Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't

Descripción
I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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Don Quijote de la Mancha
por Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
30,629 miembros
453 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 2
107 Members
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Explicaciones
aulsmith : Read enough to know I don't want to finish
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
2
Guerra y paz
por Leo Tolstoy
28,987 miembros
460 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 1
140 Members
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Explicaciones
Randall.Parr: I would really like to read this book. Okay. thanks.
Arrashid7: I read btw. high school and college. Got me hooked on more Russian lit.
3
Crimen y Castigo
por Fyodor Dostoevsky
44,372 miembros
495 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 5
98 Members
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Explicaciones
aulsmith : Started and decided not to finish
Aprill: I'm partway through. Hope to finish it some day.
ahef1963: Loved it.
MyFathersDragon: I read some in 6th grade, but I didn’t finish because it wasn’t very interesting to me.
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Una historia en dos ciudades
por Charles Dickens
36,856 miembros
457 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 13
84 Members
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Explicaciones
gilroy : Read it
jain: Read it in high school but need to reread as an adult.
JalenV: Another Dickens novel I listened to after checking it out from the library. I go to bed listening to books and it's an easy way to get through classics.
MyFathersDragon: I read lots of Dickens in 6th grade because I liked them.
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Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
por Mark Twain
43,192 miembros
520 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 9
99 Members
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Explicaciones
gilroy : Read it
amanda4242: Loved it.
auntSteelbreaker : Read it, did not enjoy it.
JalenV: I think I read my parents' copy. I'd read all my books and usually had the library ones finished before our next visit.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, eh.
MyFathersDragon: I read some Twain in 5th grade and ended up reading most of his books.
10
1984
por George Orwell
82,321 miembros
1,275 reseñas
4.2
Ranking Global 10
100 Members
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Explicaciones
amanda4242: An important book, but I'll probably never read it again.
sturlington: Everyone should read at least once.
electrice : read
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It is a classic so I thought I should read it.
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El Guardián entre el Centeno
por J. D. Salinger
70,099 miembros
1,083 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 27
76 Members
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Explicaciones
.Monkey. : Read it. Hated it.
amanda4242: Loved it in high school.
sturlington : Read in high school.
electrice : read
JalenV: Had to read it in high school.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read it. Hated. Read it. Loved it.
MyFathersDragon: I knew some of the high school English classes read it. I knew it was considered a classic. So, I decided I would read it. I did not like it. I am glad I read it, so I know what people are talking about when they bring it up, but I wouldn’t read it again.
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La máquina del tiempo
por H. G. Wells
17,777 miembros
339 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 38
64 Members
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Explicaciones
aulsmith : Tried and gave up.
JalenV: I loved the 1960 movie with Rod Taylor when I was a kid so of course I read the book.
ahef1963: So far the only book by Wells that I've liked.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: I discovered Jules Verne and H. G. Wells in 4th or 5th grade and read all of the ones I found in the public library.
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Matar un ruiseñor
por Harper Lee
78,840 miembros
1,434 reseñas
½ 4.4
Ranking Global 28
77 Members
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Explicaciones
tiddleyboom : Read in High School - one of my favorites. Movie is excellent too.
amanda4242: It's not awful, but it is highly overrated.
sturlington: Everyone should read this book.
electrice : read
JalenV: Read decades ago. I remember parts of it.
Aprill: Great movie.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: One of my 10th grade classes read it.
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De ratones y hombres
por John Steinbeck
39,239 miembros
665 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 35
67 Members
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Explicaciones
amanda4242: I despised this book.
Simone2 : In high school I hated it, but after reading it again recently I love it!
electrice : read
JalenV: Read in high school. It was sad.
ahef1963: Loved it. Cried twice while reading it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It was one of the classics to choose from to read in a high school class. I read lots of the choices, so I had options to choose from when it was time to write a book report.
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Matadero cinco o La cruzada de los niños
por Kurt Vonnegut
44,156 miembros
708 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 64
51 Members
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Explicaciones
amanda4242: Devoured this in one sitting.
JalenV: I think I read it after I saw the movie at a local science fiction collection. I felt sorry for his wife and the poor man killed at Dresden.
Aprill: I would read this one again.
ahef1963: Read in university. Loved it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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El rojo emblema del valor ( Un episodio de la Guerra Civil Americana)
por Stephen Crane
11,216 miembros
128 reseñas
½ 3.4
Ranking Global 81
40 Members
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Explicaciones
JalenV: Had to read for class. I've read that the standard text is a victim of bad editing. If true, that explains a lot.
ahef1963: Beautiful book.
