Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't

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I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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War and Peace
por Leo Tolstoy
28,826 membros
457 críticas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 1
139 Members
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Explicações
Randall.Parr: I would really like to read this book. Okay. thanks.
Arrashid7: I read btw. high school and college. Got me hooked on more Russian lit.
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Crime and Punishment
por Fyodor Dostoevsky
44,143 membros
492 críticas
4.2
Global Rank 5
98 Members
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Explicações
aulsmith : Started and decided not to finish
Aprill: I'm partway through. Hope to finish it some day.
ahef1963: Loved it.
MyFathersDragon: I read some in 6th grade, but I didn’t finish because it wasn’t very interesting to me.
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On the Road
por Jack Kerouac
27,926 membros
386 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 88
44 Members
gennyt, hipdeep, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, foggidawn, SilentInAWay, SimoneA, varielle, Smiler69, deldevries, cathyta, BekkaJo, fundevogel, ridgididge, nik61, Cindy1954, Simone2, electrice, gypsysmom, mattries37315, elia1168, linlef, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, nicolaskowsk, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, JohnMB, Mellerup, mmseiple, lsah, Jonas.Pieters, GrimFiend1977, TaraJohnson, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill,cpg ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,sturlington ,ukh ,CVido ,bw94612 ,ahef1963 ,CharlesTheB
Explicações
aulsmith : I read it and liked it, but I doubt it will be a classic.
sturlington : Couldn't finish it.
bw94612 : Tiresome
ahef1963 : The misogyny turned me off and I didn't finish it.
MyFathersDragon: I read it as a teenager, because it was recommended and loaned to me.
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The Sun Also Rises
por Ernest Hemingway
22,944 membros
336 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 149
23 Members
wordswordswords, eromsted, booksinbed, almigwin, varielle, europhile, Zylphan, jefbra, amanda4242, deldevries, brenzi, Cindy1954, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, jnmlkr901, Arrashid7, Laura1124, linnzsue, JohnMB, Ares14, Saxon451, Jonas.Pieters, MaureenONeill,.Monkey. ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicações
aulsmith : No more Hemingway. Ever.
sturlington : Read in college
ahef1963: Have read it, didn't like it much, am never reading Hemingway again.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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The Jungle Book
por Rudyard Kipling
11,175 membros
150 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 122
25 Members
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Explicações
JalenV: I've read it, but I like the Just-So Stories better.
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Faust, Part One
por Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
5,027 membros
39 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 145
18 Members
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Explicações
ahef1963 : Incredibly dull. Did not finish it.
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20,000 Leagues under the Sea
por Jules Verne
18,400 membros
252 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 127
28 Members
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Explicações
electrice : read in junior high school
JalenV: I was first drawn to this book because I was a fan of "Marine Boy" (I'm 69). I've read it several times. Now I have an annotated edition!
aekd: no interest
ahef1963: Not my favourite Verne, but his ideas about technology were so very advanced.
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Labyrinths
por Jorge Luis Borges
6,831 membros
83 críticas
½ 4.4
Global Rank 178
17 Members
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Norwegian Wood
por Haruki Murakami
16,269 membros
356 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 266
5 Members
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