In Nazi Germany, saying "I'm looking for a rare edition of 'Faust,'" when walking into a used book shop meant that you were there to pick up fake passports or other needed paperwork to smuggle Jews out of the country. (Although, I guess I don't know how historically accurate that is. That's just what they always say in movies and books.) I've always wondered why they chose that particular book, and seeing as I was thinking it was high time I read a classic again, I finally decided to read it.
I now know why they chose it. No one else would be asking for it.
It's a play written in the late 18th century, and it's all poetic about things like philosophy and spirits and whatnot. Not so understandable, and not interesting enough to make you want to try to understand it.
So now I don't know what classic to read next. But I just ordered a Shoeless Joe Jackson biography from the library to tide me over until I decide.
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so we shouldn't read it, is what you're saying
more or less
You could read that lying Justin Morneau book. Or you could read Daring to Draw Near, because that's one of my very favorites.
but those aren't classics. i was debating reading either 'wuthering heights' or 'vanity fair' again, but i want to read a new (to me) classic. so i don't know what.
To Kill a Mockingbird
7th grade english
It's Christmastime. Read The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
last year
I read it every year.
Have you read The Hiding Place?
You could make Mom happy and read Girl of the Limberlost or Shepherd of the Hills.
of course i have, and i've read 'shepherd of the hills,' and no thank you to 'girl of the limberlost'
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