What are your hot takes on some of “The Great Books”, those considered part of the Western Canon. I'm not limiting it to the Enciclopedia Britannica volumes, you can talk about any of the renowned works on 19th and 20th century literature.
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MOST "GREAT" NOVELS I'VE READ HAVE BEEN PRETTY SHIT. ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE JUST BLOATED ALLEGORIES OF SOME BASIC MORAL LIKE:
"VIOLENCE IS UNPLEASANT."
THEY'RE RARELY BETTER THAN THE TRASH NOVELS I READ FOR fun...
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The difference between a classic novel and slop isn't the message, characters, or even the story; it's just the prose.
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Take the magical realism pill
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"Magical realism" is pretentious.
Take the shallow poorly translated chinese power fantasy pill.
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Magical Realism is such a joy to read. I have read Calvino so many times, Invisible Cities is such a comfy book.
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I don't think I've ever read a "great book" or a "classic" that I didn't think was fricking terrible.
I guess 1984 was decent enough if you take it as a dry political treatise instead of like, a story one might enjoy.
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read dom quixote
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I would, but I don't want to.
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I want to, but I won't (I'm r-slurred)
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It's an easy read, and it's pretty funny especially for such an old book.
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Worst of the worst. Literally unreadable
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1984 is Orwell's worst story, most of his works are kinda mid to bad and the only reason they are popular is because it was one of the few things highschool teachers in the 90s were able to have their class read. If you liked Orwell's prose try Shooting an Elephant if you haven't, its a short story but I think its one of his only good pieces. As an aside, what other classics have you read? I'm not trying to bait you or anything, just curious what you have read and why you disliked them. I will agree a lot of the classics suck, especially the early modern English classics, but there are a lot of good ones, especially from American and Japan.
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Moby Peepee
Robinson Cruesoe
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