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Originally Posted by jayjay
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Originally Posted by Metallic Squink
As for free ebooks, I read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. It was so boring and had me wondering why this is considered a "classic."
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"Last of the Mohicans" is considered a classic, too. "Classic" just means that it's old enough for the author to be dead so he can't contradict the teachers' interpretations of the novel. |
I'm thinking that
The Jungle may have been considered groundbreaking at the time it was written because it was an expose of the meatpacking industry. But none of that is really shocking in this day and age so it just felt dated. Plus, the writing was so dry. And then it just ends without any conclusion or closure. I really thought my Kindle was broken when there were no more pages but nope, that was the end of the book.