{"id":288,"date":"2006-03-20T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/03\/does-it-count-if-you-saw-the-m.html"},"modified":"2006-03-20T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-20T17:55:00","slug":"does-it-count-if-you-saw-the-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/03\/does-it-count-if-you-saw-the-m.html","title":{"rendered":"Does It Count If You Saw the Movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was at The Upward Call <\/a>and came across this list of books that British librarians believe are the books every adult should read before they die:<\/p>\n

To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> by Harper Lee
\nThe Bible
\nThe Lord of the Rings Trilogy<\/em> by JRR Tolkien
\n1984<\/em> by George Orwell
\nA Christmas Carol<\/em> by Charles Dickens
\nJane Eyre<\/em> by Charlotte Bronte
\nPride and Prejudice<\/em> by Jane Austen
\nAll Quite on the Western Front<\/em> by E M Remarque
\nHis Dark Materials Trilogy<\/em> by Phillip Pullman
\nBirdsong<\/em> by Sebastian Faulks
\nThe Grapes of Wrath<\/em> by John Steinbeck
\nThe Lord of the Flies<\/em> by William Golding
\nThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time<\/em> by Mark Haddon
\nTess of the D’urbevilles<\/em> by Thomas Hardy
\nWinnie the Pooh<\/em> by AA Milne
\nWuthering Heights<\/em> by Emily Bronte
\nThe Wind in the Willows<\/em> by Kenneth Graham
\nGone With the Wind<\/em> by Margaret Mitchell
\nGreat Expectations<\/em> by Charles Dickens
\nThe Time Traveller’s Wife<\/em> by Audrey Niffenegger
\nThe Lovely Bones<\/em> by Alice Sebold
\nThe Prophet<\/em> by Khalil Gibran
\nDavid Copperfield<\/em> by Charles Dickens
\nThe Alchemist<\/em> by Paulo Coelho
\nThe Master and Margarita<\/em> by Mikhail Bulgakov
\nLife of Pi<\/em> by Yann MartelMiddlemarch by George Eliot
\nThe Poisonwood Bible<\/em> by Barbara Kingsolver
\nA Clockwork Orange<\/em> by Anthony Burgess
\nA Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich<\/em> by Alexander Solzenhitsyn <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I was surprised that the Name of the Rose<\/em> wasn’t on the list, it was an excellent book and well worth slogging through the first 100 pages to get to the interesting part. I agree with the author that the first part of the book was necessary to set the tone of the book.
\nI was also surprised that A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> wasn’t on the list, though they probably didn’t want to make it an all Dickens list. I really believe that this book should be on the list because it is such a wonderful story of selflessness and sacrificial love, something our society needs to think about (we are sooo self-centered, only thinking about what’s in it for me).<\/p>\n

But I was not surprised to see that the Bible was on this list since it is the greatest literary work ever created, what other work has so many authors, over such an expanse of time and cultures and yet shares a common theme? Also, so much of the really great literature presupposes a knowledge of the Bible that it would be impossible to get the true meaning of the author without a knowledge of it.
\nRead the article here<\/a>.
\n(Link for article via The Crusty Curmudgeon<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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