Aug 24, 2007
I have a desire to read some classic works of literature (or at least hear them read to me). I figure maybe my teenage mind wasn't ready to accept the brilliance contained in the pages of Great Expectations and Moby Dick when I was forced to read them in high school.
I recently downloaded the audiobook version of Atlas Shrugged. I listened to the first few hours of it (I think it goes on for about 14,000 hours) and I just wasn't captivated enough to continue listening to it. I understood the story, I learned about the characters, but something still didn't get through to me. I realize this book is a little heavy on the artistic aspect of literature, what with the 10-minute long descriptions of peoples' faces and fictional corporate history. I'm just not interested enough to continue listening.
I guess the classics won't ever appeal to me. They sucked when I was 15 and they still suck 10 years later. So much for growing up. #entertainment
I recently downloaded the audiobook version of Atlas Shrugged. I listened to the first few hours of it (I think it goes on for about 14,000 hours) and I just wasn't captivated enough to continue listening to it. I understood the story, I learned about the characters, but something still didn't get through to me. I realize this book is a little heavy on the artistic aspect of literature, what with the 10-minute long descriptions of peoples' faces and fictional corporate history. I'm just not interested enough to continue listening.
I guess the classics won't ever appeal to me. They sucked when I was 15 and they still suck 10 years later. So much for growing up. #entertainment
You should try The Grapes of Wrath or some other Steinbeck. They are good reads, so I'd guess they'd be good listens. Other classics that are good reads, at least according to me: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, To Kill a Mockingbird, Slaughterhouse Five(although I'm not sure this would work as a book on tape).
However, I think if a book is deemed a classic, it should be a classic to everyone, not just people who believe in the author's philosotainment. I'm starting to think book classics are like movie classics, i.e. I don't like any of them.