Comments on: Top 15 Banned Literary Classics

By: mauara

mauara — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:52:35 +0000

Of Mice And Men wasn’t named for the characters in the book, but rather after a poem by Robert Burns, To A Mouse.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:26:10 +0000

Hmm….I’m always confused as to when and where these books are/were banned because every single one on the list was required reading at my high school

By: welshieme71

welshieme71 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:23:11 +0000

This list doesn’t indicate for all of these books why they are banned. A little more information on this point would be nice, or perhaps the list should be re-named “15 Controversial Books and Their Plots.”

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:45:48 +0000

My knowledge of banned literary classic books is rather minimal, but I will say this. If I we’re Salman Rushdie, I would not even think for a macro-second of ever going to Iran. What balls he had, but good for him as well.

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:04:43 +0000

So, what are some of the books you have in mind?

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:02:56 +0000

Hm, more specifically, who banned a given book, where, and why. For instance, I had no idea The Crucible was banned anywhere.

By: beirutwedding

beirutwedding — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:01:35 +0000

I like the list but I’d like you to go a little more into why each book was/is controversial.

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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:05:58 +0000

[...] are always going to be parents who object to books such as “Catcher in the Rye”, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, “Water for [...]

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:02:03 +0000

I was hoping to see “Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas” by Hunter S. Thompson, but…….Oh Well.

By: moopersoup

moopersoup — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:35:35 +0000

@JFrater
5. Ninteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
Ninteen -> Nineteen