Rugbyidiot
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No, I'm not doing summer reading for high school; I'm actually 24. I have never read The Scarlet Letter and I am trying to get through Hawthorne's Intro: The Custom House. It is unbearable; his writing is so absurdly wordy and flowery that I find myself understanding one or two ideas from every paragraph (if that). Is this normal? Am I just a literary nit-wit? Or have others found this intro to be ridiculous and almost unreadable too?
It should also be noted that I read Nostromo (by Joseph Conrad) and found it to be the most difficult read of my life. Is this a pattern?
It should also be noted that I read Nostromo (by Joseph Conrad) and found it to be the most difficult read of my life. Is this a pattern?