[EDNote: the link leads to a chart and some sub-links that reveal Lolita to be the "smartest" book on US college top-ten lists. The discussion page reveals staunch objection by viewers to the novel's original categorization as "erotica"; it has been re-labeled a "classic." I had to cut the image out of JL's message, because it was a rather large file. ~SB]

Subject:

Books That Make You Dumb

From:

Jay Livingston <livingstonj@mail.montclair.edu>

Date:

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:11:14 -0500

To:

Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>

Worth a look. Here's the URL for the method used in this research: http://booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr/

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