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Old 06-27-2009, 08:40 AM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Janszoon View Post
That's funny, when I was in school it seemed like most of what I had to read was pretty old (Charles ****ens, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Homer, etc.). The only books we read that could be remotely described as contemporary were still several decades old.
I think by the time I reached high school they tried to modernise the curriculum in an attempt to 'connect' with teenagers. But the truth is I love the classics over contemporary stuff any day. Dickens, Shakespeare, Joyce... love them to bits. Not Jane Austen though. Haha.
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