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Classics That Disappointed

Off and on over the years, I've read books considered classic. From my list of those I've read, these disappointed me or outright sucked. Too long/wordy. Racist/sexist in ways that no amount of context could save. Some provoked a "meh" reaction or bewildered me - what is your point? A few did all those things at the same time. I wonder who decides what is considered 'classic and why. Interested to see people voting reactions.
Mostly pre-1950 but some wobbling re time-frame
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Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Middlemarch (George Eliot)
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Persuasion
Persuasion
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Posession a S Bryant
Posession a S Bryant
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Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
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The Art of War
The Art of War
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The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
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Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
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A Doll's House
A Doll's House
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To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse
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I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
13
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie
14
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility
15
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey
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King Lear
King Lear
18
As for Me and My House
As for Me and My House
19
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
20
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
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A Zoo in My Luggage
A Zoo in My Luggage
22
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
23
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
24
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
25
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
26
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
27
Emma
Emma
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Othello
Othello
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The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
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The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
34
Hamlet
Hamlet
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
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Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
38
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
40
Casino Royale
Casino Royale
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