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[quote=Anonymous]I like all the classics I've read, except the really dreary realist novels about the misery of the human condition (Emile Zola, Dostoevsky, UGH). I couldn't deal with those as an adolescent, and still can't deal with them as a middle aged person. We get enough of that in real life or on the news! My 15 year old 10th grader in MCPS is also reading the Odyssey. It's fine, but if your daughter is like mine, then she'll want something a little more weird. DD is enjoying Dracula and plans to follow it up with Frankenstein. Right in time for Halloween. Read on a sardonic 21st century level, Dracula is hilarious because all the characters have such little self-awareness, and there are so many idiosyncrasies of the 19th century novel still in it, despite the fact it was written in 1897. Frankenstein is more interesting from a condition of man point of view. Encourage her to branch out, OP. Her mind wants feeding. [/quote]
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