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| Reading the Classics? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 9 2009, 03:06:36 PM (1,722 Views) | |
| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 12:17:53 PM Post #21 |
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Another one of my favorites is Milton's Paradise Lost.. |
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| Mumbling | Mar 12 2009, 12:43:33 PM Post #22 |
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Rawr.
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I guess I could name some more Catcher in the rye To kill a mocking bird The secret Garden The neverending story The hobbit Loads of greek myths Robin Hood There was this other one but I cant get on it now. |
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| Saft | Mar 12 2009, 12:49:56 PM Post #23 |
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Adding more: To Kill a mocking bird The neverending story Anything by Tolkien Robin Hood Treasure Island Kidnapped Animal Farm Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Midsumer's night's dream. Goodnight Mr Tom The Silver Sword I haven't actually read 'The Secret Garden' but I've seen the BBC television 'drama' version. Edit I'm rather curious so; Would anyone count Roald Dahl as classics? |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 01:03:25 PM Post #24 |
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Yes, I would , under "children's classics'. THe Bfg, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, all those qualify. |
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| Saft | Mar 12 2009, 01:20:43 PM Post #25 |
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So I qualify for them too. |
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| Mumbling | Mar 12 2009, 01:21:22 PM Post #26 |
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I loved Roald Dahl's books as a kid. I've also read Macbeth(and played) and midsummer's nightdream. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 01:21:53 PM Post #27 |
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what is your favorite Dahl book Saft? |
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| Kor | Mar 12 2009, 01:25:46 PM Post #28 |
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I read some of the books done by the author who did charlie and the chocolate factory. The ones I can remember I read are, Charlie and the Choclate factory, the great glass elevator, I think the other titles were the fantastic mr fox and the 4th one had the name Danny in the title I think. I listened to paradise lost ages ago on an audio cassette I had checked out. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 01:36:55 PM Post #29 |
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Dahl started work on a third Charlie book."Charlie at the White House" but never finished it.. and that book was called "Danny the Champion of the World" |
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| Malte279 | Mar 12 2009, 01:44:32 PM Post #30 |
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!
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As for Shakespeare works I must admit that I did not read them on my own accord but there are some which I certainly don't regret to have read. Last years final oral exam in Anglistics was mainly about Shakespeare.The works of him I read are Julius Caesar Romeo and Juliet A Midsummernight's Dream The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Twelfth Night, or what you will Comedy of Errors Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice Much Ado about Nothing Richard II Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Richard III Curiously I never read Hamlet or Macbeth even though they are among the most famous of his works. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 01:46:09 PM Post #31 |
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I've read some of those, my favorite was Hamlet.. |
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| Malte279 | Mar 12 2009, 01:53:29 PM Post #32 |
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Once one figures out the who is who in a world in which everybody's first name is Henry, Richard, or Edward and in which at the same time people may be referred to by four different names Shakespeare's histories are quite interesting. His Richard III. may not be historically accurate, but one of the most impressife villains ever in literature. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 01:56:41 PM Post #33 |
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His histories were more about entertainment than historical accuracy...he was not above connectings James the 1st to the line of kings spoken of in Macbeth. |
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| Saft | Mar 12 2009, 02:04:27 PM Post #34 |
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I agree with the fact that Shakespeare's 'Histories' were more about entertainment than historical accuracy. That's why, I tend to avoid them (with the exception of Macbeth). If I remember; one of the scenes of Richard III was never played infront/during Queen Elizabeth I's reign because she feared that her throne would be stolen from her. (That was a simple wording, one thing about a cold is that I tend to loose certain wordings....) As to my favourite Road Dahl, that's difficult. I enjoyed: The Fantastic Mr Fox, The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate factory and Matilda. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 02:34:31 PM Post #35 |
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox will be made into a film, which is good news.. |
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| Kor | Mar 12 2009, 02:45:24 PM Post #36 |
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That could be interesting, depending on if they stay close to the book or stray from it a lot. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 02:46:12 PM Post #37 |
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From what I've read Its going to stick very close to the book.. |
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| Kor | Mar 12 2009, 02:52:17 PM Post #38 |
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So no changing things like, we have to put in a woman with large breasts to give the guy someone to look at, a muscle man to give the women someone to look at, lots of explosions to keep everyone happy, a high body count for the same reason, ect. |
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| Nick22 | Mar 12 2009, 02:55:54 PM Post #39 |
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no, this is ultimately a children's story, where good truimphs over evil, abnd those who do bad things get punished.. particularly bratty children. |
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| Kor | Mar 12 2009, 03:05:53 PM Post #40 |
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unlike rl where it is often the opposite. |
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but there are some which I certainly don't regret to have read. Last years final oral exam in Anglistics was mainly about Shakespeare.
7:25 PM Jul 10