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In reply to the discussion: Classical Literature [View all]CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)49. YES! And profoundly relevant to our lives today..
Same here on the whaling chapters (I know exactly which ones you mean). They could easily have been skipped but by that point I was so immersed in the novel I didn't want to miss a thing.
And once you do make it to the end you are rewarded with the last three exquisite chapters which are nothing less than sublime. I read the last page and sat there for the longest time completely awestruck. Then I picked it up again and turned right back to page one. Amazing.
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I have so many on my list. Here are a few I have read in the last decade or so.
GreenEyedLefty
Feb 2018
#5
The Scarlet Letter. An American Tragedy, Native Son, Moby Dick, The Jungle, anything by Tolstoy or
charlyvi
Feb 2018
#6
I love Tolstoy (War and Peace, Anna Karenina, The Death of Ivan Ilyich [novella]), Dostoevsky (Crime
smirkymonkey
Feb 2018
#61
I love The Razor's Edge! I thought the movie was great as well -- altho. they tweaked the
diva77
Feb 2018
#28
Little Women, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Black Boy---many mentioned above. nt
Atticus
Feb 2018
#14