MyFathersDragon: About 3rd grade - it was in the school library.
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El viejo y el mar
por Ernest Hemingway
30,839 miembros
507 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 57
56 Members
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Explicaciones
tiddleyboom : Can't take Hemingway. Just not my thing.
aulsmith: No more Hemingway, ever.
amanda4242: Hated it.
JalenV: Had to read for school decades ago. It did not stay with me.
Aprill: I like Hemingway's books and would like to read this one again.
ahef1963: Dull.
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Cuentos de Canterbury
por Geoffrey Chaucer
22,068 miembros
169 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 76
50 Members
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Explicaciones
tiddleyboom : Read in High School - loved it!
aulsmith : Took a course on Chaucer in college and read all I'm going to.
sturlington : Read partly in college
aekd: Tried to read this in college, then switched majors out of English in horror.
ahef1963: Read in university. Loved it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read excerpts in high school. I thought it was interesting so decided to keep reading.
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El corazón de las tinieblas
por Joseph Conrad
23,681 miembros
389 reseñas
½ 3.6
Ranking Global 94
42 Members
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Explicaciones
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read the Secret Sharer in English class, but on the other side of it (upside down from each other) was this one, so I read it because it was available. The book also described it as a Joseph Conrad classic. I was determined to read lots of books considered classics when I was in high school.
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Sir Gawain y el caballero verde
por Gawain Poet
7,903 miembros
104 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 114
28 Members
kerry1897, eromsted, cpg, jain, jamesabg, SilentInAWay, smcwl, .Monkey., amanda4242, cathyta, briarhills, nik61, cc9, Cindy1954, Kristelh, BlueSkies305, TrulyAragorn, al.vick, jaysbooks, ahef1963, james.proffitt, SamTaylor, daisy_jane, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, fredasteele, steller0707,tiddleyboom ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
tiddleyboom : Read it ages ago. Good read.
amanda4242: Read several translations.
sturlington : Read at least partly in school
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
30
El señor de las moscas
por William Golding
49,831 miembros
747 reseñas
½ 3.7
Ranking Global 99
45 Members
Aquila, wordswordswords, mybookshelf, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, SimoneA, varielle, pmdean, jefbra, m_island, karamazow, redsox0407, deldevries, sturlington, cathyta, ukh, perennialreader, Dehinde, eclecticdodo, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, ahef1963, SkuldOMG, NinieB, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, JohnMB, Mellerup, Saxon451, aquariumministry, JMK2020, Sisif, ManWithAnAgenda, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton, zombiecat,Edward ,tiddleyboom ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,Simone2 ,electrice , ,mattries37315 ,Peace2 ,lsah
Explicaciones
tiddleyboom : Read it. Compelling although I read disliked the story.
electrice : read
ahef1963: Read in high school. Disliked it.
MyFathersDragon: I read it in 10th grade because some of the high school English classes thought it was significant, so I thought I should read it, too.
31
El jardín secreto
por Frances Hodgson Burnett
35,575 miembros
561 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 106
34 Members
Aquila, wordswordswords, booksinbed, SimoneA, varielle, ScarySquirrel, jefbra, deldevries, cathyta, brenzi, perennialreader, Dehinde, electrice, TrulyAragorn, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, Shutzie27, ahef1963, elia1168, Peace2, james.proffitt, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, daisy_jane, linnzsue, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, TeriAndersonNeedham, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,cpg ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,lsah ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington : Dated and didactic
JalenV: I have loved this book since I was a girl. I have both the Nora Unwin and the Tasha Tudor illustrated editions.
Aprill: This is a nice story.
ahef1963: A great favourite of mine as a child.
33
El libro de la selva
por Rudyard Kipling
11,266 miembros
150 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 122
25 Members
Aquila, wordswordswords, varielle, pmdean, jefbra, icre8dstny, martina_hrubes, fundevogel, briarhills, electrice, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, aekd, elia1168, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Arrashid7, daisy_jane, mattmcmahon, Saxon451, Jonas.Pieters, readerdad, MyFathersDragon, valeriepatton,aulsmith ,sturlington
Explicaciones
JalenV: I've read it, but I like the Just-So Stories better.
