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    Lord of the Flies
    For Whom the Bell Tolls (This was Hemingway's best imo)
    Blackboy (This was important for me to read, but more important for my bf to read so we read it together)
    The Chronicles of Narnia (was good trout to me when I was younger now I just reflect fondly on it but it did make me desire Turkish delight everyday so thanks for that I guess)
    1960s Spiderman comics
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    To Kill a Mocking Bird (This book royally pissed me off though)
    Any Roald Dahl children's book (he's my favorite author which goes to show you how much of a child at heart I am)

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    Oh hey we have a thread for this. Gonna copypasta over from the other thread:

    Books I Read In School That I Actually Liked:
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Jane Eyre
    Crime & Punishment
    The Brothers Karamazov (<---- favorite book)
    Romeo & Juliet/Hamlet/Macbeth

    When it comes to classics that I read by choice (i.e. not in school) it's mostly classic sci-fi. H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov (anyone who hasn't read the original Foundation trilogy is missing out on life), and so forth. And I love it all.

    When I was a kid I read the heck out of all the Winnie the Pooh books as well as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass. Oh, and Beatrix Potter.

    Shiny: my favorite Roald Dahl book is The Witches!

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    The Hobbit
    I wouldnt consider Roald Dahl as classic literature but since Shiny did I'll add him to my list too
    I read Treasure Island at a later age so it didnt incept itself into my brain as great literature but it was enjoyable enough.
    I read The Jungle Book and liked it at the time but looking back the writing style was quite bland

    As for movies/shows about classic literature I did not read but still enjoyed
    Pride and Prejudice (2005) my only problem with this movie was that they took out the dance where Elizabeth refuses to dance with Mr Darcy which I felt was important for conceptual symmetry
    Sherlock (the new series)
    Sherlock Holmes (the movies with Robert Downey, Jr)
    Sense and Sensibility (I dont know whether I liked the Miniseries or the movie with Snape more)
    Romeo + Juliet (1996)
    Oliver!
    Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) even though it probably had very little to do with the source material
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    The Three Musketeers, Man in the Iron Mask, Treasure Island, The Prince and the Pauper, The Count of Monte Cristo... I own A Tale of Two Cities (got it in a collection) but I've never read it.
    Jack: How do you know?

    Will: It's more of a feeling really.

    Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?

    Will: No.

    If Demolition Man were remade today

    Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
    Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
    Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
    Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
    Huxley: NO!
    Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
    Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
    Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
    Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
    Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
    Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
    Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
    Huxley: You need to leave, John.
    Spartan: But Huxley.
    Huxley: Get out!
    Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.

    By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.

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    The Count of Monte Crisco.

    By Alexandre... Dumb-ass. Dumb ass.

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    I'll probably get judged here for this, but I also really liked Atlas Shrugged.

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    To name but a few, in no particular order:

    Romeo and Juliet

    The Ballad of Mulan

    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

    Brave New World

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    Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
    I'll probably get judged here for this, but I also really liked Atlas Shrugged.
    I sure hope the book was better than the movie... movies. Played more like a mini-series. You know, we rented Atlas Shrugged because my dad mistook it for Cloud Atlas. Then we almost didn't rent Cloud Atlas because my dad (once again) mistook it for the horrible Atlas Shrugged.
    Jack: How do you know?

    Will: It's more of a feeling really.

    Jack: Well, that's not scientific. Feeling isn't knowing. Feeling is believing. If you believe it, you can't know because there's no knowing what you believe. Then again, no one should believe what they know either. Once you know anything that anything becomes unbelievable if only by virtue of the fact you now... know it. You know?

    Will: No.

    If Demolition Man were remade today

    Huxley: What's wrong? You broke contact.
    Spartan: Contact? I didn't even touch you.
    Huxley: Don't you want to make love?
    Spartan: Is that what you call this? Why don't we just do it the old-fashioned way?
    Huxley: NO!
    Spartan: Whoa! Okay, calm down.
    Huxley: Don't tell me to calm down!
    Spartan: What's gotten into you? 'Cause it sure as hell wasn't me.
    Huxley: Physical relations in the way of intercourse are no longer acceptable John Spartan.
    Spartan: What? Why the hell not?
    Huxley: It's the law, John. And for your information, the very idea that you suggested it makes me feel personally violated.
    Spartan: Wait a minute... violated? Huxley what the hell are you accusing me of here?
    Huxley: You need to leave, John.
    Spartan: But Huxley.
    Huxley: Get out!
    Moments later Spartan is arrested for "violating" Huxley.

    By the way, that's called satire. Get over it.

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    Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, and Lord of the Rings are among my favorite books of all time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mercen-X View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
    I'll probably get judged here for this, but I also really liked Atlas Shrugged.
    I sure hope the book was better than the movie... movies. Played more like a mini-series. You know, we rented Atlas Shrugged because my dad mistook it for Cloud Atlas. Then we almost didn't rent Cloud Atlas because my dad (once again) mistook it for the horrible Atlas Shrugged.
    Never saw the movie but that book doesn't seem like one that would transfer well to film. I may not agree with all of Rand's ideology but I did find it interesting to see play out in a novel.

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    Oh, I forgot Oliver Twist!

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    Sherlock (the new series)
    Sherlock Holmes (the movies with Robert Downey, Jr)

    Go forth and watch Granada Sherlock Holmes - the definitive Sherlock Holmes.


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    Does Emily of New Moon count?

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