04-25-2012, 03:44 PM | #1 |
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Classic Novels
Had a good laugh this morning reading the comic pages of our newspaper.
Rats take on classic novels from Pearls Before Swine: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/04/25 |
04-25-2012, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Pearls Before Swine is the best comic since Far Side and Calvin and Hobbs.
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04-25-2012, 09:54 PM | #4 |
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I love that one of the comments was this:
“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, and nobody wants to read.” —Mark Twain (1835-1910), nom de plume of Samuel L. Clemens, American writer and humorist I wonder what Mark Twain would think about the fact that now almost all of his books are considered classics. The comic strip title, one I had never heard of before, is also so appropriate in this case. "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls classics before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." |
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would give it a go
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04-26-2012, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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Awwww - they are making fun of Death in Venice. I loved that book.
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The problem is, that this attitude often conflicts with the taste of many readers. I know I use to hate reading. Teachers would assign us stories to read that I hated; the result was that for a long time I equated school reading with reading period. Then in eight grade my teacher assigned us a book report a week. The cool part was we got to pick the book. It took me several tries, but then I found what sort of stories I liked. In the course of a year, I became a reading addict. So, anyway, not that I would like to see the books go away, but I would like to see the label classics go away. You can read your Dumas, I will read Sabatini, and it is all good . -- Bill |
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I love Verne, Poe, Wells, Dickens, and Hawthorne; but hate Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, and Wilde.
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the problem with the classics is not their age, it's that they are not a stupid dumbed down videogame to entertain obese cheetos-eaters wanting more fun for their greasy sweaty money...
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