Pete Granzeau
2008-01-11 23:42:02 UTC
I might or might not have dodged a literary bullet (YMMV): We -never- had to
read SILAS MARNER nor anything else by George Elliot.
Walter, OTOH, had to deal with SILAS twice, or perhaps three times due to different
schools/classes.
To his credit, when I read him the two Robert Benchley parodies of Dreiser,
he loved them.
We have never gone rowboating together. [FeG]
I didn't mind assigned reading in high school; I was a voracious reader.read SILAS MARNER nor anything else by George Elliot.
Walter, OTOH, had to deal with SILAS twice, or perhaps three times due to different
schools/classes.
To his credit, when I read him the two Robert Benchley parodies of Dreiser,
he loved them.
We have never gone rowboating together. [FeG]
I remember reading _The House of 7 Gables_ (or however that title
actually reads), and not understanding a word of it. I didn't care.
When assigned _David Copperfield_, I had already read it. We read the
Scottish play by Shakespeare, and I enjoyed that (and the teacher
explained what was going on adequately for her classful of 17 year olds,
as well). No _Moby Dick_ (I had tried to read it when I was 12 or 13,
and was bored stiff long before the end of the book, so I read the last
few pages and quit). No _Silas Marner_ (I did enjoy the PBS version a
few years ago).