Classic Literature

[Jinx]

I've read a lot of other classics that I forgot about. I liked the first half of Wuthering Heights, but the second half was so bad.

RE: Moll Flanders
I mean, the content of the story was fine and made for an interesting novel. The writing style was abysmal. I'm willing to give it credit (and a pass) since it's one of the first English novels in existence, but that doesn't mean it's good. Ultimately, just not a book for me.

[Mr. Carnelian]

I'm willing to give it credit (and a pass) since it's one of the first English novels in existence, but that doesn't mean it's good. Ultimately, just not a book for me.

Actually, it's totally not. Novels had been around for decades beforehand. I'm talking at least fifty years. Hundreds and hundreds of novels had already been written by the time Moll Flanders was published. A lot of the earlier novels were ignored by academics until relatively recently, often because they were written by women, and so were written off without examination as not being "proper novels".

So, Moll Flanders doesn't even have that going for it. Plus, like I said earlier, he totally ripped off Penelope Aubin.

[fire_of_avalon]

Based on Fynns post, I'm really interested to know what other American lit novels are "important" enough to study in the European classroom. Besides Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby, I mean