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Originally Posted by EndlessWaves
I'm not sure I'd call any of them essential books. Admittedly I haven't read much from those authors but the Dickens and Verne I've read were little more than average (and often inferior to adaptations/readings) and I'm far from alone in giving up on the unabridged Moby Dick half way through.
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look! An escapist fantasy fan whining of those classics authors who dared to cope with real life and everyday struggles...
I'd go as far as saying that after more than a full century of that, people got fed up and gone Don Quixote themselves, all the way back to chivarly books...
(and yes, I know Verne is about the excitement of fantastic voyages)
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The only classical author I've read is Vitruvis so I won't judge Virgil and Homer from that (he's interesting, but not for his writing ability).
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good thing you won't judge poets from the writings of the ancient architect
