I am ashamed, but it is the truth... I haven't read it...

IceNine said:

I'll share something with you...NEITHER HAVE I :EVILLOL:

oh, wait, neither have I. I am reading "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein instead.

The only Shakespeare I have read are Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream.

And I'm a lit major!

Going to England!

Natsume said:

Excellent!

theC said:

Excellent! I am beginning to feel a bit better about this.

INSATIABLE said:

YES!

I am not alone!!!

IceNine said:

I have "Light in the Attic" too!

ILLITERATES!!!
i haven't read any of that shit.
and plan on NOT READIN a hell of alot more.

00769BAD said:

:LOL:

"...and plan on NOT READIN a hell of alot more."

Classic stuff!

00769BAD said:

You sick PHUCK!! But i do agree

There's a movie, a play or 1000 and a few musicals, y in gods name read the friggin book?

SpcMs said:

Because the book is 100% exactly what the author wrote and movies and plays are interpretations of the author's work. I prefer books to movies.

IceNine said:

Allow me 2 refrase:

There's a movie, a play or 1000 and a few musicals, y in gods name read the friggin book?

(ps: this is a joke)

Bsides, it's french!!!

(pps: this is a joke, also, mmm, or mayb not)

SpcMs said:

:LOL:

Okay... you fooled me because of the earlier thread about "Hannibal" and the changes made to it.

well, a movie should b judged on its own merit but it can never replace the original book (wich often is, indeed, superior).

Anyweez, my french teacher made me read waaay 2 much french literature, and as a result i'm still avoiding it. French poetry still kicks major ass though (although, unfortunately, i've never really gotten in2 any poetry at all, wich is a shame)

I haven't read it either. By what authority is Victor Hugo (or Shakespeare) vital to my life? Who's to say what need to be read?

tommyalma said:

I don't know, but you certainly need to read it if you are going to be a literary snob...

I think that literary snobs get together and decide what must be read in order to be a member of their club and this book just pops up for some reason.

IceNine said:

Like SPIN subscribers with Radiohead and The Strokes?

IceNine said:

Xactly, there's little 2 no fun in reading those damn books (especially the 700p+ ones by some russian who had nothing better 2 do with his time). I think they get selected at random: mmm, big book, a tad boring and no connection whatsoever with the present: it's a classic!!! and they put it on the list.

Victor Hugo ... Vic-tor ... H-u-g-o ... was that the guy on "Alice" ... who played the chef!!??

IceNine said:

and didn't you hate how they fucked off
"KISS THE GIRLS", i was WAY READY to see the part where he gave the broad the milk enema before putin the black snake
up her ass.

I haven't read it either...

But I did sort of steal it. Some kid I don't like got it from the library, and it was due in February. I conveniently kept it in my posession until May, when I unloaded it into Mr. Cox's World Civ room.

I hear that kid had to pay something like $15 for the book.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

If i had 2 choose between paying $15 or actually reading the book ... i think u did the kid a favor

SpcMs said:

Probably. I've only ever seen the movie. I had to watch it in VP Arts.

IceNine said:

The musical is a VERY loose interpretation of the book. I don't think Hugo had broadway songsin mind when he wrote the book.

Natsume said:

I was a lit major and we had a Shakespeare class we had to take and it was brutal. I have a feeling they aren't going to let you get out of college having only read two Shakespeare plays



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i read it but i skimmed the parts i found long and boring, back in eighth grade

no plans to read it here either, unless it changes lives for the better, why bother?

Moi non plus but I've read "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert, Emma is a bitch

This book titled Justine restored my faith in frech literature!