbury Tales are not Old English. They are Middle English. Сталин - 06/09/2009 05:59:59 PM 1422 Views
Indeed, translating old english, and reading middle english are very very different Brian - 06/09/2009 07:11:13 PM 1327 Views
Edit: ignore this, what I had before was blatantly untrue *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:11:37 AM 769 Views
As I'm translating some ancient Greek right now, I call bullshit on that. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/09/2009 08:45:46 PM 710 Views
EDIT: Last post was basically equally bullsh*t IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:17:01 AM 1305 Views
I was going to, but I felt I had already been pedantic enough. *NM* Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:34:04 AM 774 Views
Jane Eyre. Chas - 06/09/2009 05:13:27 PM 1350 Views
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel AgentOrange - 06/09/2009 05:58:39 PM 1335 Views
Must remember this. *NM* rebelaessedai - 06/09/2009 06:53:08 PM 741 Views
What do you mean? *NM* AgentOrange - 07/09/2009 10:43:58 AM 777 Views
Re: The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel Nolan - 06/09/2009 08:08:21 PM 1330 Views
well it was the best book in the series *NM* random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:37:27 PM 707 Views
Catcher in the Rye and Heart of Darkness, among the "classics." *NM* Master Radishes - 06/09/2009 08:15:12 PM 760 Views
Ooh! I second Catcher and the Rye. What a piece of garbage. everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:20:00 PM 1192 Views
I couldn't finish Heart of Darkness random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:39:00 PM 1364 Views
Vellum by Hal Duncan and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson everynametaken - 06/09/2009 08:16:12 PM 1398 Views
Hm. Novo - 06/09/2009 11:20:40 PM 1311 Views
Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Vodalus - 06/09/2009 08:24:07 PM 1291 Views
I liked a Portrait of the Artist, personally, though the (lack of real) punctuation grated *NM* IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:18:50 AM 684 Views
I didn't mind Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog...I mean Man Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:40:14 AM 1284 Views
Shame on you. Those books are truly Great. Especially Portrait. Joker - 12/09/2009 10:52:40 PM 1321 Views
What? Handel - 06/09/2009 08:28:17 PM 1472 Views
My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Darth_Katie - 06/09/2009 09:40:24 PM 1297 Views
Re: My problem with Wuthering Heights was the characters. Handel - 07/09/2009 12:27:44 AM 1345 Views
Wait...you're a guy? Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:44:27 AM 1328 Views
Indeed. Handel - 07/09/2009 03:01:59 AM 1331 Views
Stars in His Pocket Like Grains of Sand random thoughts - 14/09/2009 04:41:16 PM 1514 Views
Oh, and maybe it was lost on me, but I never got much joy out of War and Peace IndigoAjah - 07/09/2009 12:22:48 AM 1215 Views
War and Peace is pretty straightforward Сталин - 07/09/2009 02:43:25 AM 1351 Views
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Danu - 07/09/2009 12:54:41 AM 1353 Views
Shame! Shaaaaame! *NM* Craig - 07/09/2009 03:06:55 AM 712 Views
Jessie - 07/09/2009 06:13:26 AM 1241 Views
I'm not sure. Danu - 20/09/2009 04:19:52 PM 1597 Views
It probably doesn't help but Craig - 20/09/2009 06:17:34 PM 1692 Views
Don't flame me for saying it.... Erith - 07/09/2009 04:49:40 AM 1399 Views
Nah. rebelaessedai - 07/09/2009 05:18:23 AM 1256 Views
For me it was the other way around. jh - 07/09/2009 07:38:35 AM 1262 Views
You know, I kind of feel that way, too. Erith - 08/09/2009 03:40:58 AM 1273 Views
One last one: Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 07:44:48 AM 751 Views
*NM* Novo - 07/09/2009 10:33:08 AM 735 Views
Awww man, I thought we got rid of you! *NM* Brian - 07/09/2009 06:05:30 PM 684 Views
Have you ever seen the mini-series? Darth_Katie - 07/09/2009 05:42:45 PM 1344 Views
Never have I seen such good acting in such a dreadful movie/mini-series. Legolas - 07/09/2009 05:44:47 PM 1255 Views
I love really really bad TV movies sometimes....they make for lots of laughter Brian - 07/09/2009 06:06:38 PM 1218 Views
Actually, you might like it. As in, think it's good. Legolas - 07/09/2009 06:11:14 PM 1262 Views
I had a couple of issues with the book that I could easily see being removed from the movie Brian - 07/09/2009 07:01:40 PM 1201 Views
Yeah, you might like it then. Legolas - 07/09/2009 07:20:04 PM 1269 Views
A Confederacy of Dunces. nossy - 08/09/2009 06:13:59 AM 1345 Views
Crap. That's two people now. Chas - 09/09/2009 01:42:40 AM 1220 Views
Don't go by what I say. nossy - 09/09/2009 03:11:17 AM 1303 Views
Anyone with more than half a brain wouldn't. *NM* Brian - 09/09/2009 03:49:34 AM 758 Views
This sounds like a redshirt mission. *NM* Chas - 14/09/2009 01:12:17 AM 746 Views
Re: Hardy Cockatiel of Doom - 09/09/2009 02:42:39 AM 1175 Views
Aw. I liked Confederacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 09/09/2009 06:15:10 AM 731 Views
That probably makes sense for someone from the area though. nossy - 09/09/2009 08:02:23 PM 1340 Views
Oh, I forgot to mention Brave New World. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:26:29 AM 1195 Views
Wha? nossy - 08/09/2009 03:26:29 PM 1354 Views
Wha. Craig - 08/09/2009 06:43:12 PM 1189 Views
*stands and applauds * Here here *NM* M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:19:53 PM 774 Views
The Road andOld Man and the Sea bme - 08/09/2009 04:16:11 PM 1256 Views
Time to give up your man card. *NM* Joker - 12/09/2009 10:53:56 PM 722 Views
The great Gatsby and Romeo and Juliett. M & M Maddy - 08/09/2009 08:24:23 PM 1275 Views
Word! Geoff - 08/09/2009 08:41:27 PM 1418 Views
Hitchickers guide to the galaxy and The Good earth by Pearl S. Buck Murtach74 - 09/09/2009 01:07:01 AM 1311 Views
Ah, man. I love both those books. *NM* nossy - 09/09/2009 08:08:00 PM 759 Views
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