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Mark Twain
"I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.
-Letter to Joseph Twichell, 9/13/1898"
— Mark Twain
Hear, Hear Mark Twain!
I have an ongoing hatrted for Jane Austen and yet, I will attempt at some point during this challenge to read something by her that I haven't already been force fed. I'm already dreading that week of my life .
I would remiss if I didn't mention some of the greats that I have read and loved rather than harping on my hatred of all things Jane Austen. I can't say I have a favorite novel because there are just too many to choose from but I would count, "The Great Gatsby," "Anna Karenina," "Hamlet," "The Count of," Monte Cristo," "Go Tell it on the Mountain," "Song of Solomon," "Mama Day," "Catch 22," "A Prayer for Owen Meany," "The Catcher in the Rye,"  "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "A Separate Peace," "A Tale of Two Cities," "The Time Travelers Wife," and "Night"  among the books that had the greatest effect on me, never mind that they are all brilliantly wrtitten.
I'm hoping to add to this list very soon.
 First up,
Lolita
I'm greatly looking forward to this one. I still can't believe I haven't read this yet and it showed up on nearly every list of great works of literature. I hope Amazon is speedy in its delivery....

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