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   Henry to georgeorwell@email.com   
   Re: The New Leader is still around   
   10 Feb 07 09:39:24   
   
   From: henry999@eircom.net   
      
    wrote:   
      
   > this top 10 list:   
   >   
   > 1.Pilgrim's Progress   
   > 2.Moby Dick   
   > 3.Paradise Lost   
   > 4.Faerie Queene   
   > 5.Life of Samuel Johnson   
   > 6.Pamela (Richardson)   
   > 7.Silas Marner   
   > 8.Ivanhoe   
   > 9.Don Quixote   
   > 10.Goethe's Faust   
   >   
   > The ten most boring classics   
   > in the world. Not fair, not fair.   
      
   _Moby Dick_ gets a bad rap but there's some mighty powerful writing   
   there. Methinks the rest of the list is pretty deserving.   
      
   cheers,   
      
   Henry   
      
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