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alva · May 12, 2002, 21:11

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Literature: Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

one of the most boring books ever!!!

I like the series though( the one with Depardieu)

alva · May 12, 2002, 21:16

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
There's a fine line between enjoying good literature and being an elitist, pretentious snot, Kroeze

if there's even one ( a line i mean

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most literature is boring, written by a nerd , read by ...

' no not all, i know, there some great books, but c'mon face it!!

Boris Godunov · May 12, 2002, 23:33

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Originally posted by S. Kroeze

I suggest we continue the discussion after you have actually read at least half of my reading recommendations.

Sincerely,

S.Kroeze

I would answer, but Snapcase beat me to it.

PS--I've read most of them, and I doubt you've even read all of them. And the Silmarillion is boring tripe. And you listed plays. Those aren't books. You'd think someone as supposedly well-read as you would know the difference between a play and a book.

Boris Godunov · May 12, 2002, 23:37

[QUOTE] Originally posted by alva848

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Literature: Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

one of the most boring books ever!!!

I like the series though( the one with Depardieu)

Hey don't get mad over your own poor taste.

Les Miserables is one of the greatest stories ever written, certainly the greatest work of 19th century French literature. And it possesses one of the greatest protagonist-antagonist pairings ever created.

alva · May 12, 2002, 23:39

i agree, great story, boring book

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:02

Bah, you just must have a short attention span! Darn MTV-raised kids.

alva · May 13, 2002, 00:17

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Bah, you just must have a short attention span! Darn MTV-raised kids.

my guess is i'm older then you.

the only thing i liked about mtv is beavis and butthead, marcel vanthilt(that long ago yes) and eugh wha'ts his name ( early 90, mtv-europe btw)

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:19

No clue, one of the few of my generation who didn't watch MTV.

Dom Pedro II · May 13, 2002, 00:21

I think The Brothers Karamazov was one of my favorites... I just wish I had read the whole thing...

alva · May 13, 2002, 00:27

i read guild and punishment, please!!!

not a bad one, if you take out about a 100 pages!!!!

the same dream,what 10 times!!!

after that book, i knew what was meant by long russian nights

btw, i don't mind huge books written by russians as long as their good

example- the inner circle by solznenytsyn(sp?)

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:30

Next he's going to say War and Peace was too long, jeez.

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:31

The movie version certainly was...

Dom Pedro II · May 13, 2002, 00:32

Hmm... alva's right to some degree. I think in many ways Dostoyevsky is meant to be skimmed not read...

alva · May 13, 2002, 00:34

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Next he's going to say War and Peace was too long, jeez.

don't temt me

peace!!!

i don't think these ar bad books, but yes overrated, sorry but that is my opinion

again, peace!

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:37

The most overrated "great book" I can think of is Moby ****. Uuuuuuuuuurgh what a nightmare of boredom. He could just have the first chapter and the last 3 chapters, and that's all there is interesting about it. Then you get whole chapters on whale rope and what not. Yech.

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:38

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
The most overrated "great book" I can think of is Moby ****. Uuuuuuuuuurgh what a nightmare of boredom. He could just have the first chapter and the last 3 chapters, and that's all there is interesting about it. Then you get whole chapters on whale rope and what not. Yech.

Sounds like you'd have problems with Hemingway too...

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:40

No, I like Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is up there on my list. I don't see much connection between Melville and Hemingway.

Dom Pedro II · May 13, 2002, 00:41

Hemingway often has vast sections in his work that aren't exactly dynamic...

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:43

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Originally posted by Boris Godunov
No, I like Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is up there on my list. I don't see much connection between Melville and Hemingway.

If you ever want to know the intricacies/boring details of bullfighting, hunting etc. then Hemingway's your man.

alva · May 13, 2002, 00:44

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Originally posted by Dom Pedro II
Hemingway often has vast sections in his work that aren't exactly dynamic...

kill animal, blah, blah, blah, kill animal, blah , blah ....

i think i'm gonna get somekind off a response to this, i might even get quoted i feel

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:46

That's what they give out the Nobel Prize in Lit for, after all.

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:48

Well, perhaps I've been lucky in the Hemingway I've read. I don't think AFTA or The Sun Also Rises is even remotely close to the boredom-inducing Moby D!ck (It really pisses me off that word is censored...).

Another candidate for horridness is Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Kill it!!! Kill it!!!

Dom Pedro II · May 13, 2002, 00:49

Well, I personally hate anything written by Charles Dickens.

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:50

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I don't think AFTA or The Sun Also Rises is even remotely close to the boredom-inducing Moby D!ck (It really pisses me off that word is censored...)

Sun Also Rises is early work, one of my least-favourite Hemingways; not ambitious, sticks with form/style of contemporary lit.

I don't think Hemingway's boring, but neither is Melville.

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:51

*Gasp* You can't mean Great Expectations, too. Come on, that's one of the best books written in the English language.

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:51

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Originally posted by Dom Pedro II
Well, I personally hate anything written by Charles Dickens.

If there was ever an author meant to be skimmed, he's it.

On the other hand, Virginia Woolf is just meant not to be read at all...

Boris Godunov · May 13, 2002, 00:52

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Originally posted by KrazyHorse

but neither is Melville.

Yes, he is.

Dom Pedro II · May 13, 2002, 00:55

C'mon! Dickens is so contrived!

The kid meets a convict, the kid meets a rich lady who happens to be the caretaker of the convict's daughter, and the convict is really in reality rich... I could understand if he met Mrs. Havisham through the convict, but he didn't! He just happened to be introduced to her through a totally unaffiliated party.

Look at A Tale of Two Cities too... A woman goes to pick up her father from the Bastille and when she comes back she just HAPPENS to get on the same boat as the nephew of the marquis who threw her father in prison in the first place.

Its a stretch...

KrazyHorse · May 13, 2002, 00:58

It was the 19th century. People were more credulous.

monolith94 · May 13, 2002, 01:07

the convict wasn't rich at the time - he became rich. I really liked great expectations. One book that I wasn't able to find the time/energy for though, was the picture of dorian grey. Kind of regret not having read that one.