I'm on one of my "I can't believe I graduated from high school and college (with a BA in English) without ever being assigned this book" kicks. I just finished Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and moved on to Animal Farm by George Orwell. I get on those kicks sometimes too, yoda. I recently read Orwell's
1984 for the first time. I don't have a BA in English so I've probably read even fewer classics than you, but I did read both
Brave New World and
Animal Farm in high school. If you don't figure out all the symbolism of the latter on your own while reading it, pick up a study guide or something afterwards that explains it fully. It's interesting.
I'm currently reading
Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier (author of
Girl with a Pearl Earring). It's good if you like historical fiction.
Updated On: 4/20/07 at 01:53 PM