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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:42 pm
I was wanting to read some of the classic books. Books that are known by many readers and are loved by many of them too. So, do you have any suggestions for great classics? I plan to maybe start reading them either this summer or the next school year.
Good day and Goodnight.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:56 am
Great Expectations
By Charles Dickens
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:23 am
I'm a great fan of the great Greek writers and they are classics. It's just a matter of whether or not you like philosophy and history. They are good stories in a way too.
Let's see; The Odyssey and The Illiad (Homer), The Republic (Plato) and possibly The Histories (Herodotus). All good reads in my opinion.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:34 pm
1984 by Orwell
and Brave New World by Huxley
Anything by Shakespeare especially Othello, Hamlet, MacBeth, and King Lear
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:00 am
First off, I would say anything by J.D Salinger, Jane Austen, George Orwell or the Bronte Sisters:
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Emma
Nine Stories
1984
Pride and Prejudice (A must)
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Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:40 am
Treasure Island
Romeo and Juliet
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:41 am
I love A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. I've actually read it a few times. Shakespeare in general is good. Othello, Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing are also good.
Mythology and original versions of fairytales are also something I enjoy, though I'm not sure it's exactly what you're looking for. Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable and The Age of Chivalry are good. The Mammoth Book of Fairytales has a pretty good variety of stories, ranging from classics like "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Beauty and the Beast" to some more recent authors' stories, such as Jane Yolen's "The Tree's Wife" and Tanith Lee's "Princess Sansu." I recommend reading fairy tales just because some of the originals are so different from the versions we hear today. Damn Disney! Though I admit I still love the Disney movies I saw when I was a kid, even if they are bastardized versions of stories.
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Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:17 pm
Wow!
Such great suggestions they've given you already!
I would have to say The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is an awesome book to read.
Other suggestions I would have are:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (one of my all time favorites)
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (another favorite of mine)
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein
HAPPY READING! heart
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:02 pm
Frankenstein
Hamlet
Jane Eyre and, to follow, Wide Sargasso Sea
A Tale of Two Cities
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 am
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Cats Cradle Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man- James Joyce
Animal Farm - George Orwell (I liked it better than 1984)
A Tree Grows in Broklyn - Betty Smith
Silas Marner- George Eliot
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:46 pm
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:30 am
Hound of Baskervilles by Edgar Allen Poe.
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:16 am
Most of my suggestions have been taken already. Being new to this guild I am still in shock at the good taste of those around me, my friends in the real world aren't exactly widely read.
Someone suggested Jane Eyre, which is fantastic. However they also suggested Wide Sargasso Sea, I found it to be a complete disappointment.
I'd recommend Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:33 pm
To be entirely honest, I'm writing down some of the suggestions in this thread as we speak! My chance to improve my literary resume!
But I do have a few to add, such as: The Call of the Wild, Jack London, White Fang, also by Jack London, and Treasure Island, attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson.
Those are just the classics that come to mind, however. If you want some stories, or even series, that are a bit more recent, PM me, and I'd be glad to share some of my favorites with you!
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