I remember a lot of books they gave us to read for English lit at school.
The Mill on the Floss
Romeo and Juliet
Great Expectations
Lord of the Flies
Hamlet
They are all really depressing books where all the striving and effort of the central characters achieves nothing and leaves them worse off than before. At
best (Siege of Krishnapur), they survive at the end even though left pretty messed up. I wonder if they were trying to tell us something. The primary effect on
me was a deep and abiding distaste for anything that could be considered "classical literature".
The Mill on the Floss
Romeo and Juliet
Great Expectations
Lord of the Flies
Hamlet
They are all really depressing books where all the striving and effort of the central characters achieves nothing and leaves them worse off than before. At
best (Siege of Krishnapur), they survive at the end even though left pretty messed up. I wonder if they were trying to tell us something. The primary effect on
me was a deep and abiding distaste for anything that could be considered "classical literature".