reign Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) Jane eyre ( which was my book of choice from a list) The metamorphosis Slaughterhouse 5 Crime and punishment... I didn't actually read this one but I was supposed to Edited September 8, 2012 by reign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeW88 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Wow...too long ago to remember. But I did go to an all girls private school that prided itself on a "rigorous" education for "young ladies". LOL So, this is what I remember reading in high school, although I couldn't say which ones I read in which years. Except for these three: Anna Karenina, Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'Urbervilles....that was the year of "heroines I hated". :lol: Other books read in high school: Romeo & Juliet Merchant of Venice King Lear MacBeth Dante's Inferno (parts of it) Canterbury Tales (Whan that Aprille with his shores soote... Yes, we had to memorize the prologue. *shudder*) The Great Gatsby The Grapes of Wrath The Scarlet Letter David Copperfield Les Miserables (In French for my 3rd year French literature class...it almost killed me. :lol:) Silas Marner Death of a Salesman Ethan Frome Portrait of a Lady Various short stories like "The Lottery" Beowulf I'm know there were others...we read A LOT. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 For sure James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Ugh. I should re-read it now and see if I feel differently. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I was so sad, I started a book club with friends instead! (This is was in the late 80s before book clubs got popular.) We read the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Not the fun Tales, of course. Nun's Tale anyone? No. Just the absolutely boring and dry prologue. We read Julius Caesar. Now, don't get me wrong. JC is a great play. I loved it when I covered it again in college. But couldn't we cover a comedy in high school? No because of all the s e x and innuendo. Ugh. Tempest would have been good. MND would have been fine, too. I can't remember anything else. Poetry, maybe? Dh says his class was originally assigned actual reading, but then spend the entire year studying vocab. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 We read something each quarter that we were able to choose within certain parameters. I read Far from the Madding Crowd, Cry, the Beloved Country, Jane Eyre, and since one quarter we had to choose a poem, I chose The Gift of the Magi. I also read Murder in the Cathedral and Macbeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (edited) Our Mutual Friend, collected poems of Keats, selected poems of Tennyson, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband (it was a 19th century course that year) plus Measure for Measure. The UK system opts for intensive study of a relatively small number of texts. I was also studying French: I remember reading Candide in French, a modern novel called Hans and Le Grand Meaulnes. Laura Edited September 8, 2012 by Laura Corin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I took an AP world lit course Senior Year. The pace was brutal. About 80 pages a night. Never more then a week and a half on a book. Usually discussion Monday to Thusday with practice paper Friday. Content quiz daily. I remember hating Heart of Darkness, did not care for Joyce either. We did several by Shakespeare. I know we started with Genesis (sworn to tell no one what we were reading in public school) and went forward through Beowolf, Canterbury Tales etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 My senior year I took AP English Lit and Comp. I remember we had to memorize some part of the Caterbury Tales. We also read MacBeth Hamlet A Winter's Tale (we also saw a play of this one which was pretty good although freakin cold since it was at an outdoor theatre in late Oct in WI) I also remember having to read The Great Gatsby, The Awakening, Jude the Obscure, some poetry although I can't remember what and by whom. /QUOTE] Jude the Obscure! 9th grade. I adored that book. I still read it occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicianmom Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The Count of Monte Cristo The Hobbit The Importance of Being Earnest Hamlet Macbeth The Phantom of the Opera at least 2 Canterbury Tales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) OOPS! nm Edited September 15, 2012 by ereks mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Moby Dick On the Beach Walt Whitman The Great Gatsby Bernice Bobs Her Hair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Canterbury Tales (only the beginning) Macbeth I think that is all. Sad, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I'm sure we read lots of things, but the only thing I remember is Grindel by John Gardner. I remember that I hated it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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