Are you missing something? Yes. What makes it literature. The reason why it is good. Cliff's Notes are like ... powder soup. It is not soup. It is just a powdery, boring extract of soup and it lacks the soupness of it.
Powder soup at least has nutritional value.
You'd have trouble, litterally, digesting anything out of the the Cliff's Notes. They let helped me get an A (well a B in one case) with very little effort. That's got to count for something!
The Classics - general discussion / survey
- 30/09/2010 03:52:53 PM
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My own answers.
- 30/09/2010 04:38:33 PM
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Re: My own answers.
- 30/09/2010 09:02:08 PM
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Powdered Soup!
- 30/09/2010 09:23:51 PM
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Re: Powdered Soup!
- 30/09/2010 09:34:06 PM
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Re: Powdered Soup!
- 30/09/2010 10:07:20 PM
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Well, have you seen any of the Austen TV/movie adaptations, then?
- 30/09/2010 10:25:58 PM
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Oh yes. I even made the mistake of purchasing the new Pride and Prejudice for her.
- 01/10/2010 12:10:05 AM
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They are much, much worse than powder soup.
- 30/09/2010 09:50:07 PM
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Well, since they're made of paper...
- 30/09/2010 10:09:41 PM
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Cliff's notes
- 05/10/2010 08:05:56 PM
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Re: Cliff's notes
- 05/10/2010 09:21:06 PM
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A classic is really any book with enduring value.
- 30/09/2010 05:33:35 PM
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Re: A classic is really any book with enduring value.
- 30/09/2010 06:46:02 PM
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Re: A classic is really any book with enduring value.
- 30/09/2010 10:57:23 PM
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Re: A classic is really any book with enduring value.
- 30/09/2010 11:39:16 PM
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I really need to read Kundera. I've heard nothing but praise for Unbearable Lightness. *NM*
- 30/09/2010 08:46:18 PM
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I could post you over a copy to borrow.
- 30/09/2010 08:58:08 PM
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That is very kind, but I have far too much to do to read non-school books, unfortunately.
- 30/09/2010 10:53:23 PM
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- 30/09/2010 10:53:23 PM
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Haven't read any other Kundera, but yes, that one is very enjoyable. *NM*
- 30/09/2010 09:50:30 PM
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I found his other books to be pale copies of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. *NM*
- 30/09/2010 10:51:55 PM
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I study them, apparently.
- 30/09/2010 08:44:40 PM
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I wish I could do that.
- 30/09/2010 09:49:57 PM
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Less fun than you'd think.
- 30/09/2010 10:52:10 PM
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- 30/09/2010 10:52:10 PM
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More admiration of your discipline than assuming you were having fun with it.
- 01/10/2010 12:31:06 AM
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- 01/10/2010 12:31:06 AM
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Re: The Classics - general discussion / survey .. edited.
- 30/09/2010 08:58:14 PM
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I knew you would have a rather lengthy list. I was worried until the edit came through.
- 01/10/2010 02:26:34 AM
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- 01/10/2010 02:26:34 AM
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Good survey.
- 30/09/2010 10:23:18 PM
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- 30/09/2010 10:23:18 PM
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Agreed. edited
- 30/09/2010 10:37:48 PM
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But but but Milton is beautiful
- 30/09/2010 10:46:06 PM
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- 30/09/2010 10:46:06 PM
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Sometimes.
- 30/09/2010 10:47:28 PM
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I'm glad you approve on the whole.
- 30/09/2010 11:12:00 PM
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- 30/09/2010 11:12:00 PM
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I generally do.
- 30/09/2010 11:19:05 PM
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Excellent.
Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
- 30/09/2010 11:40:24 PM
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Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
- 30/09/2010 11:40:24 PM
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Re: Excellent.
Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
- 30/09/2010 11:43:20 PM
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Might as well include a Hooft poem anyway, in case anyone's interested...
- 30/09/2010 11:43:20 PM
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Ah Cliff, I bow to thee
- 30/09/2010 11:30:41 PM
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Re: Ah Cliff, I bow to thee
- 01/10/2010 03:18:58 AM
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Re: Ah Cliff, I bow to thee
- 01/10/2010 05:20:10 AM
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Re: Ah Cliff, I bow to thee
- 01/10/2010 02:05:35 PM
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I will not list 300+ books here, I promise
- 01/10/2010 12:36:17 AM
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O'Connor is wonderful. But I am not sure many can appreciate her.
- 01/10/2010 02:50:54 AM
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Criminy, I thought I was done with essay questions years ago.
- 01/10/2010 01:39:56 AM
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the bf and I are going to do a "Paradise Lost" book club...
- 02/10/2010 08:29:38 AM
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