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I have never read Snow Bound. As for the Classics that most people don't like, I'm a classics collector. I love the Classics, but some of them are definetly something you have to love to read. I can fully understand when people say that they don't like anything thats considered a "classic". I think that you have to want to read any book to truly enjoy it. You can have books that you weren't expecting to like, that you end up liking but usually when you're "forced" to read it, you're not going to love it. when you have to read something for school you have to pick apart the book and you can't enjoy it. i reread almost every book that I had to read in school for my own enjoyment, even if i didn't like it when i read it for school. I knew that if i wasn't forced to choose the theme, find the hidden meanings, and fill a useless journal page, I would most likely enjoy the book. I found this to be pretty much true.
I was taught that the classics are stories that are considered "must" reads but normally weren't enjoyed the first time of reading. There was someone who believed that a classic was a story you didn't normally enjoy the first time you read it but then later could go back and read for enjoyment.
I agree that when you read a book for a class you are less likely to like it because you didn't pick it but I find picking apart a piece of literature much more interesting than just reading it.
