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Re: 1001 Books You Must Read
I was hoping you'd catch my Dickinson. :]
You should read it! Don't let what President Camacho said (along with many others in the world...) turn you off from it.
You should read it! Don't let what President Camacho said (along with many others in the world...) turn you off from it.
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Re: 1001 Books You Must Read
Odd list...no Faust? no Divine Comedy? they should be in the 10 books you must read!
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Most people who say "Hmmm, they didn't include X" and cite some literary classic usually haven't looked at the actual 1001 books book itself but judge the work simply from the list online. The 1001 book explains clearly in its introduction that the list is a collection that attempts to trace the history of the novel with each work contributing something important to the development of that genre.
Thus, plays, religious texts, poetry etc, with very few exceptions (Eugene Onegin being a notable one, but the only one I can think of off the top of my head) are not included in the list. Hence, Goethe's Faust and the Divine Comedy do not feature. You may, of course, be critical of this focus on novels and I think there's weight behind the argument that it should be called 1001 Novels... and not just books. But I hope that explanation explains what seem like glaring omissions.
Thus, plays, religious texts, poetry etc, with very few exceptions (Eugene Onegin being a notable one, but the only one I can think of off the top of my head) are not included in the list. Hence, Goethe's Faust and the Divine Comedy do not feature. You may, of course, be critical of this focus on novels and I think there's weight behind the argument that it should be called 1001 Novels... and not just books. But I hope that explanation explains what seem like glaring omissions.
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Re: 1001 Books You Must Read
Yeah, that list is a bit depressing. It's hard to not feel like an illiterate loser when comparing your own list of books to that 1001 list. I think a better list would be the "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" by Easton Press. I'll create a thread for that list to see what you guys have read.
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Interesting list indeed, a few of those books have made it onto my blog as well, at www.ratemybooks.com
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Re: 1001 Books You Must Read
Oh my gosh, I've only read 36 so 3.6% :O
"From childhood's hour I have not been as others were
I have not seen as others saw
I could not bring my passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken my sorrow
I could not awake my heart to joy at the same tone
And all I loved - I loved alone"
E.A.Poe
I have not seen as others saw
I could not bring my passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken my sorrow
I could not awake my heart to joy at the same tone
And all I loved - I loved alone"
E.A.Poe
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Re: 1001 Books You Must Read
It is an interesting list, especially how it has changed over the years.
I've read 41 books from the most recent list and am interested in reading only 50 of the remaining books.
I've read 41 books from the most recent list and am interested in reading only 50 of the remaining books.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Edward Gibbon