4 Great Classic Books
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- ResonantAleph
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Four Classics
―Gilles Deleuze
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- Ribaldo
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Way to go to the teacher who got that to be required reading. It's the 1984/Brave New World before either existed.Inkling wrote:All four books were among my "required reading" list in my early High School days; as were other such notable titles Brave New World, Animal Farm, The Chocolate War, We, and Lord of the Flies.
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GWA.
PS: Vonnegut should definitely be included in the list of greats, but his book should be 'Breakfast of champions'!
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The only book of the four originally listed I've read is 1984 - love it. I have Fahrenheit 451 and while I don't have Of Mice and Men I do have The Grapes of Wrath (placed #17 and #34 respectively on my To Read bookshelf.
Whenever I remember to jot down "Salinger" prior to heading out for a new haul of books I'll be sure to get Catcher.
Here is one that I would include on my list: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Is this book to be placed on the short list for the title of Most Important American Book? I don't consider it as such in terms of having inspired other books, or writers, or for its telling a compelling story, but instead for the non-literary ramifications of the book.
Regardless, I found it a heckuva story.
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