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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Anna Karenina is pretty goodI like Tolstoy
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:01,
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I read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago many many years ago.I might have another bash at it. I seem to remember enjoying it.
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girlinthehole, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:03,
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One day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch can be read in one sitting if that helps.1914, on the other hand, took me all year.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:06,
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I enjoyed it but I wasn't that fond of Karenina herself as a characterLevin on the other hand was a good egg, even if he did go on a bit about novel farming methods.
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See I'd disagreeAnna was okay. Levin was a freak.
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Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:11,
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I've never read any but that's true of many many classics
I'm better on obscure sci fi classics. I had a thing for feminist sci fi for a little while
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:08,
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I tried to read the sci fi stories of Edgar Alen Poe, I gave up after a couple of stories.Absolute crap, not a patch on Jules Verne.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:11,
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I think I've only read his horrorshort stories.
I've got a big pile of John Wyndam books at the mo. I like that one overuses the word Vibrator
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Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 22 Jul 2011, 21:15,
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