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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
1
George Eliot
Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Persuasion
2
Jane Austen
Posession a S Bryant
Posession a S Bryant
3
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
4
William Shakespeare
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
5
Sun Tzu
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
6
Ernest Hemingway
Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
7
Evelyn Waugh
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
8
Henrik Ibsen
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
9
Virginia Woolf
I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)
I Capture the Castle
10
Dodie Smith
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
11
Gabriel García Márquez
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
12
Jack Kerouac
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams)
The Glass Menagerie
13
Tennessee Williams
Sense and Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Sense and Sensibility
14
Jane Austen
The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
15
Graham Greene
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
16
Homer
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
17
William Shakespeare
As for Me and My House
As for Me and My House
18
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
19
Thomas Hardy
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
20
Arthur Miller
A Zoo in My Luggage
A Zoo in My Luggage
21
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
22
Carson McCullers
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
23
Virginia Woolf
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
24
Anton Chekhov
Coriolanus (William Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
25
William Shakespeare
Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie)
Peter Pan
26
J. M. Barrie
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
27
Jane Austen
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
28
William Shakespeare
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
29
Isabel Allende
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
30
James Baldwin
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen)
Hedda Gabler
31
Henrik Ibsen
The Moviegoer (Walker Percy)
The Moviegoer
32
Walker Percy
Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare)
Romeo and Juliet
33
William Shakespeare
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
34
William Shakespeare
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
35
Homer
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
36
Samuel Beckett
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
37
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
38
Mark Twain
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
39
William Shakespeare
Casino Royale (Ian Fleming)
Casino Royale
40
Ian Fleming
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