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List the three best novels in American literature.
| Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease | 05/23/12 |
| provocative walnut messiness | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| glittery trailer park | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| Medicated ticket booth brethren | 05/24/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| passionate volcanic crater sanctuary | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| passionate volcanic crater sanctuary | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| passionate volcanic crater sanctuary | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Cheese-eating legend mood | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| stimulating yellow rigpig idiot | 05/23/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/23/12 |
| Claret orchestra pit queen of the night | 05/23/12 |
| Geriatric wonderful legal warrant pit | 06/11/12 |
| onyx outnumbered twinkling uncleanness | 05/23/12 |
| provocative walnut messiness | 05/23/12 |
| Opaque laughsome gaping | 05/24/12 |
| Sickened Soggy Internal Respiration Faggot Firefighter | 05/23/12 |
| Multi-colored Incel Factory Reset Button | 05/24/12 |
| lime school cafeteria organic girlfriend | 05/23/12 |
| Sickened Soggy Internal Respiration Faggot Firefighter | 05/23/12 |
| Coiffed jet french chef filthpig | 05/23/12 |
| swashbuckling flatulent selfie point | 06/11/12 |
| Pontificating white church building | 05/24/12 |
| mind-boggling mahogany trust fund | 05/24/12 |
| Azure electric address | 06/11/12 |
| comical garrison | 09/08/13 |
| Motley Fluffy Cuckoldry | 05/24/12 |
| mind-boggling mahogany trust fund | 05/24/12 |
| Idiotic red hall dingle berry | 05/24/12 |
| Anal 180 national son of senegal | 05/24/12 |
| Frozen dark shrine mental disorder | 06/11/12 |
| jade boltzmann office | 06/11/12 |
| Vivacious crystalline sneaky criminal cuckold | 05/24/12 |
| spruce half-breed locale | 05/24/12 |
| comical garrison | 09/08/13 |
| Hairraiser orchid rehab | 05/24/12 |
| Vengeful razzle range therapy | 05/24/12 |
| amethyst stag film | 05/24/12 |
| Hairraiser orchid rehab | 05/24/12 |
| Indecent Laser Beams | 06/11/12 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 05/24/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/24/12 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 05/24/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/24/12 |
| Bateful location | 05/24/12 |
| drab cocky parlor | 05/24/12 |
| copper fortuitous meteor dragon | 05/24/12 |
| drab cocky parlor | 05/24/12 |
| federal orange mexican chapel | 05/24/12 |
| drab cocky parlor | 05/24/12 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 05/24/12 |
| drab cocky parlor | 05/24/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 05/24/12 |
| Fiercely-loyal contagious parlour puppy | 05/24/12 |
| Opaque laughsome gaping | 06/11/12 |
| Aphrodisiac dilemma | 08/13/12 |
| Grizzly Whorehouse Chad | 05/24/12 |
| burgundy domesticated knife | 06/11/12 |
| Frozen dark shrine mental disorder | 06/11/12 |
| Stirring idea he suggested | 06/11/12 |
| pink coffee pot | 06/11/12 |
| duck-like personal credit line school | 06/11/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 06/11/12 |
| Aggressive Underhanded Partner Den | 06/11/12 |
| irradiated chocolate skinny woman | 06/11/12 |
| Maniacal market toaster | 06/11/12 |
| ocher international law enforcement agency circlehead | 06/11/12 |
| primrose deranged hell dopamine | 06/11/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 06/11/12 |
| mind-boggling mahogany trust fund | 06/11/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 06/11/12 |
| mind-boggling mahogany trust fund | 06/11/12 |
| Slate titillating meetinghouse | 06/11/12 |
| Geriatric wonderful legal warrant pit | 06/11/12 |
| comical garrison | 09/08/13 |
| Disrespectful theatre | 09/10/13 |
| Mint hateful kitchen | 06/11/12 |
| charismatic bistre theater stage hissy fit | 06/11/12 |
| comical garrison | 09/08/13 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 09/08/13 |
| Swollen theater | 09/08/13 |
| floppy clear background story station | 09/08/13 |
| blue impertinent party of the first part | 06/11/12 |
| Chestnut Vibrant Home Hunting Ground | 06/11/12 |
| emerald odious telephone | 06/11/12 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 08/13/12 |
| Erotic supple church alpha | 08/13/12 |
| saffron self-centered double fault immigrant | 08/13/12 |
| fragrant affirmative action | 09/08/13 |
| comical garrison | 09/08/13 |
| sapphire beta kitty cat menage | 09/08/13 |
| insanely creepy becky | 09/08/13 |
| insanely creepy becky | 09/08/13 |
| cerebral at-the-ready principal's office | 09/09/13 |
| comical garrison | 09/10/13 |
Poast new message in this thread
Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:39 PM Author: Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease Cite your shitty senior thesis if needed.
