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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with you OP— I think the Russians are blind spot in many American schools and that it’s crazy someone may never read Austen. I thought my high school had a great lit program and I still didn’t read any Austen until college. My high school had some representation of post-colonial lit and I hope that this has continued.

I’m surprised by the Gatsby thing because Gatsby is kind of perfect for high school readers— [b]very short[/b], simply written (though rich with metaphor/meaning to dissect), funny, and modern. I was assigned a good amount of Hemingway. I think he excels at short stories though— not the novels we were assigned.

And at least a few works of Shakespeare should be read in high school, IMHO. The works are foundational to modern English language/storytelling.[/quote]

A ton of the high school English class canon seems to be chosen for being short. I get it, but it's funny that lots of people read Ethan Frome which is not at all like the rest of Wharton.[/quote]

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