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Originally Posted by Historiann
You might want to give her another try some day. I read Pride and Prejudice in high school and found it boring. A few years later, I tried Emma and was enchanted. After that I read just about everything she ever wrote, including a collection of minor works that made me laugh out loud.
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I understand Steve Allen had a similar experience with Moby Dick when he was in school. He didn't like it but then years later he went back and read it and found himself enjoying the story. His thought was that different people are ready for different books at different points in their lives.