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by thehappycynic
Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:24 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Overrated Book???
Replies: 23
Views: 9733

Re: Overrated Book???

<t>Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. Hands down. Those who love it fawn over it as some spiritual quest, thinking it gives them special insight into the slums of Bombay. The author was a convicted heroin dealer and bank robber. He escaped from prison in Australia and fled to India where he lived i...
by thehappycynic
Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:37 am
Forum: Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus – by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Topic: Chapters 1, 2 and 3: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Replies: 15
Views: 14257

Re: Chapters 1, 2 and 3: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

<t>First time posting, trying to better my literature interpretation skills here and there. Not sure if I'm any good, but thanks for reading. I like this book club idea. <br/> <br/> In Chapter 3, Frankenstein contrasts the professors Krempe and Waldman. To Frankenstein Krempe is disdainful and arrog...

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