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Originally Posted by Nancy
I've decided that this year I'm going to read as many classics/famous/cult books as I can. I've decided to start by reading everything by Jane Austen. I've already read Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice and are now reading Catherine. So far I like it  |
After that, read Madame Bovary (by Gustave Flaubert), Catch-22 (by Joseph Hellar), The World According to Garp (by John Irving), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (by Louis De Berniere), and Ulysses (by James Joyce).
The last one is pretty heavy going, but worth the effort. And it's meant to be the most important book of the 20th century.
Mr Mephisto