Mine are not particularly controversial picks:
1. Huckleberry Finn
2. Moby Dick
3. The Sound and the Fury |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:40 PM Author: provocative walnut messiness won't dispute that #1 and #2 deserve mention, however I think the great american novel is Adventures of Augie March. Also Henry Miller basically shaped the future of American lit w/ Tropic of Cancer. fuck the haters. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755199) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:41 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse cr, AM is a great book. Maybe in another 100 years it will be up there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755224) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:40 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse lol
(not including Henry James)
HF
MD
Absalom |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:43 PM Author: Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease There are plenty of strong writers who wouldn't make the top three. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755248) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:45 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse Of course but I just don't think of James as an American author because his books don't take place here anymore than I consider Eliot an American poet. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755277) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:47 PM Author: Amber Wrinkle Mad Cow Disease I agree, but even if you did, he didn't produce any novels that match the three listed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755321) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:49 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse I think the Golden Bowl or Portrait of a Lady might crack the top 3. Hell, if we consider Nabokov an American we might have to throw in Lolita or Pale Fire. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755345) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:43 PM Author: glittery trailer park 1. Sister Carrie 2. Ironweed 3. The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:47 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse hahah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755319) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:50 AM Author: Medicated ticket booth brethren These really are quintessential "American" novels due to their themes and they're also incredibly well-written. Good choices. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757819) |
Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:41 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755210) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:42 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse no way to UTC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755230) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:43 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755260) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:44 PM Author: passionate volcanic crater sanctuary that makes it the worst (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755270) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:45 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755283) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:46 PM Author: passionate volcanic crater sanctuary *kills 600,000 with hackneyed story about whitey and gives rise to the language of racial treason thus undermining the efforts of the group meant to be benefited and ensuring their eternal suffering* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755306) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:49 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755341) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:50 PM Author: passionate volcanic crater sanctuary ofs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755354) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:45 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse just because a book had broad social implications does not mean it is a great book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755289) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:46 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755298) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:46 PM Author: Cheese-eating legend mood He's clearly right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755302) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 11:46 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20756003) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:46 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse solid rejoinder (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755303) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:47 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755325) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:49 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse (guy who thinks uncle tom's cabin is one of the "best" three american novels of all time) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755352) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:51 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755370) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:52 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse sorry I made you look stupid and hurt your feelings. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755380) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:52 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755395) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:53 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse go cut and paste some more historical tidbits to buttress your "point" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755407) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:55 PM Author: stimulating yellow rigpig idiot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755439) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:56 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse sorry I styled on your retarded opinion in this thread. I truly am. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755453) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 11:17 PM Author: Claret orchestra pit queen of the night You got fucking annihilated here man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755698) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:31 PM Author: Geriatric wonderful legal warrant pit why do people always edit out their brutal pwnings. how else will we train the younglings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20869196) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:41 PM Author: onyx outnumbered twinkling uncleanness I have to admit the British are much better at this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755213) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:42 PM Author: provocative walnut messiness *tars and feathers you* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755237) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:32 AM Author: Opaque laughsome gaping (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757757) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:41 PM Author: Sickened Soggy Internal Respiration Faggot Firefighter Monster Blood Monster Blood 2 ???????? |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 12:01 PM Author: Multi-colored Incel Factory Reset Button (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20758070) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:45 PM Author: lime school cafeteria organic girlfriend i'm writing a novel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755280) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:45 PM Author: Sickened Soggy Internal Respiration Faggot Firefighter kind of arrogant to assume your unfinished novel will be a T3 novel in american history. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755291) |
