I loved it too and guess what? After finishing to read Pride amd Prejudice I grasped The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood blowing my mind further with that genre.
@Lara I’ve so many. So many that I will lose counting haha. But, I’ll try to answer few of my favourites of favourite. 1) every book of Leo Tolstoy. He’s just amazing. No words to describe his magnanimity. 2) Jane Austen! (again, I can’t decide a favourite title) 3) Wuthering Heights- Emily Brönte 4) MIDDLEMARCH – George Elliot 5) Charles Dickens 6) Mark Twain 7) Edgar Allan Poe (he’s like my soulmate) 8) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 9) The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett 10) Thomas Hardy (every title is a masterpiece) 11) Shakespeare too 12) Fyodor Dostoevsky And the list goes on and on and on!
@Sangeeta I have read and loved all of these except for Dostoevsky and Hardy but they are both on my tbr list. Little Women and Jane Eyre definitely tie for 2nd place in my favorite classic lit picks. Thanks for answering.
@Lara wow! At least, there’s a tie to compete the second spot. I am unable to do so for a long time. Whatever I read, blows my mind. Coming to Tolstoy, he is divine who writes mesmerising masterpiece that articulates every cells within the body in ecstasy.
@Neelma Thank you. It is leather. I bought it at B&N a few years ago. $80 but worth it. I usually do not pay that much for books but this set is such a classic I decided to go for broke. (Pun intended).
@Susan It’s perfectly curated. I decide to take a printout and sleep next to it. (pun intended) P.S but can’t decide whether I should let it a pun or really take a printout while browsing Amazon.in
Sangeeta Sharma I agree. It is a very special set of books. I will always keep it. It was the only set B&N had so I thought I had better get it before someone else got it. I love touching the pages and the leather.
I own this book but I couldn’t read after 36 pages. I was uncomfortable reading a book on paedophile. I know it’s a great book but I’m unable to bring myself to read it. Any suggestion?
@Sangeeta it’s less about paedophilia and more humour. There are some uncomfortable passages, but it’s certainly not graphic nor does it promote paedophilia. The prose and mastery of English is second to none. Give it another try, you’ll not regret it.
It is kind of hard to read for some people, I imagine. That’s the beauty of it… it makes you sympathize with a protagonist who is a middle-aged man having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Nabokov has such an incredible way with words, it’s hard to believe English isn’t his first language
@Debby I loved the way he wrote soecially the starting page where he emphasise the name Lo-lee-ta but when I came to know he was a paedophile, I was uncomfortable with this fact. I was gathering motivation from a long time and now I think I’d start reading it.
It’s really good. Kinda a murder mystery! I’m not into classic books but this sounded good to me and I picked it up from the libraryonly for the beautiful cover!
Same! I’ve so many. So many that I lost counting. Few of them are:- 1) every book of Leo Tolstoy. He’s just amazing. No words to describe his magnanimity. 2) Jane Austen! (again, I can’t decide a favourite title) 3) Wuthering Heights- Emily Brönte 4) MIDDLEMARCH – George Elliot 5) Charles Dickens 6) Mark Twain 7) Edgar Allan Poe (he’s like my soulmate) 8) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 9) The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett 10) Thomas Hardy (every title is a masterpiece) 11) Shakespeare too 12) Fyodor Dostoevsky And the list goes on and on and on!
I read a ton of classics and I really can’t say I have a best but the one that comes to mind as one I read over and over again is William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. Yes, it’s from the 19th century and Thackeray does go off on tangents but it’s so entertaining and all the characters are so imperfect (which is a rarity for 19th century fiction) that I personally just enjoy it every time I read it.
P&P, anything EA Poe, Frankenstein, Dracula, Les Miserables, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden, Tuck Everlasting, The Hobbit.
