Favorite book you read during school?
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Re: Favorite book you read during school?
Both my parents read it and when they got through I began reading it. Because I had it in my back pocket at school (I always had a book in my back pocket) I was kicked out of school but my parents managed to get me back in as long as I promised not to have books in my back pocket anymore.
I'm sure that's part of why I remember it so well but I think, because of it's notoriety what got overlooked was just how excellent a novel it really was. I've continued to read it again about every 5 or so years and it's better each time. Her writing seems to improve with age.
"Of Mice and Men" wasn't part of our curriculum (of course neither was "Peyton Place") but I read it while in high school. I was a big fan of Steinbeck's books and he was still writing in those days and everyone who read waited eagerly for his next book. I know he's thought a classical author these days but to me he'll always be a contemporary author, maybe the best ever.
The book I best remember reading as an assignment in high school was "Silas Marner", which I really liked and have re-read several times since.
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"Notre Dame de Pari" - the greatest historical novel. The book, which is fascinating, quirky story - just the perfect frame for striking, shocking copyright excursion into the past of Paris. The book, in which every reader will find something of their own ...
"Notre Dame" filmed and put on the stage dozens of times, but none of the productions could not show the scale and grandeur of the original Hugo.
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Hm..So maybe you know similar books of other authors? I understand that to outdo George Orwell simply impossible..But..)Chrislock wrote:My favourite was George Orwell's 1984. Which is lucky because I had to read it three years in a row.
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It had nothing in common with the other two and even though those were really good, this was brilliant. An amazing story with some of the most vivid and interesting characters I've encountered in literature.
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