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so which 'classics' have you never read?

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iwastooearlytobeayummymummy · 27/03/2011 21:20

For me it's Wuthering Heights and the Russian stuff: War and Peace and Anna Karenina
Also never read Madame Bovary, but I'm sure I've started it before now Grin
I love Margaret Attwood but have not got round to the Hand Maids Tale yet ( but it is beside the bed)

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meditrina · 27/03/2011 21:31

Oh, and I've never read Wind in the Willows. Don't know why - we had a copy at home, but never took it off the shelf and have never read it to DCs either.

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iwastooearlytobeayummymummy · 27/03/2011 21:28

Years ago when I had a longish commute I read quite a bit of Dickens, but couldn't imagine finding the time now. IME he needs a good 30 minute daily uninterupted session to keep up with the characters/plot

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meditrina · 27/03/2011 21:25

Hardly any Dickens for me either.

Nor Remembrance Of Things Past - I don't really believe anyone under 40 has read that.

Prunnhilda · 27/03/2011 21:25

LOADS
But then, there just ARE loads of amazing classics. So I don't feel too bad Grin

Carrotsandcelery · 27/03/2011 21:24

I have just reread The Handmaid's Tale for at least the third time - I love it! I love Margaret Atwood full stop though.
I have not read much Shakespeare, despite once being an English teacher.
I have not read much Dickens either and I am clueless about a vast chunk of classic poetry.
We are only young though - we wouldn't want it all over with at once! Grin

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