Thread: Should high school students have to read Shakespeare?
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Old 03-29-2011, 10:39 AM   #133
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea View Post
I had never read Pride and Prejudice. I had started about a dozen times, but never got past the first chapter. Until I saw the movie (from 2005). I then read the book, watched the BBC series (from 1995) and listened to the Audiobook (which I had bought somewhere in 2003 but never listened, same problem as the book, never got past chapter 1...)

But the movie somehow sparked my interest and caused me to finally finish that book...
I had a similar experience with _The Lord of the Rings_.
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