dtrpath27 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 "He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 What genre is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Classic children's literature, but appropriate and entertaining for adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Prolific American author, but not generally regarded as a children's author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vimes Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Umm, when was it published? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousGeorgette Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmmm thinking .... not generally regarded as a children's author ... but prolific ... and male .... thinking .... not Charles Fenimoore Cooper, not E.B. White, possibly Mark Twain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hot, hot, hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 I was going to say Needful Things by Stephen King but then read on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) No, not King. Another hint: This is from a very popular (maybe just within the U.S.?) American classic. Its equally popular sequel was deemed "trash and suitable only for the slums." Eta: Sorry Vimes! Missed your post. 1800's. My next hint is a clincher! Edited March 29, 2014 by dtrpath27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousGeorgette Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 tom sawyer or huckleberry finn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Yes, now which? It has to do with the painting of a certain picket fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 tom sawyer or huckleberry finn I´m sorry I didn´t read the other posts so I didn´t see you answered. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousGeorgette Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 no worries ... I was still guessing. but you got it so go ahead and find a quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 First I have to find something I haven´t posted already. I´ll get back soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 ˝Nevertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks. Its proprietor, ******** *****, had been one of my boon companions in boyhood; but many years had elapsed since our last meeting.˝ Here it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Classic literature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Hmmm, I´m not sure. How do you define a classic? (I saw people define it differently, that is why I´m asking.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I'll rephrase...what genre? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Horror/Gothic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What time period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Is it 'The Fall of the House of Usher' by Edgar Allan Poe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtrpath27 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 If so, I would count Poe as classic literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara. Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Yes it is! I´m sorry I didn´t have the time to log on. If so, I would count Poe as classic literature. I would as well but I know some people who don´t agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Thanks Sara Here goes ~ “Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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