Edgar Allan Poe is my soulmate! After reading ‘a Valentine’, I was left speechless. All of these are my favourite too added with Leo Tolstoy, Hardy, Elliot, etc etc etc
Jane Eyre, The secret garden, The Little Prince, Little Women, Oliver Twist, Pollyanna, A Little Princess, almost every Shakespeare plays just to mention a very few… 🙂 The list can go on and on and on…
@Susan ??? Wow! I envy again! A 100 year old book! I can’t stop to revere a book that’s old. There’s a different respect for old books that I tend to have in my unconscious mind.
Sangeeta Sharma Yes, I was totally surprised I found books that old at a second hand store. I also own a 200 year old copy of Hiawatha that was my great great grandfathers.
I’ve this book in my TBR from a long time. In fact, I skipped this book in my sophomore years too. With your motivation, I’ll start reading this book! Thank you!
@Lanny yes it was…. it’s amazing how much of the book they left out or couldnt make it work in the making of the film….. that being said I hope they don’t try to remake the movie ??♀️?
More modern, Stephen King’s The Stand. His edited version. I picked up his newer reconstituted version and couldn’t get thru it. Snooze fest. He needs a good editor.
Yes, my answer was not very precise. I meant all by Aristotle, mostly tragedies by Shakespeare, Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, (mostly) The Farm by Orwell. And many, many others.
I was a born bookworm too. In fact, the first thing I grasped as a child was a book! They are my oxygen. if not a scientist, I have a dream to study literature. For the love of reading, I was an editor too that made me publish few of my poems.
@Sangeeta MA in Literature is an excellent degree if you want to live low budget. I work as a eco writer / nature photographer / guide, with a lot of non-paid efforts.
Money is never a complain till I can buy books. All other necessities are demolished with the quench of knowledge. But, you have an amazing job, I must say.
@Sangeeta I love every second of it. Every day in the wilderness. Every sunrise when I crawl out of the tent and gaze at the sunrise while trembling like an aspen leaf from the cold. Every day of exploring new places. Every evening by the fire. The billions of stars in the middle of the night when one gets up to pee. The freezing cold and brutal wind that make me question my sanity. I love it. Everything. As a matter of fact, I’m online only because I am in Los Angeles recovering from hip surgery. It will force me to rework my calendar and even to start writing. ?
Bonnie Boryana after reading this, I couldn’t stop my fingers from sending you a friend request. I am not very active in social media either, but I’d love to accept any book recommendations you can give me. I’m awestruck by your inspiring words.
@Sangeeta Thank you so much! I hope I can live up to this honor. I have to admit, lately I’ve been reading a lot of non fiction. One of my favorite memoirs is “ The Glass Castle” ( the book is better than the film)
I also love her “Wives & Daughters.” I really don’t understand why she’s mostly known for Cranford. Maybe because it’s more “light” than serious and women weren’t supposed to write on serious matters?
@Trudy , OMG, how did I miss that. Anything with Brenden Coyle in it is worth watching. & I must say you have restored my faith in your good taste because you didn’t mean N & S about US Civil War. The book was a turkey & I imagine the mini series was too.
Anyone here ever heard of a book called Red Fox. It is a YA novel from 70’s/80’s about a fox cub who gets revenge on a farmer for killing his family. Not to be confused with Fantastic Mr Fox?? I’ve searched for it but cannot find it anywhere. It was the first novel I ever read but has been lost to time.
It is called Reckless Treasure – VERY racy. I put all the ‘in-between the lines’ activities that James left out on the page. Since the original isn’t widely read or studied, most people don’t realize that it is a retelling.
Sorry, my ‘classic’ wasn’t taught in the classroom, for I have a decidedly pronounced sense in this direction and most ‘classrooms’ haven’t gotten this far. “Brocksport, The Maynard Junebug Series” by Janice Earnest
I absolutely love Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
I loved it too and guess what? After finishing to read Pride amd Prejudice I grasped The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood blowing my mind further with that genre.
There are so many. I would perhaps put ANNA KARENINA at the top. I grew up in the age where we read many of them for school literature classes.
I have the first edition of Anna Karenina and 2 more extra editions! It’s just amazing!
Dracula
Dracula
great minds think alike ?
Yes they do ?
