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The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald | 19 | 25.33% | |
Topper by Thorne Smith | 5 | 6.67% | |
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole | 10 | 13.33% | |
My man Jeeves by P G Wodehouse | 2 | 2.67% | |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain | 7 | 9.33% | |
Fool by Christopher Moore | 3 | 4.00% | |
Augustus Carp, Esq. - Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man by Henry Bashford | 0 | 0% | |
A Damon Runyon Omnibus | 1 | 1.33% | |
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore | 10 | 13.33% | |
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde | 16 | 21.33% | |
Candide by Voltaire | 2 | 2.67% | |
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04-10-2010, 03:15 PM | #316 | |
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04-10-2010, 04:27 PM | #318 |
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04-10-2010, 05:19 PM | #319 | |
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Yuppie! I checked that guy out on Wikipedia. We all have our problems ...
My Yankee reference was absolutely not in that direction. But on their well known merchant qualities. I mean qualities. Your reply has been very useful to me. I went and checked out and learned a few things. Especially the end of the Yankee cultural history section. I also learned, and I should have known it already, not to put my foot in other people soup. Thank you. |
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In building my example I had in mind something quite different. Much easier than Gita, that we have on MR. If my example is like a 10' concrete block (3m that makes about 100 tons in weight), Gita could be like one of the lesser Pyramids ... |
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04-11-2010, 02:29 AM | #322 |
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I thought it could be interesting to interpret classics as 'classical literature', as in ancient Greece and Rome. A greek play would not be that hard to read (in translation) and would certainly contain fodder for discussion.
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I was taught that "Classic" referred to something that was popular or respected for a long time and that "Classical Literature" specifically referred to ancient Greek and Roman writings.
Aesop's Fables would probably qualify as a Classic under Classical Literature. |
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Classic to me means timeless in that classic literature has not only survived the test of time and has constant and continued relevance to contemporary readers.
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I think that interpretation would be too confining, but I like the idea of choosing an ancient Greek play for the club to read.
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Damn Yankees! I'm a Redsox fan!
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If it's a work like The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, I say yes, choosing an excerpt to read would be fine. If it's something like Tolstoy's War and Peace, then I would say no, because such a book needs to read in its entirety. Did I win? |
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