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we all know them, they're the hardest lectures in our school program..

ok so now I'm strugling with "King Lear", by Shakespeare. The man that Ben Johnson said about that "He was not of an age, but for all time".
I actually got it in original and now I'm too proud to let it go, even though I started keeping a dictionary on my desk (just in case, you know).

Oh, I tried Shakespeare a while ago. I don't have a liking for him yet. Probably because the books I read were written in Romanian. (Macbeth and Hamlet)

You study universal literature in high school? (curious)

I'm being drawn to the classic works. They really are fascinating reads most of them, plus that they have way much content than the books nowadays. (most of them anyway)You can learn a lot from them.

Recently, I've had an obsession of reading Arthur Conan Doyle works, especially Sherlock Holmes series . So, here I am! I'm currently at his 4th book in the series The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Arthur writes extremely well, his prose is concise and polished with enough flair to make you enjoy his books. I've read a lot of opinions that state that an important fact in liking this books depends on what feelings you got towards Holmes. I love him even if he is an egotistic figure,a socially inept fella and with bad vices. Other things I appreciated in this books so far was the clue-gathering and the interpretation of the cases. Magnific!!! I planned that, maybe at the end of next year to have read all his writings.


I don't know why we don't have this in schools. This kind of books should be mandatory for everyone, while they are young and are able to create their own intellect. ( of course not all classics,since some are not that easy to study) Probably you deduced that I'm not a fan of Romanian literature.

Unfortunately , I don't have time to read as much as I would want to. Arghhh

A nice quote from Mr.Sherlock Holmes:

“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

Uuuuhm. I wouldn't exactly call it "universal literature". it's either you want to read or not, and in the program there are mostly romanians, beacause that's how they brainwash you, and only one foreign writer, or something like that.

if you want to get the job right, you have to do it yourself, that's why I gave up on trying to learn at Romanian classes, it's useless.

Speaking of other things, though, now that you've mentioned so much about Sherlock Holmes, I am quite inclined to go borrow something from the library that has his name on it. hmmm.

I haven't yes tried Macbeth or Hamlet, but I'll surely do it, even just for general knowledge.

I really need to read that one,To Kill A Mockingbird. I even have it in my bookshelf, but every time I start another.

I've also enjoyed Sherlock Holmes films, both the recent ones and the older versions. Shame that it's my first time I'm reading this books, but reading has no age and better late than never.

I totally agree with you, Kyle, To Kill a Mockingbird was a brilliant book, even though I did not read it in school. Such a powerful novel!

Yes, she did. The book has made it's point when it was published, and it continues to be a big name in literature, as it deals with racism and delicate problems.. I remember that immediately after I finished it I wanted to read other books on the matter, because I thought it was so good !

I read that one too and I thought it was so good! I couldn't believe that it was his first book ever. Didn't feel like it, he's a natural. And I cried bit at the end. Can't help it, I'm a sucker that way

bahhahaaa I just finished "King Lear".. I need 20 hours of sleep after this last burst of effort.
Beautiful book, a tad too complicated though. But I can't blame anyone, because the time when it was written was the thing that set all the rules.

I'm tired now.

Oh, I hope you'll like it! I loved that book, it treats some really serious issues and I'm glad it became a classic in literature.

Where are you from, originally? Usually they have these books everywhere!

That's so nice! In my country they don't do that so much, but we have a large span of books on display and I can also get them on my ebook

I totally agree with you. There's nothing like the pleasure of a book in your hands

Well, I can take my Prestigio to school, nobody ever said I can't. Why can't you?

Really? Oh, that can't feel nice! What grade are you in? How are you coping with this? I couldn't stand it..

I was in a very strict high-school. No styled hair, whatsoever. No piercings. And we had to dress decent . ( no large jeans, shirts ) It didn't bother me at all since I was already respecting the rules, but had classmates who had problems adapting and considered this bull...t.