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December 9, 2022October 26, 2021

Revolutionary Road – Richard Yates

Oh look, I actually liked one

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October 14, 2022September 25, 2021

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 – James Fenimore Cooper

Said to be the first great American novel, one find themselves asking why.

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September 30, 2022August 27, 2021

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain

There are some things I don’t want to discuss with my students. Here’s one.

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September 2, 2022August 27, 2021

A Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway still feels like a burden, but I didn’t this one so much.

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June 10, 2022July 28, 2021

Gulliver’s Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World – Jonathan Swift

So called ‘classics’ pretty frequently don’t age very well. I am not sure why this is such a controversial statement.

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February 18, 2022May 5, 2021

On the Road – Jack Kerouac

‘On the Road’ is one of those classics that won’t be a classic much longer.

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October 15, 2021April 8, 2021

The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck

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.

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Classics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Self-Help  2 Comments

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Walden – Henry David Thoreau

Some ‘classics’ just aren’t worth anyone’s time.

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July 20, 2018June 4, 2018

Neuromancer – William Gibson

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.

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July 6, 2018May 22, 2018

The Song of Roland

A classic? A French hero braved the foreign hordes to defend his homeland. I’m not so sure…

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