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2 reviews for:
Four Classic American Novels
Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Stephen Crane
4.0 AVERAGE
2 reviews for:
Four Classic American Novels
Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Stephen Crane
4.0 AVERAGE
[b:The Red Badge of Courage|35220|The Red Badge of Courage|Stephen Crane|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327936136s/35220.jpg|2314709] :: Well I can see why I didn't finish it the first time I tried, the pacing is pretty horrible for a young girl completely uninterested in the topics of history, war, and psychology. But having made my way through the entire book I feel that it is worth the effort.
[b:Billy Budd, Sailor|15613|Billy Budd, Sailor|Herman Melville|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1441739909s/15613.jpg|2764239] :: Tragic, really. Beautifully written though, much more approachable and palatable than [b:Moby-Dick; or, The Whale|153747|Moby-Dick; or, The Whale|Herman Melville|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327940656s/153747.jpg|2409320].
[b:Billy Budd, Sailor|15613|Billy Budd, Sailor|Herman Melville|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1441739909s/15613.jpg|2764239] :: Tragic, really. Beautifully written though, much more approachable and palatable than [b:Moby-Dick; or, The Whale|153747|Moby-Dick; or, The Whale|Herman Melville|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327940656s/153747.jpg|2409320].
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1192910.html[return][return]I guess I was just not in the mood for this. I found the archaic language tedious, the moral dilemmas artificial and not very interesting, and the portrayal of Puritan society unrealistic; I also was repelled by the author's lengthy autobiographical digression about working in the custom-house at the start. Well, one more nineteenth-century classic that I will never have to pick up again...