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Old 08-31-2020, 05:21 PM   #16
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The reason to read Shakespeare's isn't "these are the best written stories" but they are the foundation stories to so much of western literature. Even when something isn't a direct take on Shakespeare it is often inspired by his work.

But I agree...the classics are not about "learning to love reading". They are "reading to become cultured/encultured".
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