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Old 10-02-2007, 12:01 AM
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Default Re: Help an English lit noob out - need some good fiction

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Last year I read Pride and Prejudice in the metro, and while I enjoyed it in a good literature kind of way, I'd prefer something that's easier to identify with.

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Of Human Bondage is a great book.

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I did read some Shakespeare, but I feel that I would miss too much of between the lines stuff if it wasn't explained to me.

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I've read mostly Dutch stuff, and I feel like broadening my horizons a bit

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If by these quotes you mean English isn't your native language Catch -22 might go right past you. If not, put it on your list for sure.
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