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Originally Posted by caleb72
I commiserate then. We did have some more challenging books in general English and Shakespeare (of course), but mainly it was restricted to very readable and enjoyable books like Graham Greene, Harper Lee, William Golding, John Knowles etc.. with a smattering of newer fiction like A Kestral for a Knave and even Audacity to Believe.
We did have Thomas Hardy though and that was an utter bore.  |
In high school there was one class that read The Lord of the Rings. It was a more advanced class. I did not partake in it. But I had already read The books.