34
Fiesta
por Ernest Hemingway
23,022 miembros
338 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 151
23 Members
wordswordswords, eromsted, booksinbed, almigwin, varielle, europhile, Zylphan, jefbra, amanda4242, deldevries, brenzi, Cindy1954, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, jnmlkr901, Arrashid7, Laura1124, linnzsue, JohnMB, Ares14, Saxon451, Jonas.Pieters, MaureenONeill,.Monkey. ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aulsmith : No more Hemingway. Ever.
sturlington : Read in college
ahef1963: Have read it, didn't like it much, am never reading Hemingway again.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
35
The Call of the Wild
por Jack London
20,261 miembros
324 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 132
33 Members
Aquila, hipdeep, wordswordswords, kerry1897, SimoneA, varielle, jefbra, m_island, amanda4242, redsox0407, cathyta, rretzler, electrice, TrulyAragorn, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, james.proffitt, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, daisy_jane, mattmcmahon, dljones442, JohnMB, lsah, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, TeriAndersonNeedham, steller0707, GrimFiend1977, MyFathersDragon, valeriepatton,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,sjmccreary ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,aekd ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington : Couldn't finish this, and I wouldn't recommend that my animal-loving son read it.
aekd: no interest
ahef1963 : Hated it. Any book that has animal cruelty in it makes me furious.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
36
Una canción de Navidad
por Charles Dickens
24,838 miembros
527 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 108
35 Members
Aquila, wordswordswords, eromsted, Rtrace, SimoneA, varielle, Zylphan, jefbra, icre8dstny, amanda4242, deldevries, perennialreader, Cindy1954, Dehinde, JalenV, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, ahef1963, NinieB, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, daisy_jane, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, TeriAndersonNeedham, steller0707, FireflyLover, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill,cpg ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,electrice ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington : Not a fan of Dickens, not even this one
electrice : read in 2013
JalenV: I have read it several times over the decades and have it in more than one book.
ahef1963: Beautifully written.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
38
Grendel
por John Gardner
6,062 miembros
108 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 202
14 Members
tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, fundevogel, Cindy1954, ahef1963, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Saxon451,aulsmith , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
ahef1963: Read in grad school while also studying Beowulf; cried buckets over it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
39
El Señor de los Anillos
por J. R. R. Tolkien
50,573 miembros
452 reseñas
½ 4.5
Ranking Global 103
36 Members
Aquila, Stav, Rtrace, varielle, pmdean, jefbra, m_island, icre8dstny, sjmccreary, amanda4242, deldevries, sturlington, cathyta, jyssco, perennialreader, JerryMmm, canantopaloglu, Simone2, Beorn_se_Bacaire, JalenV, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, james.proffitt, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Laura1124, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, TeriAndersonNeedham, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,Edward ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,Percevan ,electrice ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
electrice : not a single book
JalenV: Asked for and got a paperback set as one of my high school graduation presents (1972). I admit it's The Fellowship of the Ring that I have reread most often.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
41
Beowulf
por Beowulf Poet
25,505 miembros
334 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 217
16 Members
Aquila, pmdean, amanda4242, cc9, Dehinde, electrice, cej1027, jaysbooks, ahef1963, james.proffitt, Laura1124, daisy_jane, mattmcmahon, JohnMB, Saxon451, MaureenONeill,eromsted ,cpg ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington : Read in school
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
42
The Killer Angels
por Michael Shaara
8,803 miembros
189 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 205
11 Members
kerry1897, icre8dstny, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, AmourFou, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, mattmcmahon, linnzsue, Saxon451
43
El juego de Ender
por Orson Scott Card
41,321 miembros
1,051 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 162
23 Members
Aquila, gilroy, kerry1897, Rtrace, SilentInAWay, booksinbed, SimoneA, KimarieBee, pmdean, sturlington, cathyta, perennialreader, Dehinde, electrice, TrulyAragorn, ahef1963, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, jnmlkr901, nedhyu, dljones442, Saxon451, MaureenONeill,cpg ,jain ,aulsmith , ,barbharper ,dianeham ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
ahef1963: I don't know if it's a classic, but it was a good read.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read. Awful man.
