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Originally Posted by 3894

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Yes and somewhere in my basement I have an old lp of highlights read in the correct pronunciation. You're so attracted to that, aren't you.

Actually, I do like it! My boyfriend of the time and I were fascinated by the Old English pronunciations. I've read Canterbury Tales once in high school, and I'm partway through it again. I want a medieval, illuminated copy but so far I've only been able to find a few pages reproduced.

Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville

Never read it but I would be interested.

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

Interested. I think we have a copy around here somewhere. As I remember it, from paging through, it was kind of boring. From all the controversy, I expected more.

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

Definitely read this one! He's great! I have a few books of this theme on my shelves.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Yep, read this one.

The one book I was assigned as a kid that I just couldn't finish was "Treasure Island" by Stevenson. Just could not stand it. Might be more palatable now, but then? Ugh. I'd read a lot of books, and it was a point of pride that I'd finished all of them, but this one killed me.