- 7 Famous Lost Literary Works [COURTESY FLAVORWIRE]
- CS Lewis Joins Poets’ Corner [COURTESY THE TELEGRAPH]
- These Are the Biggest Heartbreakers in Literature [COURTESY HUFF POST BOOKS]
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It’s nice to know C.S.Lewis has been properly recognised as a great talent and my vote for heart breakers has to go to Rhett Butler. I’ve seen the film and read the book countless times 🙂
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He is a huge heartbreaker, to be sure. I am not sure who my vote goes to-probably someone on the list I haven’t thought of yet.
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The “Heartbreaker” list is a good one. Some of these works I haven’t read, but I’ll never forget reading “Gone with the Wind” as a teenager. Oddly enough, I had not seen the movie and didn’t know how the story ended. As a 15 year old, I was stunned and HEARTBROKEN that Rhett Butler left Scarlett. I also felt completely ripped off – so much so that from then on, I decided to always read the end of the book first, something I still do.
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I usually read the book first, then watch the movie if I feel like the adaptation won’t make me want to punch myself in the throat. Occasionally, when it cannot be helped, I do the reverse. GWTW was the latter situation. Confession time: I do not care for the novel at all, but find the movie entertaining without counting it amongst my favourites…I can only imagine your teenaged reaction to Rhett’s actions. How funny!
My OCD does not as a rule allow me to read ahead, and definitely not endings. Very infrequently I break away and look at the ending, but those are rare days.
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Lewis had me banging on the backs of wardrobes at the age of 7.
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You and countless other children across the decades, I imagine!
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