Any recommended books? im just wondering whos all into classic books.
Hey guys im just wondering whos all into classic books. Any recommended books?
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Hey guys im just wondering whos all into classic books. Any recommended books?
I really am into classics… But the list is too long to even start recommending anything before knowing what you’re looking for ?
Im a open reader when it comes to classics. Its they way how people wright there books back then that really drags me.
@Jamesray in that case, I have a few titles for you : Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte ; Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens ; The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde; Edgar Allan Poe’s stories ; The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald ; Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ; Dubliners by James Joyce ; The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck ; Breakfast at Tiffany’s, by Truman Capote… And SO many more! ??
Iv only heard of 3 of those i think cool more books to find haha
What have you read?
Jane Austen books. I love Shakespeare as well.
Moby Dick
A hand full. Ive read Dracula, some Grim tails, 2 Sherlocks, Around the World in 80 days, Mobt Dick, the Jungle Book, and maybe some more i put away from the sun and dust
Jane Austen is really a really great jumping off point. I love the Brontë sisters, and if you liked Dracula you may like The Picture of Dorian Gray, it’s pretty damn good. If you like fantasy, you can’t go wrong with Tolkien, and Beowulf is fantastic.
I tryed Emma couldnt get into it at the time but i will read it 1 of theys days the other 2 i have to
Im currently reading a Murder on the Oriental Train. Half way throw it.
Agatha christie one?
Thats the one
Excellent story. I loved the end. She s a genius
So far im loving it. I just need to make time to sit down and read it haha
I’ve read around 50 classics. The first one I always recommend is The Scarlet Pimpernel ?
Never heard of that one. Whats it abought
@Jamesray it’s a French Revolution story. The Scarlet Pimpernel is what they call the man who is smuggling people out of France.
That dose sound good. So far thr only French Revolution books i have to my nolge is Peace and War. (Havent read yet)
@Jamesray a Tale of Two Cities by Dickens is also a good French Revolution one, but I still prefer Pimpernel ?
Really didnt know that and iv been really meaning to buy it
And lady chatterlys lover is unreal. Also Rebecca is wonderful and A brave new world. ❤❤
Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Count of Monte Cristo, Scarlet Pimpernel, Phantom of the Opera, Mark Twain has some fun ones.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Surprisingly wonderful book!
North and South by Elisabeth Gaskell
Ive heared of it but not sure what its about
Theys are all really good books. Some i havent heared about tell now. Thank you all.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
Yes!!
The Winds of War and War & Rememberance by Herman Wouk
Gone with the wind was really good. Catcher in the rye
I have a feeling ill be collecting classics for years to come now haha
I love Victorian lit. Some of my favs are great expectations, wuthering heights, Jane eyre, Tess of the d’urbervilles, lady Audrey’s secret, the picture of Dorian grey… i dont know if I’m missing any but they’re all great classics and fast reads in my opinions.
Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Count of Monte Cristo, Edna Ferber’s Giant, Daphne du Maurice,
Anna Karenina
The Sound and the Fury…Faulkner…
JANE EYRE. LOVE ME A SASSY BITCH
The Grapes of Wrath.
Anything Jane Austen. Frankenstein. Jane Eyre. The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis. The Woman in White. Zofloya. Anything Ann Radcliffe. Middlemarch. Anything J.R.R. Tolkien. Rebecca. Picture of Dorian Gray.
Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence, Siddhartha by Hermen Hesse, Ulysses by James Joyce, the Odyssey by Homer, anything by Shakespeare, Chaucer or Milton.
War and Peace
“Candide” is about the only ancient book that reads to me like a modern comedy. “Crime and Punishment” engaged me so much I read it after using the Cliff Notes to bluff my way through class, “Great Expectations” is also still readable.
Candide made he laugh out loud. Some things are funny no matter how old they are.
Currently reading Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
I just didn’t get this book. Need to re- read
My favorite book of all time is Anna Karenina, that’s quite the undertaking though. I love some Sherlock as well. A Study in Scarlet is a good place to start and it’s a great read. I read Pride and Prejudice once a year. Fantastic characters in that one.
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Love the classics..Jane Austen!
I only read the classics. the others have mentioned most of them in their comments
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
My fav of all time.
The Big Sleep by Raymond @Sheila
The Count of Monti Cristo
Of Human Bondage
Anything by Jane Austen or the Bronte Sisters
Of mice and men is one of my favorites!
Some good comments! Thank you!
“The Naked and the Dead” Norman Mailer.??
jane eyre, crime and punishment, wuthering heights,
Currently reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert!
Absolutely loved Madame Bovary!
All of them.
Rebecca, my all time favorite book, My Cousin Rachel, The Scarlet Letter
I am. I have a beautiful collection of them. Paradise lost and pride and prejudice are my absolute faves
This is my collection
Hi! I’m not into classics, really, only a few that I’ve clicked with, but if you’re interested in recommendations from people who love classics, I could recommend some booktube videos from some people I love to watch reviews from:
I hope this helps a bit 🙂 My personal favorites are Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Madame Bovary, Jekyll and Hyde, Dante’s Inferno.
Would Catcher in the Rye count as a classic? How about To Kill a Mockingbird?
Yes, I’ve seen both on classics lists. BTW, I’m listening to To Kill a Mockingbird read by Sissy Spacek and it is great fun to listen to.
That’s one instance where the movie might be as good as the book.
I agree. The movie was great
Robert Duval’s best part!
Dickens for sure.
THree Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, The Divine Comedy, Milton
Rebecca is my all time favorite books of all times. I just reread it recently. Never gets old?
I just can’t get people to read it. This book changed my life. It is way more than a romance.
Great Expectations & On The Road
@Janet
I have recommended for years with little success. However, I have never heard anyone who read it say they didn’t like it! Have you read her other phenomenal book, My Cousin Rachel? It is also fantastic!
Not yet
A Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorites. Read it many times.
Love classics. Any of Jane Austen, Wuthering Heights, Gone With the Wind, Grapes of Wrath to name a few….I just saw someone else said Rebecca and that’s one of my favorites too ?
Classics are awesome, I would recommend Alice in Wonderland and the Great Gatsby. I personally love Shakespeare works too, my personal favourites are Othello and the Tempest! ??
Me too. You and I have a shared taste.
I love The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Been wanting to read that.
Do!
Jane Austen, Mark Twain and Dickens!