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Old 01-11-2015, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jblum315 View Post
Nice selection of popular fiction, but not classics.
It depends on the definition. Maybe more people would read classics if people could relate to them.

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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken View Post
If you want to stick to a strict definition, I have never read a classic because I cannot speak Latin or Greek.
True!!

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Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD View Post
Harvard Classics: The elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf .
Harvard Classics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And those are the classics that I cannot stand. Too much blah blah blah and not enough getting done and living. Shoot me now, lol. Some people love them and can discuss them forever…me I want to live life not discuss it