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In my Junior year in high school, we read only American literature from 1700-1800s. It was awful. So much of it was from the Puritans and had Every other Word Capitalized.
I remember reading Tess of the d'Urbervilles in 6th grade and arguing with my teacher that the "heroine" was a total wimp and just "needed to get over herself". I've always meant to pick it up and try it as an adult to see what my impression would be now.
On the other hand, my Sophomore English teacher liked us to read Shakespeare out loud in class. It was my first realization that I could follow it, as long as I read it out loud!
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