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talaivan · 09-06-2009, 01:01 PM

There's a mistaken idea that great literature has to be less enjoyable -- or at least a lot harder to read -- than Dan Brown or similar. This may be true of Henry James and James Joyce, but anyone who reads the great Russian writers, esp. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, will find them a lot more enjoyable -- and easier to read -- than the likes of Dan Brown. It is intensely pleasurable to listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington -- actually a lot more so than listening to Michael Jackson, I think.

09-06-2009, 01:01 PM	#141
talaivan Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 4710362 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Sony prs-505	There's a mistaken idea that great literature has to be less enjoyable -- or at least a lot harder to read -- than Dan Brown or similar. This may be true of Henry James and James Joyce, but anyone who reads the great Russian writers, esp. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, will find them a lot more enjoyable -- and easier to read -- than the likes of Dan Brown. It is intensely pleasurable to listen to Mozart or Duke Ellington -- actually a lot more so than listening to Michael Jackson, I think.