44
La Jungla
por Upton Sinclair
11,701 miembros
129 reseñas
3.8
Ranking Global 197
14 Members
eromsted, Cecrow, deldevries, fundevogel, gypsysmom, Shutzie27, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, readerdad, FireflyLover,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
45
Macbeth
por William Shakespeare
26,217 miembros
231 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 140
25 Members
Aquila, Rtrace, booksinbed, SimoneA, amanda4242, deldevries, sturlington, fundevogel, ukh, Dehinde, gypsysmom, ahef1963, NinieB, james.proffitt, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Laura1124, daisy_jane, JohnMB, Saxon451, JMK2020, JessGalchutt, Sisif, steller0707,eromsted ,aulsmith ,Simone2 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
ahef1963: One of my favourite Shakespeare plays.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
47
Corre, conejo
por John Updike
6,164 miembros
110 reseñas
½ 3.6
Ranking Global 227
14 Members
wordswordswords, almigwin, martina_hrubes, deldevries, cathyta, gypsysmom, jaysbooks, LesleyAshton, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, dianeham, Saxon451, Sisif, MaureenONeill,cpg ,aulsmith ,Simone2 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aulsmith : I hate Updike too. Are you detecting a pattern?
ManWithAnAgenda : Urgh.
48
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
por Ernest Hemingway
634 miembros
6 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 253
11 Members
wordswordswords, SilentInAWay, almigwin, cathyta, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, JohnMB, Saxon451, Sisif, GrimFiend1977,aulsmith ,auntSteelbreaker ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
aulsmith : I read some of these, but I just can't stand Hemingway's misogyny any more.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
49
Dune
por Frank Herbert
42,824 miembros
695 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 199
17 Members
Aquila, gennyt, kerry1897, Stav, Rtrace, varielle, amanda4242, sturlington, cathyta, Beorn_se_Bacaire, eclecticdodo, gypsysmom, james.proffitt, jnmlkr901, Saxon451, TeriAndersonNeedham, GrimFiend1977,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
50
Vidas paralelas I: Teseo-Rómulo, Licurgo-Numa
por Plutarch
2,447 miembros
27 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 235
9 Members
Aquila, europhile, electrice, TrulyAragorn, al.vick, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, Saxon451, Sisif,aekd
Explicaciones
aekd: no interest
51
Crónicas marcianas
por Ray Bradbury
16,701 miembros
325 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 179
14 Members
Rtrace, jain, sturlington, TrulyAragorn, gypsysmom, ahef1963, WhatUsername, james.proffitt, nedhyu, JohnMB, Saxon451, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, MaureenONeill
53
El pozo y el péndulo
por Edgar Allan Poe
132 miembros
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 255
8 Members
m_island, sturlington, nlgeorge, NinieB, Laura1124, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
55
Enterrad mi corazón en Wounded Knee
por Dee Brown
9,008 miembros
131 reseñas
½ 4.3
Ranking Global 236
10 Members
hipdeep, fundevogel, jyssco, perennialreader, nlgeorge, aekd, ryaSilvia, dljones442, Saxon451, steller0707,eromsted ,aulsmith
56
Fundación
por Isaac Asimov
20,658 miembros
391 reseñas
4
Ranking Global 262
14 Members
Aquila, kerry1897, Rtrace, SimoneA, jefbra, sturlington, cathyta, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ryaSilvia, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, GrimFiend1977,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,barbharper ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington: Really a slog, but still a classic of science fiction.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
57
Dios le bendiga, Mr. Rosewater
por Kurt Vonnegut
6,304 miembros
55 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 306
9 Members
kerry1897, Rtrace, almigwin, amanda4242, cathyta, perennialreader, aekd, Laura1124, Saxon451,eromsted ,aulsmith ,Simone2
58
Cuna de gato
por Kurt Vonnegut
22,384 miembros
301 reseñas
4.1
Ranking Global 276
10 Members
Rtrace, amanda4242, sturlington, perennialreader, gypsysmom, Laura1124, JohnMB, Saxon451, readerdad, steller0707,eromsted ,ahef1963 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
ahef1963 : I found it incomprehensible.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
59
Grandes esperanzas
por Charles Dickens
38,687 miembros
438 reseñas
3.9
Ranking Global 215
17 Members
Aquila, Rtrace, booksinbed, m_island, perennialreader, cej1027, gypsysmom, NinieB, Laura1124, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, Sisif, steller0707, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,eromsted ,sturlington ,ahef1963 ,Peace2 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explicaciones
sturlington : Did not finish :(
ahef1963 : Read in university. Hated it thoroughly.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.