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572 voters
Listopia > Mark's votes on the list The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class (5 Books)
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Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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"A wildly uneven black comedy about the Big One that got away. The Great American novel."
Mark
rated it 5 stars
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Fisher's Hornpipe
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"Cartoonish anarchy, and a funny critique of New England Transcendentalism."
Mark
rated it 5 stars
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
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"The American self-image pared down to its essence."
Mark
rated it 4 stars
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A Separate Peace
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"Wistful, knowing, the novel welcomes you into the sadness of adult time."
Mark
rated it 4 stars
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Ethan Frome
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"The longing to be someone else and the freedom to share your new self with someone new: the basic longing of the American dream.
Mark
rated it 4 stars
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