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what book to read...?
For my AP English class we have to pick a book to read form this list, any help on what's good?
Antigone
Candide
Madame Bovary
The Plague
The Stranger
Medea
Faust
No Exit
Gulliver's Travels
Jude the Obscure
Waiting for Godot
Cyrano de Bergerac
M. Butterfly
Lord Jim
The Rape of the Lock
Tartuffe
Pilgrim's Progress
Volpone
Phedre
Hedda Gabler
The Cherry Orchard
*I like semi-sci-fi and thought-provoking stories, not a big fan of Shakespeare (the style/language) or sappy romance and Sherlock Homes style mystery.
If it is actually M. Butterfly and not Madam Butterfly that one will simply blow you away in the end, and really make you wonder since it is based on a true story, and how in the world could it really have happened. I think it is a play, though, and some people do not like reading plays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Butterfly
If it is Madam Butterfly you will probably think it is a sappy romance. And I thought that was an opera.
http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/ButterflyStory.html
I am a huge Thomas Hardy fan, so my next choice to suggest would be Jude the Obscure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Obscure
The Cherry Orchard is, well, Russian. You can get bogged down in those if you don't have a good translation, so if you choose that one, make sure you get advice about which translation to read.
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/cherry/shortsumm.html
You might like Lord Jim. Conrad is a fabulous writer, with wonderful descriptions and great plots.
That all said, I would suggest M. Butterfly. Actually, I am surprised that is on the list as it has a very, very adult topic. I would be interested in know if there have been complaints from parents about it being on the list.
