Date: 2008-12-10 06:31 pm (UTC)
Adler's lists are pretty dated, I find. I second the David Lodge recommendation! I'd also be sure I added at least one Mark Twain, some Vonnegut, Catch-22...well, we immediately see the problem, as I'm more 20th century oriented than classical.

As far as classics? I loved the Count of Monte Cristo. I hate all of Dickens. I love Blake, and his Songs of Innocence and Experience is a must. Madame Bovary is worth a read, as is Don Quijote (the latter was the first novel, and is too wonderful to describe in the parameters of this message). Shakespeare, natch. I'm not too fond of 19th century American lit, but Moby Dick comes to mind.

I'm just nattering on now, aren't I?
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