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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:42 pm
Okay, we've got basically twelve weeks to do this for my English class, so that's plenty of time.
My assignment is to read a book (or a few books) of literary merit before 1950. I don't have my list with me right now, but can you guys come up with good, yet unheard-of, books that I could swallow within a reasonable time?
Sorry, I'm out of it. Too much staring at the computer screen.
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:40 pm
Could be wrong, but wasn't that about Tolkien time?
-LD
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Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:14 pm
actually he's right, looked on wikipedia, (not very accurate though) it says the hobbit was first published in 1937
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:09 am
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There are both from the 1800's ('65 and '71 respectively), and are both very great books. I highly recommend them.
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:03 pm
Or anything by Oscar Wilde. That man was a genius if ever there was one....
-LD
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 3:34 pm
try the Emperion book and sequel by Steven R. Lawhead.
its a sci-fi wormhole and tachyon type of book thats i think around the 50's
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:01 pm
Does it really have to be unheard of? If not, how about Shakespeare. Mac Beth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet for his more popular selection. Or the bible!
Off the subject of books before 1950, Logan's Run is a great book, as well as movie, if you can get a hold of a copy. Of the book that is.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:09 am
H G Wells and Jules Vern would be good choices.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:31 pm
Check out "www.caderbooks.com" you can search, by year, for the bestsellers. I did Google, and for example "1950 bestsellers" was my search quote, and this site (caderbooks) was the first option. Narrow your search from there. Good Luck, English Class is brutal (in a "I'm suffering but I know its good for me" kinda way)!!!
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:35 pm
HP Lovecraft was turn of the century
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