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I read Slaughterhouse Five a couple years ago. j-whitt987 Send a noteboard - 02/01/2011 01:58:54 PM
My experience with "The Classics" is pretty limited. I know this category can entail all genres and may have been written a few decades ago or a few millennia ago. I would like to read something that isn't going to take me two painful months to finish but still want something of a challenge. Therefore, I am asking you, fellow RAFO visitors, to help me decide. What is the best "classic", in your opinion. I had a few I was considering (Slaughterhouse Five, The Man In High Castle, Middlemarch) but wanted to hear some good suggestions. I will probably get started on this early next week, so I hope I get some good feedback!

EDIT: I would appreciate only classics that are in English. I know translations rarely do full justice to the original language novels but I'd have some great difficulty finishing the book otherwise.


It was sufficiently awesome to suggest. It was right up my alley though. It's kinda predictable, but enjoyable enough that I didn't really care. Maybe I'll re-read it this year.
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