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Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Cometh Out Oh Deprived One!

My current mission, and yes I choose to accept it, is to embark on reading as many classic novels as I can. I'm still struggling (it's an uphill battle) with Charlottle Bronte`'s Jane Eyre. There's something about British classics and the Queen's English that is just a snooze fest for me. It all started when Karuna and I were perusing through the shelves at MPH in Subang Parade last week and came across the classic section. I have been putting off (haha NEWSFLASH! Me? Procrastination?) starting the whole classic novel-reading extravaganza. That was until I discovered how deprived I was. This is sort of how the conversation went:-

Me: (flipping through the pages of Jane Eyre) I think I'll start with this.
Karuna: Maybe you should start with a lighter story (then hands me Heidi). Have you read this?
Me: Ermm ... no.
Karuna: Huckleberry Finn? Robinson Crusoe? Count of Monte Cristo? Pride and Prejudice?
Me: No ... no .. and (yembarrassed) no.
Karuna: Aiyo.. what did you read as a child?
Me: (thinking....) Enid Blyton. Sigh... I know la am quite deprived.

Went back home and started to read Jane Eyre. After five pages, I was out. Woke up to the sounds of my brother-in-law coming home. Am currently at page 40. Boy that sounds promising eh? Karuna has already finished her book by Oscar Wilde (I think) which she bought together on the same day. Sigh...

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