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>mfw I have to re-read books I had read years ago as I have only developed the critical capabilities to fully appreciate them lately.

I remember when I first got into reading I read Dubliners and found it dull and boring. Re-read it now and despite finding some stories still a little lacklustre there are plenty there which are very well-written and enjoyable.

Any books which upon re-reading them you changed your opinion on them?

>> No.3179194

Shakespeare
Homer

>> No.3179211

>>3179194
>Shakespeare

Rediscovering Shakespeare in my mid-twenties, having only read him at school previously, was an absolute revelation.

>> No.3179214

Nope, i never developed edgy little classy wannabe shit feel to magically turn shit to hit books

>> No.3179226

>>3179211
It's better acted out than just as plays (if you mean his plays and not the sonnets etc.)

>> No.3179247

Mrs. Dalloway after having read Deleuze

>> No.3179258

Madame Bovary and Sorrows of Young Werther

I had to read them for school and it ruined the experience.

>> No.3179261

"The good reader re-reads"
-Nabokov

>> No.3179263

One of these days I will reread Ciardi's translation of Inferno.

>> No.3179265

>>3179214

Then you were edgy classy hipster geek to begin with.

>> No.3179281

>>3179226
It's best to watch them first, then read them (multiple times, preferably). Actually, I think the tragedies are probably just better to read in general.