top ten literary works

[grip at netcom.com]

My my. And I thought I was a reasonably literate person. Out of 
curiosity, how many have I read? All or parts of 12 out of 40. Will I 
ever get caught up? Seems to me, like Chaplain in Modern Times, the 
literature keeps piling up faster than I can possibly read it. <sigh>

Maybe there is a heaven and life eternal. Then, at least, I'll be able to 
keep up. Assuming I don't get bored. But hell, with nothing to do, except 
sing an occasional hozanna(sp?), I should make good progress. Wonder if 
people have to sleep in heaven.

grip, pondering the hopelessness of it all...

On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, chris abraham wrote:

> Professors'  Top Ten List of Most Important Literary Works of All Time
Homer, Iliad (parts)
Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus
Bible, The Book of Genesis
Dante, The Divine Comedy (parts) 
Plato, The Republic (parts)
Shakespeare, King Lear
> 
Henry Roth, Call it Sleep 
The Declaration of Independence
> 
The Bible (parts)
Sun Tzu, The Art of War (parts)
> 
James Joyce, Ulysses (parts)
Shakespeare, Hamlet