I'm wary of anyone who dismisses classics en masse like that.
My experience has been that if I don't like a classic, it's usually my fault, not the book's, and if I wait a few years, read and learn some more things, and try it again I'll likely get a lot more out of it.
[EDIT] A closer reading of the linked article has revealed that only some of those 300 were what the author had been told were must-read classics, making my criticism less relevant.
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I'm wary of anyone who dismisses classics en masse like that.
My experience has been that if I don't like a classic, it's usually my fault, not the book's, and if I wait a few years, read and learn some more things, and try it again I'll likely get a lot more out of it.
[EDIT] A closer reading of the linked article has revealed that only some of those 300 were what the author had been told were must-read classics, making my criticism less relevant.