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A question for second gary and other literature aficionados: accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 02:21

How about Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy {nm} blaze223 Jan 15, 06:50

Thanks for that suggestion, blaze. I'll try to get copies of them. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 14:51

Ulysses is a classic, or Crime and Punishment. {nm} numbersix_99 Jan 15, 07:27

They sound like good books, I'll have to see if I can find some copies. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 14:51

Really? Those are hard titles to get through. {nm} Antibody Jan 15, 15:17

What do you mean by hard titles to get through? Are they a slog to understand, or just big books? accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 15:43

Ulysses is renowned for being impenetrable. Crime and Punishment is not as difficult but... not easy. {nm} RogerMore Jan 15, 16:11

I've read Ulysses JohnTEQP Jan 15, 22:46

Wow, that sounds like a really strange book then. Thanks for the heads-up. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 16, 14:01

They're not books people read for fun. Even Literature students dread them. {nm} Antibody Jan 15, 16:15

I think I'm getting an idea of them now... Maybe I might read a brief synopsis of them first and see if I feel up to tackling them. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 18:13

You can download many of the classics for free from Project Gutenberg - they host books whose copyright has expired (over 75 yrs old) - link JDolphin Jan 15, 20:34

Thanks very much for that information and those links. :) {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 21:11

I disagree: Crime is something I read as a teen and loved. Nothing difficult about it. Stop stereotyping it. {nm} numbersix_99 Jan 18, 11:43

What do you like to read? Adventure? Epic saga? Dramatic tragedy? Answer that question first, and then find a classic that fits. {nm} RogerMore Jan 15, 10:13

All of the above. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 13:48

Adventure - Three Musketeers, or The Odyssey. Epic saga - maybe A Tale of Two Cities? Or Les Miserables. Dramatic tragedy - Anna Karenina RogerMore Jan 15, 14:10

Thanks for those suggestions, and the link. I'll check the link out, and see if I can get my hands on some copies of those books. accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 14:53

I'd be surprised if they weren't available at your local library. But I think your best bet is to find a book you think you'd be interested RogerMore Jan 15, 16:17

Well at present I'm still trying to figure out what kind of books like that I'd be interested in. accountant_4_Jesus Jan 15, 18:12

Pride & Prejudice {nm} charlie Jan 15, 19:48

Thanks for the suggestion. I've never read that one before, I'll have to check it out. {nm} accountant_4_Jesus Jan 16, 19:19

"Dune", "Dune Messiah", "Children of Dune", and if you're bored, "Chapter House". I consider them classics. {nm} elchan Jan 17, 22:10

How can I forget, "God Emperor of Dune". {nm} elchan Jan 17, 22:15