That is the one book that English Lit classes could not ruin for me

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:20, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I studied Capote's In Cold Blood and The Colour Purple
The latter I can't read without finding it really twee, but ICB seems to have stood the test of time for me. I keep returning to it over the years.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:24, Reply)

I have a total hatred for Jane Austen
which may not have sprung up if I'd been able to read objectively.
Damned school.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

That probably explains my disdain for Wilfred Owen

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:27, Reply)

Gawd, we had added hatred for him
because he was a 'local lad'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:31, Reply)

I had to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at A-Level
the constant analysis made it dull.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 12:44, Reply)

I read one of her tedious tomes objectively
and the rest at school. They are all shite. Boring, boring, boring, and shite.
( ascorbate, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 13:00, Reply)

Oh I'm glad I've not missed out on the boring bitch then

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Fri 11 Jun 2010, 13:02, Reply)