tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post5077967128037315566..comments2023-06-14T07:03:19.543-05:00Comments on A Round Unvarnish'd Tale: A Better Reading ListCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04817680463922038375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-31218817502839206832009-04-24T10:25:00.000-05:002009-04-24T10:25:00.000-05:00Many of those works I have not read. Does it coun...Many of those works I have not read. Does it count for something that I know *about* them, and something about *why* they're important?<br /><br />De Tocqueville would be a good example of that. I haven't read it, but I know about it. <br /><br />You know what else? When I read that list, I get angry. I get angry at how my "education" has failed me.Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2973269483459581996.post-28965793829991617702009-04-23T20:29:00.000-05:002009-04-23T20:29:00.000-05:00I'm missing Steinbeck, Hawthorne, Melville, Faulkn...I'm missing Steinbeck, Hawthorne, Melville, Faulkner, Salinger, De Tocqueville, and Tolstoy. So, most of the Americans and Tolstoy. And a lot of Shakespeare, but I've got the fundamentals, I think.<br /><br />I love that the Aeneid is on the list. It's the most neglected of the epic poems.<br /><br />The Communist Manifesto is a pretty quick and easy read, and I think it's worth reading. It really drives home how much Marxism plays off some of the worst of human desires to produce something so dehumanizing.Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.com