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Date: May 23rd, 2012 10:47 PM Author: Coiffed jet french chef filthpig McBeef (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20755314) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 8:04 PM Author: swashbuckling flatulent selfie point (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20869467) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:09 AM Author: Pontificating white church building To be fair,
Moby Dick Huck Finn Great Gatsby
/thread. |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:21 AM Author: mind-boggling mahogany trust fund Fuck you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20756977) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:48 PM Author: Azure electric address huge no to gatsby, nigger lips. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868186) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 11:01 PM Author: comical garrison aren't you edgy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017359) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:17 AM Author: Motley Fluffy Cuckoldry Gravity's Rainbow Moby Dick Tropic of Capricorn. |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:21 AM Author: mind-boggling mahogany trust fund gravitys rainbow the recognitions the sound and the fury |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 2:33 AM Author: Idiotic red hall dingle berry freedom the corrections how to train your dragon |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 8:42 AM Author: Anal 180 national son of senegal i came here to advocate for franzen. ty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757476) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:08 PM Author: Frozen dark shrine mental disorder god i hate fucking franzen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20867993) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:13 PM Author: jade boltzmann office lol damn i ran here to post this
FRANZEN FRANZEN FRANZEN |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 8:40 AM Author: Vivacious crystalline sneaky criminal cuckold 1. The Moviegoer
2. Rabbit, Run
3. Light in August |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 9:56 AM Author: spruce half-breed locale light in august is so fine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757624) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:42 PM Author: comical garrison 1. The Moviegoer
/thread |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 9:49 AM Author: Hairraiser orchid rehab The Illuminatus! Trilogy American Psycho Lonesome Dove |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 9:51 AM Author: Vengeful razzle range therapy anton wilson. interdasting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757615) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:32 AM Author: amethyst stag film Rate The Last Picture Show. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757759) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:46 AM Author: Hairraiser orchid rehab never read it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757808) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 5:21 PM Author: Indecent Laser Beams Lonesome Dove is such a great fuckkng read
Not sure it's "great book" material, but it sure as fuck is a great book. Know what I mean? |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:27 AM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757745) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:38 AM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse whats j r? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757784) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:43 AM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757796) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:44 AM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse I'm familiar with it. thought it might be an abbreviation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757802) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:48 AM Author: Bateful location Fight Club The Corrections On The Road |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 10:55 AM Author: drab cocky parlor I can't argue the top picks based on their epic/meaningful nature, but this thread reminds me that I need to dig deeper into American authors because I've mostly read British/Euro/Latin American novels. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757828) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:16 AM Author: copper fortuitous meteor dragon Trendy and cool. Bet you don't own a TV. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757901) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:20 AM Author: drab cocky parlor Not trendy and cool at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757912) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:26 AM Author: federal orange mexican chapel cac in fight of life to be just like julia. why? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757946) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:28 AM Author: drab cocky parlor Incorrect. Was not trying to be impressive in any way. I am likely one of the poorest read posters on this bort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757959) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:21 AM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757914) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 11:22 AM Author: drab cocky parlor I don't care about prizes. I just happened to read those books instead. I've also read more contemporary American stuff than the "classics" -- TTT? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20757922) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 12:48 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse lol at whok's alts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20758192) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 12:52 PM Author: Fiercely-loyal contagious parlour puppy A storm of swords? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20758203) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:03 PM Author: Opaque laughsome gaping Not bad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20867965) |
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Date: August 13th, 2012 5:13 PM Author: Aphrodisiac dilemma lol wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#21329668) |
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Date: May 24th, 2012 12:53 PM Author: Grizzly Whorehouse Chad imho,
all the king's men the sound and the fury book of illusions |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:06 PM Author: burgundy domesticated knife no love for "To Kill A Mockingbird"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20867981) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:12 PM Author: Frozen dark shrine mental disorder "Uncle Tom's Cabin" It's all "keeping niggers as slaves is bad, m'kay?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868016) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:17 PM Author: Stirring idea he suggested TKAM
Moby Dick
Grapes of Wrath |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:43 PM Author: pink coffee pot tkam is not a good novel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868157) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 4:47 PM Author: duck-like personal credit line school 1) Gravity's Rainbow
2) The Recognitions
3) Beloved |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:36 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse fake whokebe acct (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868883) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 5:05 PM Author: Aggressive Underhanded Partner Den Light in August or Sound and the Fury
Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Huck Finn |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 5:08 PM Author: irradiated chocolate skinny woman ROB HALFORDS SOON TO BE RELEASED "Leather and GOUT" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868292) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:34 PM Author: Maniacal market toaster Moby Dick and Huckleberry Finn are the two obvious choices. After that it's debatable. I'm inclined to vote for Grapes of Wrath personally, but there are plenty of other solid choices on this thread. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868866) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:36 PM Author: ocher international law enforcement agency circlehead Moby Dick
The old man and the sea
Lolita |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:36 PM Author: primrose deranged hell dopamine The Sound and the Fury The Great Gatsby The Old Man and the Sea
honorable mentions: Tropic of Cancer, Lolita, Huckleberry Finn, On the Road, Dharma Bums |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:38 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse surprised to see so many sound and fury trolls itt. I think it's the least impressive of faulkner's 4 great novels, and certainly the most derivative of Joyce. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868891) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:41 PM Author: mind-boggling mahogany trust fund Uh no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868910) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:43 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse I'll admit that preference is up for debate, derivative is not. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868926) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:50 PM Author: mind-boggling mahogany trust fund Not even close man. I have read SOTF multiple times, same with Ulysses. You can't pull the wool over my eyes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868962) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 6:51 PM Author: Slate titillating meetinghouse csb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868968) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:00 PM Author: Geriatric wonderful legal warrant pit ITT: people who suck at math (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20868998) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:45 PM Author: comical garrison fuck you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017258) |
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Date: September 10th, 2013 8:28 AM Author: Disrespectful theatre (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24025376) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:47 PM Author: Mint hateful kitchen 1.) Going Rogue 2.) The Book of Mormon 3.) The Boxcar Children |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:53 PM Author: charismatic bistre theater stage hissy fit The Indian in the Cupboard trilogy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20869369) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:46 PM Author: comical garrison ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017261) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:48 PM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017277) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:56 PM Author: Swollen theater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017330) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 11:02 PM Author: floppy clear background story station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017362) |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 7:55 PM Author: blue impertinent party of the first part going to 2nd the Boxcar Children and nominate The Giver and A Feast for Crows
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Date: June 11th, 2012 8:10 PM Author: Chestnut Vibrant Home Hunting Ground Picking Absalom over SATF is preftigious, but probably misguided.
Other than Faulkner, I'd say Moby Dick and Huck Finn, like everyone else in this thread. The more interesting question is what 20th century novels make these kinds of lists in 50 years, when Huck Finn and possibly Faulkner fall out of favor when the 19th century South has less of a hold on the American literary imagination. I'd guess that Grapes of Wrath takes its rightful place as an all-time American classic. Wouldn't be surprised to see something by McCarthy (probably The Road or Blood Meridian) see more mentions on these lists. I think Pynchon has had his moment already but who knows.
Also, haters gonna hate, but Beloved probably deserves some mention ITT. |
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Date: June 11th, 2012 8:11 PM Author: emerald odious telephone Any list without All Quiet on the Western Front is a shitty list. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#20869545) |
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Date: August 13th, 2012 5:07 PM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#21329626) |
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Date: August 13th, 2012 5:09 PM Author: Erotic supple church alpha JFC xo is a throng of miscreants. Your literary palates need some SERIOUS refining. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#21329640) |
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Date: August 13th, 2012 5:10 PM Author: saffron self-centered double fault immigrant 1. The Faggot Always Rings Twice 2. Freedom 3. The Hunt for Red October |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:32 PM Author: fragrant affirmative action (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017165) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 10:51 PM Author: comical garrison The Moviegoer
A Farewell to Arms
The Fool's Progress
honorable mention: Seize the Day |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 11:02 PM Author: sapphire beta kitty cat menage 1) Absalom
2). Absalom
3). Oprah! |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 11:11 PM Author: insanely creepy becky did an american author write the choose your own adventure books? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24017408) |
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Date: September 8th, 2013 11:19 PM Author: insanely creepy becky the three i can think of: huckleberry finn, the sun also rises, a farewell to arms.
i consider faulkner to be pretentious joyce-like garbage. the great gatsby is nothing special. moby dick is so amazingly awful i couldn't get through more than half of it. novels in general suck. |
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Date: September 9th, 2013 2:54 AM Author: cerebral at-the-ready principal's office it sounds like your taste in novels is fairly straightforward. Nothing wrong with that of course but you seriously need to give Faulkner and Melville another try. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24018380) |
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Date: September 10th, 2013 7:40 AM Author: comical garrison Very credited, though I would submit that there's nothing like the experience of reading a truly great novel (however rare they may be, especially in the post-modern age). Gatsby may be overrated by people who haven't read anything else, but even being fairly well read, I can't name many books that live up to the hype as Gatsby does. No matter the backlash against Fitzgerald, his depictions of the futility yet necessity of striving are perfect. If it was good enough for Hunter Thompson to copy, it's good enough for me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1955584&forum_id=2#24025306) |