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no_hypocrisy

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3. I read "The Yearling" when I was 13.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:30 PM

21 hrs ago

Depending on the publication and edition, the book is 334 pages to 513 pages.

The story was so good that I couldn't wait to pick it up again and start reading.

My guess about college students being unfamiliar with reading long novels is they haven't developed proper reading comprehension due to lack of practice and exposure to good writing. And they haven't been exposed to "good writing". I'm a substitute teacher. The stuff in the classrooms is pure pap. Not that it matters b/c I see students spend more time reading texts than books.

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Universities teaching literature students how to cope with long novels [View all] Celerity 23 hrs ago OP

No War and Peace? question everything 22 hrs ago #1

When I went back to school in 1981, I tried to take some kind of literature class every semester rsdsharp 22 hrs ago #2

I read "The Yearling" when I was 13. no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #3

The unabridged "Moby Dick" was one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. Aristus 21 hrs ago #4