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Search - Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits
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Beowulf on the Beach What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits Author: Feel bad about not reading or not enjoying the so-called great books? Don't sweat it, it's not your fault. Did anyone tell you that Anna Karenina is a beach read, that Dickens is hilarious, that the Iliad's battle scenes rival Hollywood's for gore, or that Joyce is at his best when he's talking about booze, sex,... more »
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Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed Beowulf on the Beach: What to Love and What to Skip in Literature's 50 Greatest Hits on + 187 more book reviews
This is a book about 50 other, greater books. No short stories are these: The Old & New Testament, The Iliad, Don Quixote, Ulysses, Moby Dick, and on and on. There are more than a few books in this list that I've never even heard of. Each book is thoroughly analyzed over the course of a chapter, and the author includes the best lines, the sexiest bits, and even what parts of the book can be skipped. This book reads like a good lecture from your favorite English professor; as it should be, the author IS an English professor.
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