Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates
Oh look, I actually liked one
Oh look, I actually liked one
Said to be the first great American novel, one find themselves asking why.
read more The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 – James Fenimore Cooper
There are some things I don’t want to discuss with my students. Here’s one.
Hemingway still feels like a burden, but I didn’t this one so much.
So called ‘classics’ pretty frequently don’t age very well. I am not sure why this is such a controversial statement.
read more Gulliver’s Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World – Jonathan Swift
‘On the Road’ is one of those classics that won’t be a classic much longer.
Reading the so called classics often leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth. This is one of the few that I actually enjoyed.
Some ‘classics’ just aren’t worth anyone’s time.
One of the most absolutely influential novels of all time, William GIbson’s Neuromancer did much to create the ambiance of the modern technological world.
A classic? A French hero braved the foreign hordes to defend his homeland. I’m not so sure…