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hi guys I’m a beginner suggest me some classics

hi guys I’m a beginner suggest me some classics

Sumpath #recommend #classics

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Ryan

Tolstoy, Verne, Lovecraft, Poe, Shakespeare, Shelley, Stocker, Hemingway, and many more.

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SumpathQuestion author

THANKS

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Ryan

@Sumpath you’re welcome. I am forgetting quite a few at the moment as well. But, I am sure someone else may mention them. There are so many!

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Ellen

Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson. Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Ellen

Just joined. Hi all. Looking forward to suggestions also.

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Ryan

3 for sure that escaped me. Lol

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Ellen

@Ryan there are soooo many right? lol

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Ryan

There are indeed! Lol

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Laura

The Epic of Gilgamesh

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Anindita

Wuthering Heights

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SumpathQuestion author

is it any different from the movie because I watched the movie

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Anindita

The book is lovely.

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SumpathQuestion author

Thank You

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Rae

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. It’s a short, easy read and has a great story. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie is also interesting. Dracula by Bram Stoker if you want some vampires. That one’s easy to read but interesting especially with the journal style

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SumpathQuestion author

Thank You

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Rae

Thanks too!

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John

Tortilla Flats, Grapes of Wrath, anything by Hemingway… Islands in the Stream.

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SumpathQuestion author

Thank You

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Crystal

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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SumpathQuestion author

Thank You

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Kay

Is this a good read?

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Crystal

Yes it’s my favorite book!

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Angelina

A Tale of Two Cities. The Scarlet Pimpernel.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Michelle

Pride and Prejudice

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Jade

The Picture of Dorian Grey

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Cassandra

We, The Drowned By:Carsten Jensen

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Jessie

Jane Eyre….I feel like some classics are hard to understand for people that don’t read them often and then they say its too wordy or boring. I feel like anything by jane Austen or jane eyre are easy enough to help you ease into classics

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Nicole

Great expectations

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Debbie

Jane Eyre.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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MMichelle

Silas Marner

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Tyler

Anything John Steinbeck!

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thank you very much

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Christine

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Ala

Oliver twist
Dracula
Pride and prejudice

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Sarah

The Good Earth

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Sarah

You’re welcome!!

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Robert

Richard K. Morgan

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Jennie

The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Odyssey

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Sandra

Grapes of Wrath.

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thank you very much

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Annie

To kill a mockingbird
Jane Eyre

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thank you

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Alison

Great expectations! Dickens.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Satprit

Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway, Roald Dahl

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Monisha

Jane Austen,thomas hardy, Baroness Orczy

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Carla

To Kill a Mockingbird…

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thank you

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Lex

Reading F. Scott Fitzgerald atm!

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Beth

the bell jar or jude the obscure 🙂

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Ruth

Pride and predijuice all Jane Austeen or the Bronte books Charles Dickens books

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thank you

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Gee

The Decameron by Boccaccio. It’s funny, and risque, and flows along nicely.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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Jola

East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you

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SumpathQuestion author

@Lex thank you

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Kelly

1984
Brave New World
Wuthering Heights
The Scarlet Letter
Siddhartha

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Richard

Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

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thank you very much

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Richard

its always been a favorite of mine.

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Brian

The Time Machine HG Wells, Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain, anything by Edgar Allen Poe, Goodman Brown by Nathanial Hawthorn (short story), The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (really anything by Faulkner), Oliver Twist Charles Dickens,

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Kim

To Kill A Mockingbird

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thank you very much

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Connie

Poe is a good choice as he wrote mainly short stories. They are so good.

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Carla

Really good choice! A lot of bang for the investment there!

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Carla

@Sumpath You’re welcome! As a beginner, I would really try to access shorter novels that you find easily digestible. If you’re having trouble with one, abandon that for now, and try something else. You need to build your stamina first.

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Del

Lord of the Flies , the Entire Wizard of Oz , anything by Shel Silverstein

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Del

@Sumpath most welcome

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Kerri-Anne

Fahrenheit 451

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Adrian

Time Machine – H.G Wells

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Kim

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas. Awesome!

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Jennie

I absolutely love this book. His Three Musketeers series is really good too.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Ellen

O Henry is a master

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thank you very much

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Tiffany

1984

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thank you very much

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Diane

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Don

fred mustard stewart.

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Madeline

Night by Elie Wiesel
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Room with a View
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Jessica

Frankenstein and To Kill a Mockingbird are two of my favourites!

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Ashley

Fear and loathing in las vagas ?

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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Sandy

Handmaid’s Tale, Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, Frankenstein

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SumpathQuestion author

thank you very much

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David

If you are a “beginner” . . . read the bubble gum first and then gradually go to classics.

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SumpathQuestion author

thanks

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