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Modern Classics of World Literature (currently disc. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck)
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Zaz
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1/24/07 6:29am
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RE: Modern Classics of World Literature (currently discussing Oliver Twist)
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One of my favourite chapters in Dickens is the passage of arms between David's aunt and his stepfather, Mr. Murdstone (great name!) in "David Copperfield" wherein she carves him a new one in between enforcing her 'no donkeys on the green' rule.
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darth_frared
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1/24/07 7:07am
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RE: Modern Classics of World Literature (currently discussing Oliver Twist)
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i don't remember that AT ALL. i think my highlight was finally finding out where the name uriah heep came from. twas a long long time ago 
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Laine_Snowtrekker
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1/24/07 3:18pm
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Oliver Twist was a wonderful book! I just read the full version this summer while I was working at a summer camp. For me, I had to know what happened. It got put on the 'Flashlight List' (ie, the list where books that drive me to reading under the covers with a flashlight when we're supposed to be asleep get put).
I was glad when the ending happened, because 1) I figured it out and wanted to see what happened, and 2) I was rooting for lil Oliver.
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NYCitygurl
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1/28/07 8:37am
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He's an awesome fictionl kid 
The Count of Monte Cristo
The night before his wedding, Edmund Dantes is arrested for teason against the French government. Sent to the infamous prison Château d’If, Dantes meets a fellow prisoner, Abbe Faria, who educates him and tells him of a secret treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Edmund is eventually able to escape prison and travels to Monte Cristo. With the teasure, Dantes returns to France under the name of the Count of Monte Cristo to get revenge of those who plotted his downfall.
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Zaz
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1/28/07 9:22am
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RE: Modern Classics of World Literature (currently discussing The Count of Monte Cristo)
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This plot has become classic, and you will see in numerous forms in lots of books and movies. There's at least one good Hollywood adaptation, in the early 30's, starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi (ignore the mini-serieses)
This was always my favorite Dumas--the Chateau d'If, especially. I'm not alone, either; it's mentioned and imitated in a selection of other books, including "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."
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NYCitygurl
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2/16/07 9:35am
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It my favorite of his, too, though I also liked The Three Musketeers.
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Ms. Sewell wrote this 'autobiography of a horse' after an accident which left he unable to walk. The novel is from the point of view of a horse, who tells his life story. He goes though several masters, some good, some bad, until his happy retirement in the country. It's absolutely a one-of-a-kind book, and will make you look at horses in an entirely different light.
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Zaz
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Another admission: I have never read this book.
Ze list. 
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NYCitygurl
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2/17/07 5:26am
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You need to. It's a very sweet book. Don't forget to bring tissues, though.
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Zaz
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2/17/07 8:27am
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My paternal unit explained that it involved the mistreatment of horses, and therefore he wasn't going to read it to us; I think he was afraid he'd need Kleenex, perhaps...
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NYCitygurl
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2/27/07 1:51pm
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Aaaww.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
It's a whlae! It's the Loch Ness monster! No, it's the Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Professor Pierre Aronnax, who was on an expedition to find this 'monster' that is causing the destruction of warships, finds himself on board the Nautilus as a guest who can never leave. Aronnax is amazed as he is taken all over the world, from the ruins of Atlantis to Antarctica. Meanwhile, one of his fellow prisoners is plotting their escape . . .
Jules Verne wrote the science fiction novel, and others like it, many years before things like submarines had been invented.
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Zaz
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RE: Modern Classics of World Literature (currently discussing 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
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I reread this recently, and it's a great bit of visionary scifi. I always preferred "The Mysterious Island" of the Verne books, but Nemo is a great character, and he gets a bigger role here.
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NYCitygurl
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2/28/07 3:14pm
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Nemo was amazing, but I've never been a big Verne fan. I read this and Journey to the Center of the Earth and wasn't really impressed by either. I haven't even heard of the book you mentioned.
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Zaz
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I know what you mean, but I'm not sure that at least some of it isn't a feature of the translation.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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3/2/07 7:19pm
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A throwback to the days when sci-fi was prescient; of course, today's may be too, we just don't know it yet.
Regardless, I found the book to be a bit too hard sf. Lenghty descriptions of Nemo's vegetable garden are fascinating for the scientist, I suppose, but not so much for me.
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NYCitygurl
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Yeah, the details got annoying pretty quickly, though I did like the beginning (and hated the end; I didn't like not knowing).
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