Dellarigg
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Post by Dellarigg on May 9, 2020 7:52:06 GMT -5
Tess of the D'Urbervilles gets very short shrift here - I think, despite finishing David Copperfield for the second time last night, it would've been my winner.
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Post by Desert Dweller on May 9, 2020 19:29:52 GMT -5
Here are my picks:
I basically had no idea what to do with the lower right; also had to look up a couple and vote on what I thought was better on principle (or in a couple of cases the one I didn’t read if I disliked the choice I did), but after that first pick I’ve read everything but The Way we live now (and I’m sure basically anything in that quarter would be cannon fodder against David Copperfield).
Aah! You MUST read "The Way We Live Now". I like it loads better than "David Copperfield". Admittedly, I've read it more recently than "David Copperfield". I know it's, like, 800 pages, but if you've read these others, you can do it!
Yeesh, this numbering system drives me crazy. Just seed each quadrant 1-8! Aaaaaah!!!! Also, there are 5 of these that I haven't read, so I don't know if I can do this. And I'm only halfway through "Moby-Dick". I feel that I should at least finish that so that I've read the top 4 seeds. Though, I guarantee I'd place it above "Wuthering Heights".
edited to add: Also "The Woman in White" is better than "The Moonstone".
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Post by moimoi on May 9, 2020 22:55:02 GMT -5
I feel like I'd do much better with 20th century novels and acknowledging that I haven't read about a quarter of the early brackets, this is what I came up with. I am a fan of the Brontes.  |
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Post by moimoi on May 13, 2020 9:41:54 GMT -5
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on May 13, 2020 10:10:48 GMT -5
Here's mine. I'd only read 9 of the Sweet Sixteen, which probably biased me. The last one was a tough one for me, but I don't have a tattoo of anything from Moby-Dick yet.
ETA: I missed everything in the bracket that culminates in Wuthering Heights, and also fuck The Scarlet Letter.
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