Books Classics

Lately all I've been reading is classic books, and not that avidly, either, because my attention span is so spazzy when I'm reading. XD (There is the notable exception of my having bought Heaven Cent, but I haven't even begun to read chapter two.)

So I haven't read an impressive amount of classics (of my own free will XD), but yeah. I've read the following in the past... four years, I think:

The Vicar of Wakefield (by George... something-or-other)
Animal Farm (...I'm bad with the authors)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Le Fantome de l'Opera (Gaston Leroux... and no, I did not read it in French; I wish, though XD)

And now I have bought a copy of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. I also read about half of Frankenstein. (Shame on me for, um, not finishing it. XD)

So, basically... read any classics? Like? Have recommendations? (I really liked Jane Eyre and Phantom of the Opera. <3 The others I liked a little less.)

 

1.The Scarlet Letter-Nathaniel Hawthorne
2.Great Expectations-Charles Dickens
3.White Fang-Jack London
4.Call of the Wild-Jack London
5.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-Mark Twain
6.Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain
7.Black Beauty-Anne
8.The Jungle Book-Ruyard Kipling
9.Just So Stories-Ruyard Kipling
10.Alice in Wonderland-Lewis Carroll
11.Through the Looking Glass-Lewes Carroll
12.The Prince and the Pauper-Mark Twain
13.Anne of Green Gables (I've read the whole series)-Lucy Maud Montgomery
14.Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens
15.The Pearl-John Steinbeck
16.Peter Pan
There's more but I can't remember them.

 

Well, I would suggest trying out some of the works of Jane Austen or Alexandre Dumas.

If you want to go for more recent classics, Peter Pan is a good one. If you don't mind some older stuff, Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory is good, as is The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki. The Once and Future King by T.H. White is pretty fun as well, but his language can be daunting at times.

*wry grin* I'm not much of one for reading classics myself, but I've done a fair amount of it for school and stuff. Hence the reason why my list is so small; these are the books that I've enjoyed reading, and some of them I actually picked up on my own.

And while we're on the subject, just how are we defining classics, anyway? I've seen the term used multiple ways, and each use of it was pretty valid. Depending on the use, my list will be different. ^_^

~Shadrach Anki

 

Hmmm... some of my favorite classics are:

To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Peter Pan - Sir James M. Barrie
Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls

Right now I'm reading Animal Farm. I can't say if I like it or not, but it does make you wonder.

 

"pride and prejudice" is my fav classic book, also i liked "mu mu" by Tolstoj.

 

Hmm... Apart from The Lord of the Rings, which everyone knows about these days, I'd have to say my favorite classic would be 1984, by George Orwell. The whole concept of his novel was really interesting, and it kept me interested right up to the surprise ending. I should re-read it sometime soon...

Oh, and, of course, being a Japanese site, how could we forget The Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu? (I think I got the name right) If that's not a classic, I don't know what is.

 

um......

Black Beauty-horse book, sad in some places
Journey to the Center of the Earth-good book, scifi.
The Count of Monte Cristo-I've seen the movie, but the book is probably good too.

That's about all I've read.