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What if Classic Novels were Advertised like Clickbait?

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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 02:27 am
@chai2,
It's Candide, by Voltaire. Pangloss is one of the characters.
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:22 am
@izzythepush,
Young and in love, you won't believe what they did next!
chai2
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:31 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

It's Candide, by Voltaire. Pangloss is one of the characters.


Shoot, I meant to type Candide, not Voltaire.

Hit the send button too soon. Embarrassed

One of my fav books.
chai2
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:31 am
@DrewDad,
DrewDad wrote:

Young and in love, you won't believe what they did next!


Romeo and Juliette by Shake a Spear?
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:35 am
@chai2,
Yup.
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:37 am
@DrewDad,
Trapped and powerless in a patriarchal society, this woman just kills it!
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:39 am
@chai2,
I thought that was too obvious so didn't bother. (And technically it's not a novel)

None of which excuses me being so snotty.

Not a novel, but a collection.

He was an absolute ditz, but his life changed forever when he employed a genius.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:40 am
@chai2,
You were close enough, and it was late at night. We've all done it.
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:42 am
@DrewDad,
Told he'd always be second banana, you'll be shocked at how far he falls!
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:44 am
@DrewDad,
Paradise Lost.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 08:46 am
He sold vacuum cleaners, very hush hush.
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Lustig Andrei
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 09:46 am
@DrewDad,
DrewDad wrote:

Trapped and powerless in a patriarchal society, this woman just kills it!


Merchant of Venice?
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 09:55 am
@Lustig Andrei,
Lustig Andrei wrote:

DrewDad wrote:

Trapped and powerless in a patriarchal society, this woman just kills it!


Merchant of Venice?

Older than that....
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 09:55 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

Paradise Lost.

DING DING DING
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 09:56 am
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
He was an absolute ditz, but his life changed forever when he employed a genius.

Cyrano de Bergerac
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 09:59 am
@DrewDad,
More recent, a series of stories, not one novel.
jespah
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:42 am
@izzythepush,
Oh is that Jeeves and Wooster (and I bet that's not the title)?
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 11:21 am
@jespah,
Yes, has to be, there's loads of bloody different titles like Right Ho Jeeves and so on.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 11:22 am
@DrewDad,
Wife of Bath's tale?

Failing that, story of Medea?
DrewDad
 
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Reply Thu 29 Jan, 2015 12:54 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:
Medea?

Yeppers.
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