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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Naar de vuurtoren
door Virginia Woolf
17,551 leden
268 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 14
74 Members
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Verklaringen
aulsmith : Just can't read Woolf.
Arrashid7: She's an awesome writer. I'm reading her this summer.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
MyFathersDragon: When I was an adult, I read part of it. Then we packed and moved books. I didn’t continue reading it later, because I had fantasy books in series I was reading become available that I started reading instead.
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1984
door George Orwell
81,802 leden
1,267 besprekingen
4.2
Algemene Rangorde 10
98 Members
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Verklaringen
amanda4242: An important book, but I'll probably never read it again.
sturlington: Everyone should read at least once.
electrice : read
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It is a classic so I thought I should read it.
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The Moonstone
door Wilkie Collins
10,806 leden
251 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 61
49 Members
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Verklaringen
sturlington : Tried to read--couldn't get into it.
JalenV: I believe I read a Classics Illustrated version first. I don't like it as much as The Woman in White, but I liked it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Het paradijs verloren
door John Milton
13,872 leden
112 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 54
54 Members
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Verklaringen
aulsmith : I tried, but after Satan leaves Heaven things get very boring.
sturlington : Read partly in college. Not worth it.
FancyHorse: I read it in high school but have forgotten most of it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read excerpts in an English class. I knew it was a classic, so I thought I should keep reading.
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Slachthuis vijf, of De kinderkruistocht een verplichte dans met de dood
door Kurt Vonnegut
43,953 leden
704 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 64
51 Members
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Verklaringen
amanda4242: Devoured this in one sitting.
JalenV: I think I read it after I saw the movie at a local science fiction collection. I felt sorry for his wife and the poor man killed at Dresden.
Aprill: I would read this one again.
ahef1963: Read in university. Loved it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Onderweg
door Jack Kerouac
27,918 leden
385 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 88
44 Members
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Verklaringen
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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De planetenoorlog
door H. G. Wells
18,361 leden
308 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 71
45 Members
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Verklaringen
tiddleyboom : I'm intrigued by other H.G.Wells's works, just not this one.
.Monkey. : Read it. It's alright.
sturlington: Terrified me.
JalenV: Not my favorite H. G. Wells book.
ahef1963: Disliked it completely.
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De Canterbury-verhalen
door Geoffrey Chaucer
21,955 leden
168 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 76
50 Members
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Verklaringen
tiddleyboom : Read in High School - loved it!
aulsmith : Took a course on Chaucer in college and read all I'm going to.
sturlington : Read partly in college
aekd: Tried to read this in college, then switched majors out of English in horror.
ahef1963: Read in university. Loved it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read excerpts in high school. I thought it was interesting so decided to keep reading.
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Heer Gawein en de Groene Ridder
door Gawain Poet
7,839 leden
104 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 114
28 Members
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Verklaringen
tiddleyboom : Read it ages ago. Good read.
amanda4242: Read several translations.
sturlington : Read at least partly in school
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Hart der duisternis
door Joseph Conrad
23,565 leden
387 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Algemene Rangorde 94
42 Members
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Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read the Secret Sharer in English class, but on the other side of it (upside down from each other) was this one, so I read it because it was available. The book also described it as a Joseph Conrad classic. I was determined to read lots of books considered classics when I was in high school.