Which Math Textbook is Best for Preparing for Real Analysis?

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Hi all. I am a math major. I will be taking real analysis next Fall with an excellent professor who I know to be also quite demanding. I would like to be as well prepared for this class as possible besides going through a real analysis text or lecture series over the Summer and causing the class to be boring due to too much exposure. So I have decided to either work through Spivak's Calculus or Hardy's A Course of Pure Mathematics over the Summer to prepare myself. Which do you all think would be the better choice or do you have any other suggestions? Thank you!
 
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Abbot: Understanding Analysis is also a choice to consider.

I never read Hardy, but Spivak is a good choice.