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Originally Posted by caleb72
I'm surprised at some of the books mentioned, but it's also fun to see what really gets on people's nerves.
If I wanted to nominate a classic author who I thought really sucked I'd probably point to Thomas Hardy. My horrible experience partially reading Far from the Madding Crowd may not extend into his other works. However, please excuse me for not bothering to find out. 
Generally, I may somewhat over-exaggerate my reverence for classics. As I get older (some might say more decrepid), I'm starting to develop a warm feeling for them that may or may not mean that I need to consider a catheter in the near future. |
I had read (and liked)
Tess of the D'Urbervilles and
Jude the Obscure, and then bought
Far from the Madding Crowd (before e-books and PG/MR) and could not finish it. It was dull and I could not appreciate the main character.