When I was in either grade 9, 10 or 11 way back in the 50s we students were so we say forced to read Quentin Durward as part of our English class outside reading. I hated every minute where I wasted my time reading this book. To this day and after reading hundreds and hundreds of wonderful books I still think of the horrible wasted time reading this book. We too were forced to read Shakesphere which I also hated. Thank God shortly after this R. D. Lawrence, James Herriot, Farley Mowatt and others come along with some of the greatest reading, shall we say on earth.