{"id":164,"date":"2005-07-06T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2005-07-06T15:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=164"},"modified":"2005-07-06T11:42:56","modified_gmt":"2005-07-06T15:42:56","slug":"fun-with-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"fun with classics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed that periodically my inherent lit geekiness comes through. This is one of those times.<\/p>\n<p>But this fun tool can might help you decide which great classic work of literature to pick up next:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antimodal.com\/handicap\/\">Handicapping the Great 20th Century Novels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the way I ultimately handicapped them all put <em>The Sound and the Fury<\/em> at the top of the list. I started reading <em>TSatF<\/em> in grad school, but ultimately ran out time to finish it. But I really liked the part of it I read and meant to get back to it. 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