[Tired of Taxes]

Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton were required reading for us. We read "Catcher in the Rye" in secret.

Class of '82 here. Catcher in the Rye was required reading at my high school. Also required were 1984, The Hobbit (which I'd already read), and Fahrenheit 451, in addition to a few classics. (We read Judy Blume's "Wifey" in secret.)

Then in college, our English professor assigned James Joyce and Kurt Vonnegut.

[Psalm 73]

"....our English professor assigned James Joyce and Kurt Vonnegut."

Vonnegut is delightful, but I'd rather have my spleen removed with a butter knife than read another Joyce novel (there is nothing more painful than Finnegan's Wake).

[karatemom]

Class of ‘82 as well: Tale of two Cities, The Canterbury Tales, tons of Shakespeare. “Out, Out, damned spot!”