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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! I am on a classics kick and I love such lists though I can't help critiquing them. Four Tolstoys is too much! And only one Bronte sister classic?[/quote]

I think if you're going to make a list of classics of whatever variety, you should limit yourself to one work per author. If someone loves that one book, they can move on to others. But the world is full of books that people will enjoy. Why insist that they slog through multiple works by whoever before declaring themselves done? (I say this as someone who loves Jane Austen. But if you hated Persuasion, or if you hated the first half and are forcing yourself to finish it, I say to you now: No. Stop. Try something else.)[/quote]

Yes! One book per author, I agree. And Re: Bronte's I meant Jane Eyre, so still one per author.

I agree with many PPs that it is not worthwhile to force myself to finish books I don't like anymore. (We are not in highschool and there are no comprehensive exams at the pearly gates!) But I have read most of the books on the list and they are the opposite of a slog to me. Great engaging narratives.[/quote]

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