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Old 09-20-2009, 05:04 PM   #19
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Loved "Tale of Two Cities" - still one of my favorites. Also loved Camus' "The Plague" But I love Camus in general... "The Stranger" is a long time favorite.

I'd put anything by Henry James on my list, and "Jane Eyre" - lord how I loathed that book.

Henry James is just tedious.. his paragraphs go on for pages!
Ironically I enjoyed "Turn of the Screw."
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