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@lovinglyprolife I love that film, but no one’s marriage should be ruined over it.

@SVAlwaysHome Man, if I could but focus on audiobooks, that would be great.

@TheLadySam1 All of Hardy's books are gut rippers. As it was, I listened to an audiobook of it. I find the best way to get through "wordy" classics is to listen (specially when I have at least a 1/2 hour drive or more)

I’m putting together a list: The Once and Future King Moby Dick Le Morte d’Arthur Ivanhoe What am I missing?

Honestly, that may have been *too* many recommendations

@derdunklekommt I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Hopefully you’ll find vol 2 just as captivating

@TheLadySam1 DQ vol. 1 has really captured my heart. I think his sense of humor has really captivated me.

@jonathandalecki A few people have mentioned a few Robin Hood titles but idk how definitive they are

@TheLadySam1 It feels kind of weird that there’s no definitive Robin Hood book amongst the great literary classics.

@C_OColman I didn’t know Steinbeck did Arthur. I loved Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men

@TheLadySam1 It’s a weird list, but all favorite books of my childhood. It made me remember Steinbeck’s adaptation of Arthurian legends, and then of East of Eden which I’d not read until recently and which I thought a masterpiece. His best work and deeply revealing about the US West.

@SVAlwaysHome Crying forever over Tess

@TheLadySam1 Thomas Hardy books, specially Tess

@tjsaenzenglish @SketchesbyBoze Got that one on repeat

@TheLadySam1 @SketchesbyBoze Green Eggs and Ham.

@thatangrymick I’m willing to branch out

@TheLadySam1 An Táin, if you're willing to get a bit Gaelic with it

@LotsBizzy Regret? Why? lol I loved Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights

@TheLadySam1 I just bought moby dick TODAY! I also grabbed The Picture of Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights. The latter I’m already regretting.

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@mshurtleffwrite We’re reading Ivanhoe for book club!

@TheLadySam1 🎉Someone included Scott on a list without me coming running and demanding they do so! 😅

@castle_roogna @SketchesbyBoze I mean, it heavily features

@TheLadySam1 @SketchesbyBoze Oh sorry I have bad reading comprehension, I thought we were doing Arthurian stuff.

@derdunklekommt I didn’t love Don Quixote Vol 1— I found it too repetitive —but I adored vol 2, which is crazy because Cervantes only wrote it because some imposter wrote a sequel under his name

@TheLadySam1 Having now found the theme, I must say that long-ass classics are my jam. My faves: Anna Karenina Les Misérables OaFK Crime and Punishment Still in the middle of: Don Quixote In Search of Lost Time

I’ve determine I need two lists. Some of your recs, while excellent, just don’t vibe with the original list, which in and of itself needed some refinement

@jas_cant_hang Loved the Grapes of Wrath. Haven’t read Uncle Tom’s Cabin

@TheLadySam1 Oooooh lol. Then I suggest adding The Grapes of Wrath and Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

@jas_cant_hang Long ass classics I haven’t read yet

@TheLadySam1 What’s the theme of the list?

@ejpreston The Count of Monte Cristo is top tier

@TheLadySam1 The Count of Monte Cristo Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Beowulf

@candlecav I read The Black Arrow quite a while ago. I may want to revisit it

@TheLadySam1 The Black Arrow The White Company Men of Iron

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