The National lists their 10 most overrated literary classics. While I don’t agree with most of this list, I do like their suggestions on what to read instead.
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Agree completely.
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I only disagree with War and Peace and the only suggested reading I agree with is The Brothers Karamazov.
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My reactions: A Clockwork Orange instead?? Really? Ugh. Glad I’m not the only one who thinks Pynchon is the worst...
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profoundly disagree...about four items on...this: ULYSSES...
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I disagree with On the Road, Ulysses, and War and Peace (although I recognize it’s a painfully tedious book, but...
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I agreed with all of them except for Moby Dick. That one I liked and every time I read it I see more stuff I missed.
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have my own list...‘overrateds’, but...still understand...
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So many books that I love are on this list … fuck it, I’m an English major. Enjoying literature is the main reason I...
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OH NO THEY DIDN’T—they did not just diss...Lord of the Rings. Feel my inner-LOTR-geek...
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NO NO NO NO NO AND FUCK NO…. except for Atlas Shrugged which is fucking terrible. You cannot replace
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Someone please put Catcher In The Fucking Rye on this list.
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If I were still in high school, I would agree with you. I am finishing up my American Lit requirement this quarter and I...
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