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Originally posted by barely_legal
I had to do a presentation on "Surfacing" in college. It sucked (both the book and the presentation).
Although I enjoyed it, I thought it was weird that we had to read Rebecca in sophmore advanced english. The boys hated it and I think its literary quality is dubious. But since I had to read The Red Badge of fucking Courage, I didn't feel bad for all the boys having to read about evil Ms. Danville and the hot and brooding Mr. DeWinter.
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Strange, I havent read most of what is listed. Except of course Cathcer in the Rye and Separate Peace. I remember being thankful that Icould duck a couple of books (the one by the guy who wasnt Melville but was a contemporary, the Pearl Buck book and any Shakepeare - I only had to read one). I was in some advanced independent course of some sort (depsite the Catcher in the Rye debacle) where I got to pick my own books. I was looking for antying that might have some sex in it. I picked Bell Jar, Franny and Zooey, the Awakening (did anyone read this?) and a couple of other repressed. miserable young lady books I cannot recall.
