Overrated Authors

[Southern by choice]

Ok I know this has nothing to do with anything, hence the random ramblings.

I cannot stand the writings of Jack London.
I think his writing is so overrated. It is boring, mundane, and drawn out.

Anyone else feel the same?

The funniest part is we were reading an Edgar Allen Poe short story which is really cool despite it's darkness. But then I remembered next up is Jack London.

It is like torture of the mind.



rant over

Which authors do you like? Which do you dislike?

 

[NH homesteader]

Ahh seriously? I love The Scarlet Letter and anything Jane Austen. I liked Crime and Punishment. War and Peace... That was exhausting.

I don't like Jack London either.

I have a degree in Literature (waste of money). Don't get me started

 

[Southern by choice]

LOL Every year I go through this.

I love the Scarlet Letter! Love the Classics!

Anyone notice my goat names? Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte? LOL
Waiting for just the right buck... his name will be Pip!

I think Frankenstein is interesting. My daughter had an interesting point of view. I will see if I can find her thoughts. It's archived somewhere.

@Green Acres Farm those are his most recognized works... have you read anything else by him?

I feel like I am punishing anyone forced to read his stuff.

 

[NH homesteader]

Ah I have a paper somewhere I wrote in college on The Scarlet Letter.... I'm gonna go look for it.

 

[NH homesteader]

I don't remember Crime and Punishment that well, I would have to look at it again to refresh my memory. My paper is not where I thought it was.... I think it was about the Scarlet Letter and The Awakening. Hmm... Now I have to find it.

@Southern by choice do you homeschool your kids? Is that why you're forcing people to read Jack London? Lol

 

[NH homesteader]

OK here is my thesis and intro paragraph. If it will upload. Sorry, on a phone and no computer access. I wrote this in 2005. But essentially that is the point of the Scarlet Letter!

 

[OneFineAcre]

I named Fortunato from an Edgar Allan Poe short story.

 

[NH homesteader]

A woman who doesn't buy into the social norms of get married, have kids. And how difficult is was to be anything other than what society wanted you to be back in their times... And it's epically depressing. Basically. I haven't read it since college so again I don't remember it all.

 

[AClark]

I wish I had a literature class, reading anything would be a delightful chore versus "calculate how much medication patient X will get if you..."

 

[NH homesteader]

Except it's far less useful in the real world. And it makes reading for fun impossible .