Written by BEN JOSEPH

1984
WINSTON: Don’t tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.
EVERYONE: Surprise! We’re the Party.
WINSTON: Oh, rats.
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
C.S. LEWIS: Finally, a utopia ruled by children and populated by talking animals.
THE WITCH: Hi, I’m a sexually mature woman of power and confidence.
C.S. LEWIS: Ah! Kill it, lion Jesus!
Paradise Lost
ADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?
DEVIL: They’re really more like guidelines.
GOD: Incorrect.
Moby-Dick
ISHMAEL: I’m existential.
AHAB: Really? Try vengeance.
ISHMAEL: I dig this dynamic. Can we drag it out for 600 pages?
The Great Gatsby
NICK: I love being rich and white.
GATSBY: Me, too, but I’d kill for the love of a woman.
DAISY: We can work with that.
Oliver Twist
OLIVER: Poverty ain’t so bad, what with all the Cockney accents and charming musical interludes.
ME: Thanks to movies, no books were read in the passing of this class.
PROFESSOR WATERMAN: You’re half right.
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October 14th, 2008 at 09:04
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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December 3rd, 2008 at 08:34
Nice article.
Book sites such as WebLiterature.Net ( http://www.webliterature.net ) and Gutenberg.org ( http://www.gutenberg.org ) host these classic books for free reading, which is an additional bonus on reading classics. WebLiterature is my favorite corner.
And 1984 by George Orwell remains my favorite classic. Great to see you starting off with 1984.