10-19-2009, 08:22 AM | #46 |
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I'll third The Picture (or Portrait) of Dorian Gray.
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I'll also nominate Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley.
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I'll nominate...
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Guess I thought that was obvious since we're posting in English and not in the French section of the forum, sorry. Just like I'd assume we wouldn't be reading The Brothers Karamazov in Russian
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I nominate "Flatland," by Edward Abbott.
From ebookmall: A fascinating science-fiction story with some biting, funny satire of Victorian society, Edwin Abbott's Flatland still has a lot to say about modern life, mathematics, people, philosophy and our perceptions of reality. The story takes us to a two-dimensional world where all the inhabitants are flat geometric shapes, and who are all firmly convinced that "length and width" is all there is. But one enterprising shape discovers the existence of a third physical dimension, which leads to speculation about a fourth dimension - and that changes everything. Wikipedia says: Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions; in a foreword to one of the many publications of the novella, noted science writer Isaac Asimov described Flatland as "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." |
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I haven't read that since high school, but I did download it from googlebooks and it is on my re-read list so I will SECOND the nomination! |
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I haven't read that in a while and it was fun... So, I third it..
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I am all fired up to read it (I hadn't heard of it before), but it doesn't seem to me to have the recognition of a classic. It doesn't appear to have that quality that classics have of being widely known and widely read. Harry said earler in the thread that one would know when one encountered a classic; this is not a classic. I don't think it shoudld be nominated for next month's books club. However interesting it is, I don't think it belongs in this category. At least not more than Discworld (which certainly does not belong). |
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If "classic" means "widely assigned as reading in literature classes," that needs to be specifically stated. (Along with the def of "widely assigned." One of the google hits was an essay-mill site for students to download papers from.) I agree that Colour of Magic is not a classic; the Discworld series may turn out to be, but I doubt any one book stands out as "a classic." (The Nancy Drew mysteries may be classics, but no one book is.) But if Flatland is not a classic, we definitely need a more specific definition of the term. |
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I found Flatland listed as a Penguin Classic and a Oxford World's Classic on Amazon. So, maybe we do need a more specific definition of what a classic is.
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Well isn't the whole idea of the 2nds and 3rds kinda meant to either support or not the proposition that the nominated book fits the category?
There could be similar disagreements as to whether a book is sci-fi, fantasy, magical realism, etc. etc. |
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