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Subject: Books I never finished

Posted by: Cymruambyth
Date: Jul 10 23

Is it just me or has anyone else had a hard time reading some of the classics? I have tried several times over the past 70 or so years to read Tolstoi's 'War and Peace' and by the time the characters have changed their names six or seven times, I give up...every time!

Other books that will never make it to my Best-loved Lit List:
Anything by any of the Brontes (talk about repressed spinsters!), or Thomas Hardy.



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I have never made it through War and Peace either. Yet I dearly loved his Anna Karenina.

Thomas Hardy. When I first read Jude the Obscure a few decades ago, I absolutely loved it. But when I was reading it around ten years or so ago, I couldn't stand the character of Sue and it spoiled the entire book for me. Now I am afraid to reread my favorite book by Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge.

Reply #1. Jul 15 23, 7:27 PM
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Audiobooks have been the secret for me. Many of these classics shine when read aloud. I tried many times to read the Count of Monte Cristo but couldn’t get into it. The audiobook I couldn’t wait to get back to and was sad to finish it. There were still some long sections that are tough for modern ears and concentration levels but not that many. If I ever do read War and Peace I suspect it will be the same way.

Reply #2. Oct 21 23, 11:54 AM
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I was researching a paper about German propaganda leading up to World War II in college, and tried to read Mein Kampf. It was poorly written, even the German to English translation was hard to follow.

I would have hated to even translate that book.

Reply #3. Nov 05 23, 3:41 PM


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