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Do people still read the classics ? Examples : Robin Hood , Treasure Island , Robinson Crusoe , Tom Sawyer , ...

...Huckleberry Finn , Gulliver's Travels , Swiss Family Robinson etc. I read all these as a kid. I don't see my nephews reading them or their friends.

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  1. laniferous - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by laniferous Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:47PM

    I do. My son reads a lot so he has copies of all the usual classics, too, or my copy. I get him interested by playing the book on tape in the car if he seems reluctant to try one or another. It always works.

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  2. awasadaorang - 26-30 years old

    Posted by awasadaorang Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:43PM

    Haven't read them in a long time, but my favourites were To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Eyre and The Catcher in the Rye.

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  3. purlgirl - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by purlgirl Apr 22nd, 2012 at 5:02PM

    Oh yes. My best friend has her kids hooked on adventure classics like 20000 legues undeer the sea and journey to the center of the earth. I'm trying to interest my niece in the original mary poppins books and nancy drew but think she may still be a little young. I LOVED all of the classics growing up and hope to pass the sheer pleasure of reading them on.

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  4. shall13 - 36-40 years old - female

    Posted by shall13 Apr 22nd, 2012 at 3:38PM

    Did you know for Nintendo DS you can get 100 Classic books to read its great you even have a book mark to use. Its got Treasure Island I think I know there's Robinson Crusoe as I intend to read it. It was read to me by my dad when I was little it took him weeks but it was brilliant.

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  5. demuremandy - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by demuremandy Apr 22nd, 2012 at 3:04PM

    I have read a lot of the Classics.

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  6. 555calif - 51-55 years old - male

    Reply by 555calif Apr 22nd, 2012 at 3:11PM

    Sexy AND smart . Not hitting on you.

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  7. demuremandy - 22-25 years old - female

    Reply by demuremandy Apr 22nd, 2012 at 3:14PM

    Thank you.

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  8. dj6927 - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by dj6927 Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:51PM

    I think they're long gone. Neither of my kids have spoke about them at school or know what they are when I show them. I have a lot of my parents books like these, but cell phones and computers have killed the feeling of getting into a good book anymore with most people.

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  9. Emmanuel04 - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by Emmanuel04 Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:40PM

    I doubt :( they all read harry potter and the twilight stuff.

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  10. Dee1979 - 31-35 years old - male

    Posted by Dee1979 Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:40PM

    Yes, I do when I have the time. I've got To Kill a Mockingbird and a collection of Edgar Allen Poe's works

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  11. SpiritOfTheRabbit - 31-35 years old - female

    Posted by SpiritOfTheRabbit Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:39PM

    The classics are my reading staples! I especially love French classics, but I read Dickens, Twain, Hemingway, James, etc., and lots of various poets too.

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  12. dejaentendu90 - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by dejaentendu90 Apr 22nd, 2012 at 2:39PM

    Definitely. Some of these are even required in school.

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