26 August 2004 (Thursday)

classics

I wandered through a Barnes & Noble yesterday and passed by a display of "moderately priced" paperback editions of "classic literature." I decided to pick up a copy of Gulliver's Travels and a Kate Chopin collection including "The Awakening."

No, I have never read Gulliver's Travels. I know, I should be shot.

# posted by shanna at 2:09 PM
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I'm not sure many people have read Gulliver's Travels, at least in the original version. Works of satire tend to have a short shelf life, and this one's almost 300 years old. Most people know about it through coloring books and highly abridged versions. For my part, I skimmed some parts of it when I was much younger, but got bored. Maybe I should try again someday.


Posted by: Shmuel at 12:30 PM on 27 August 2004

If you want good Chopin (love The Awakening), read her short story "Desiree's Baby." I teach it to my students and they freak out over the ending.


Posted by: Melanie at 5:42 PM on 27 August 2004
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