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BBC book list

thewayis @thewayis (646) • Bulgaria 2 Dec 10

You know about the BBC booklist? The BBC claim that most people have read only 6 /of 100/ books form their list. As I scimmed through the list I realized that I hvae fully read more than half of it and I hvae started reading some...

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What are other good classic literary choices?

peterpancomplex @peterpancomplex (438) • Philippines 22 Oct 10

I grow up in a 3rd world country wherein, reading a book is never a priority for the majority of the population, and since this is the case, I was only introduce formally to books when I was 14years old, when I read the "Da Vinci...

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Have you ever read the book Lolita?

marciadotcom @marciadotcom (20) • United States 8 Feb 07

We are reading the book Lolita now for our book club. I am having trouble reading it, because I'm finding it disturbing. I'm only on the first few chapters, but I find myself getting queasy when he is describing the young girls...

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Little Woman

destinycole @destinycole (827) 24 Jan 07

A period drama that has created two versions of the film Little Women. I prefer the older version, Elizabeth Taylor, June Alysson and some other famous people who's names have escaped me! Any way this is my 100th post and I...

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How many of the "Classics" have you read?

hockeygal4ever @hockeygal4ever (10021) • United States 10 Jan 07

Most of us were forced to read some of the "Classics" as students, books such as Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Lord of The Rings, Narnia, etc. What "classics" have you read on your own though? I read Little Women, Narnia, Death...

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