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If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563

If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563

If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563

a bookshelf filled with classic literature

If It’s Such Great Literature, Why Does It Only Have 3.5 Stars?

"Do “mediocre” Goodreads ratings represent a lukewarm response to some titles, or reflect a readership passionately divided into polarised factions?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#Literature #ClassicLit #GreatBooks #LiteraryCriticism #GoodReads #Ratings #Books https://grrlscientist.medium.com/about-those-3-star-books-that-are-considered-to-be-great-literature-4a9c1119b563

It's one of the most famous plays in the world. ❤️🗡️ But who is the author?

Put your knowledge to the test! A, B, C, or D? Tell us your answer below! 👇

#LiteratureTrivia #ClassicLit #WhoWroteIt #Shakespeare #QuizTime #Learning #Playwright #5SecondDaily

After about 6 weeks off, @chapterbychapter returns tomorrow with a serialization of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.

As I've said before*, she doesn't get enough credit for her impact on science fiction. Odd that a story written by a young woman (published at 20) would be overlooked 🤔

Anyway, follow chapter bot to get a chapter a day, Victorian-Netflix style.

#literature #classiclit #PublicDomain #frankenstein

*said before here, for example: https://infosec.exchange/@Bfordham/115242312083360242

Faking his own death to escape his past, Huck Finn flees down the Mississippi on a raft. He's joined by Jim, a runaway slave, on a powerful journey for freedom that confronts the soul of a nation. Rediscover this classic adventure. #HuckleberryFinn #ClassicLit

https://paminy.com/book-summary-the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/

Hello lovely people. Thanks for your help. Have a few hundred server federating with my little instance.

If you haven’t yet, I’d still appreciate more boosts.

Also! I hope to start sending out the serialization of A Study in Scarlet tomorrow! Just a few more details to work out

https://social.naughtybaptist.com/@chapterbychapter/statuses/01K29247W2S7T8W3XS8TC587J5

#Fediverse #FediHelp #gotosocial #mastohelp #classics #classicLit

Yay next one done. Finished #SenseAndSensibility by #JaneAusten on #Libby

Watching the film version with Emma Thompson a few months ago ignited my excitement to read through all her books for the first time. P&P, Emma now Sense and Sensibility. I knew what to expect from the movie but I enjoyed it. My only gripe is Edward Ferrars seemed like such a bore I don’t know why Elinor held out all her hopes on him. I know English society wasn’t kind to poorer women etc but still, were there no other men at all at any of the places she went in London at least? Also the big love story of the book is basically based on two people who never do anything together. There was a lot of side-eyeing between the Dashwoods and the other women characters in this book which was funny at least. Probably liked better than Emma but still a rung beneath Pride and Prejudice

#book #reading #bookfed #classiclit #bookreview

Screenshot of Sense and Sensibility audio book cover that is 100% complete

Latest read! 📕 Emma by Jane Austen. Never read before and borrowed it after I devoured Pride and Prejudice. I definitely took longer to warm up to this. Emma is a difficult character to root for and the other characters who turn out to be good are all concealing their true selves for about 90% of the book.

I liked the ending! Contrast with P&P where I identified so hard with Elizabeth Bennet throughout, this just felt differently. I’m not even sure I want to watch a TV or film adaptation of Emma now. (Clueless was based on this?)

#books #reading #emma #bookfed #janeausten #lastread #classiclit #libby #book

Latest read I just finished Pride and Prejudice. Oh it was so good 🔥. I had watched the BBC miniseries about 20 years ago , and remembered the basics. I absolutely fell in love with the text though and the characters of Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy and Mrs and Mr. Bennet. I have a lot of thoughts on this story.

Now, I’m trying to write a kind of story inspired by this and other Austen stuff but for a trans girl as the FMC lead. Will I ever finish? 😅

#reading #libby #books #bookfed #janeausten #prideandprejudice #romance #classiclit #regency #summerreading

SOME OF THE GORGEOUS VERSIONS OF JANE AUSTEN’S TIMELESS NOVELS. Looking at some of the gorgeous different editions of #JaneAusten novels. #ClassicFiction #ClassicLit #PrideandPrejudice

https://rissiwrites.com/2025/07/gorgeous-versions-of-jane-austen-book-editions.html

I love historical accuracy in my video games like this 😜

#retrogaming #soulcalibur #literature #joke #classiclit #lit

Cervantes from Soul Calibur, but I've changed his dialogue to read "I wrote Don Quixote!"

I just finished N⁰ 73 of Penguin Little Black Classics as my first of the set to read. I love the story of Icarus. Scylla cutting off Nisus' purple tress to give to Minos has a certain fantasticism to it that's not often seen in contemporary lit. This was a breeze of a read at 56 pages and I'd recommend it to anyone facing a reading slump or just wanting a casual introduction to Ovid.

#penguinclassics #ovid #literature #shortreads #classiclit @bookstodon

I just acquired the Penguin Little Black Classics Boxed set. It's truly beautiful. I'm planing to read one or two of these a week and will be making a lot of posts about these in the near future.

#classics #classiclit #penguinclassics #reading @bookstadon

A grayscale photo from across a wood grain table looking at a boxed set of 80 penguin classic books with a small retro style radio at the end of the table, a globe peering from the darkness behind and poster of Frank Herbert's Dune on the wall.

This part really stuck with me while doing an immersive read of Paradise Lost tonight.

@bookstodon @reading #classiclit #ClassicLiterature #fiction #johnmilton #literature

O shame to men! Devil with devil damned firm concord holds; men only disagree of creatures rational, though under hope of heavily grace, and, God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enimity and strife among themselves, and levy cruel wars wasting the earth, each other to destroy: as if (which might induce us to accord) man had not hellish foes enow besides, that day and night for his destruction to wait!

The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum #Ozathon24 #childrensclassic #bookreviews #reading #classiclit

https://thebookstop.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/ozathon-2024-the-lost-princess-of-oz-by-l-frank-baum/

🌿💔 "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Explore the passion and tragedy of Wuthering Heights—Heathcliff & Catherine’s haunting love story. Find discounts & free downloads at Hearts in Prosa! 🌫📖 #WutheringHeights #ClassicLit #Fr

https://heartsinprosacom.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/wuthering-heights/