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I’m 39 years old, male, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since June 05, 2009.
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- Frankenstein finished
- The Brothers Karamazov finished
- The Pickwick Papers finished
- America's Greatest Hits finished
- Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions finished
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The Tempest finished
- Uncle Tom's Cabin finished
- Walden finished
- Utopia finished
- Eminent Victorians finished
- Ulysses finished
- The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844 finished
- Typee finished
- Prufrock and Other Observations finished
- Of Human Bondage finished
- Paradise Lost finished
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The Tempest - That's Why They Didn't Teach This at Central
I can imagine some of the CHS English Department breaking-out in a cold sweat at the thought of having to unpack some of the passages in The Tempest. Appeals to pagan gods, gentle sorcery, and some rather sordid descriptions of youthful flower balance a jarring lack of lyricism in the text.
