I took two classes of 18th and 19th century English literature in one semester. :p Not all of it was awful, but all of it was long. I do have fond memories of Wilkie Collins, for some reason. I don't know if I could read him now, but at the time I enjoyed his novels. Sheridan LeFanu was a favorite. Is that not a great name for a writer? Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - he had to be a writer with a name like that. A poem called poem would be quite poetic. :) I avoided poetry in my formative years, which probably explains why I'm no good at writing it now.