None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
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I’ve never got through Ulysses.
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View all 32 →Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, which was one of the set texts for my English literature A-level. I have almost finished it.
I’m going to confess I haven’t finished The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
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Procrastination.
Good self-esteem.
Pain and loneliness.
That I am a terrible actor.
To know thyself, as Shakespeare said.
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