Books I wouldn't live in if you paid me!
Submitted by nadine on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:00
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- The Heart of Darkness-- Joseph Conrad
- Wuthering Heights-- Emily Brontë
- Sister Carrie-- Theodore Drieser
- The Jungle-- Upton Sinclair
- any late 19thc American novel dealing with the horrors of factory work
- Of Mice and Men-- John Steinbeck
- The Grapes of Wrath-- John Steinbeck
- Tess of the D'urbervilles-- Thomas Hardy
- Watership Down-- Richard Adams
- Gone with the Wind-- Margaret Mitchell
- King Lear-- Shakespeare
- Any Steven King novel.
These are some of my favorite books (except The Jungle) but I wouldn't necessarily want to live there. This list was inspired by the fact that I have twice been asked to read Heart of Darkness and watch the companion film Apocalypse Now for classes. I really think they are good valuable contributions to the world, but they are really horrifying to experience.