Classic literature

[Anonymous]

Canterbury Tales. Read the Miller's Tale.

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Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Canterbury Tales. Read the Miller's Tale.

OP again... I can still recite the opening lines! Whan that April with his shoores soote, the drought of March hath perced to the roote... Ha! Good times.

I will also admit, not that it has any place in a "literature" discussion, that I once watched a porno based on the Canturbury Tales. Pretty fitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

It's with the "u," since the book is written in English and not Latin. The "cover" of many printed editions uses the Latin typesetting for artistic purposes, but that's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

It's with the "u," since the book is written in English and not Latin. The "cover" of many printed editions uses the Latin typesetting for artistic purposes, but that's it.

No, I have book. It is defitintely "I Clavdivs".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

It's with the "u," since the book is written in English and not Latin. The "cover" of many printed editions uses the Latin typesetting for artistic purposes, but that's it.

No, I have book. It is defitintely "I Clavdivs".

Stop arguing girls! Go to bed! Now!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

It's with the "u," since the book is written in English and not Latin. The "cover" of many printed editions uses the Latin typesetting for artistic purposes, but that's it.

No, certainly you are wrong. My great-uncles' piano teacher was best friends with Robert Graves.
He used to call it "I Clavdivs".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I, Claudius

I think its actually "I, Clavdivs".

That is because "v" was used for "u."

No, I think its "I Clavdivs".

It's with the "u," since the book is written in English and not Latin. The "cover" of many printed editions uses the Latin typesetting for artistic purposes, but that's it.

No, certainly you are wrong. My great-uncles' piano teacher was best friends with Robert Graves.
He used to call it "I Clavdivs".

You're talking about the gladiator flick, right? I think it's actually "Me Called Clyde."

[Anonymous]

How about some plays? O'Neill, Ibsen, Pinter, Williams, Wilson, Miller?

[Anonymous]

American classics:

Black Boy
Native Son
Invisible Man
Song of Solomon
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
The Color Purple

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the OP. I'm actually fairly well-read, not a "newbie" by any stretch, but there are definitely holes.

I found Maugham and James to be insufferable. There's some good Steinbeck, and some so-so. The Great Gatsby was just ok. I adored Cather as a young teen... I must have read My Antonia 20 times. I'd really like to read some Twain... what's his best stuff? I'm surprised no one mentioned Little Women-- though I liked Jo's Boys better!

I'll definitely be downloading To Kill a Mockingbird... never having read that is a bit of an embarrassment! Thanks for reminding me of this, and all the other great suggestions!

Mockingbird is also one of the best films ever made. I'm not sure but it may have been Robert Duval's first fil,. He plays Boo Radley. Read the book before seeing the film though Hollywood stuck to the original story line. Twsin: Huck Finn (being cnsored to political correctness, read the original), Tom Sawyer, Innocents Abroad, A Connecticut Yankee. Also his biography is fascinating. He had a difficult life and sad life. All of Oscar Wilde, poems, "fairy" tales, stories, plays.

[Anonymous]

The Cherry Orchard by Checkov- it revised acting
The Jungle by Upton Sincalir - you understand why the labor movement started in the US
Call of the Wild
A Wrinkle in Time
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Quiet American
The Old Man and the Sea
The Good Earth
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Heart of Darkness
Ethan Frome: for it's passionate tension and the best description of a bleak, cold winter in New England

All of these made a huge impression on me.