I was just by Bram Stoker’s house! I think the book is brilliant
Bleak House
I’ve never heard of it. Wow! It’s going in my infinite TBR list?
The Scarlet Letter
1984
Oh wow! This reminds me of my college days.
crime and punishment
One of my favourites too!
crime and punishment is the best novel in the world
A Tale of Two Cities
The Count of Monte Cristo.
A real masterpiece!
My all time favorite book!
Came here to say this. My favorite book, have read it a few times.
Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice are definitely high up there
These both added with Middlemarch by George Elliot! ?
That one’s still on my list!
Happy reading in advance! ?
I thought Middlmarch was a bit dry.
@Tracey trust me, it’s a masterpiece.
Persuasion ❤️❤️
@Bette yes, it is ♥
Dracula
Count of Monte Cristo
I loved these titles! ?
Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina…ughh i can’t choose just one.
No? I can understand it perfectly. Choosing one among hundred babies is difficult. This is the reason I decided to write a post.
Gone With the Wind
This is a book that everyone loves!
@Sangeeta do you have a fave classic? What is it, if you don’t mind me asking…
@Lara I’ve so many. So many that I will lose counting haha. But, I’ll try to answer few of my favourites of favourite.
1) every book of Leo Tolstoy. He’s just amazing. No words to describe his magnanimity.
2) Jane Austen! (again, I can’t decide a favourite title)
3) Wuthering Heights- Emily Brönte
4) MIDDLEMARCH – George Elliot
5) Charles Dickens
6) Mark Twain
7) Edgar Allan Poe (he’s like my soulmate)
8) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
9) The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett
10) Thomas Hardy (every title is a masterpiece)
11) Shakespeare too
12) Fyodor Dostoevsky
And the list goes on and on and on!
@Sangeeta I have read and loved all of these except for Dostoevsky and Hardy but they are both on my tbr list. Little Women and Jane Eyre definitely tie for 2nd place in my favorite classic lit picks. Thanks for answering.
And I agree concerning Tolstoy. Absolutely amazing!
@Lara wow! At least, there’s a tie to compete the second spot. I am unable to do so for a long time. Whatever I read, blows my mind.
Coming to Tolstoy, he is divine who writes mesmerising masterpiece that articulates every cells within the body in ecstasy.
Of Mice and Men
This book certainly is going to my TBR pile! ?
@Sangeeta it’s so good!!!!
@Jeff I can’t wait to read! ?
The Lord of the Rings and the books that go with the set.
That’s a breathtakingly beautiful set. ♥️
@Neelma Thank you. It is leather. I bought it at B&N a few years ago. $80 but worth it. I usually do not pay that much for books but this set is such a classic I decided to go for broke. (Pun intended).
???? should I be envy of that set? It looks magnanimous. Wow!
@Sangeeta Thank you. It is my favorite set of books. I keep it next to my bed so I can read while falling asleep.
@Susan wow! For that price I would be scared to ever use them for casual reading! Lol
But seriously well worth it.
@Susan It’s perfectly curated. I decide to take a printout and sleep next to it. (pun intended)
P.S but can’t decide whether I should let it a pun or really take a printout while browsing Amazon.in
@Sangeeta Because it is leather the book is very pliable. The leather is thin and I can actually bend the cover.
@Susan now, I’m green and red altogether! Wow! I’m speechless. I’ve made the picture my wallpaper. It’s amazing and beyond comparison.
Sangeeta Sharma I agree. It is a very special set of books. I will always keep it. It was the only set B&N had so I thought I had better get it before someone else got it. I love touching the pages and the leather.
@Susan I can already feel it. Leather binding books with tough pages. ?
The Brothers Karamazov
Going to my TBR! Thanks ?
Not sure if it’s “the best,” but I’ve read Great Expectations at least twice and loved it even more the second time. It holds up.
Lolita- my favorite book ever
I own this book but I couldn’t read after 36 pages. I was uncomfortable reading a book on paedophile. I know it’s a great book but I’m unable to bring myself to read it. Any suggestion?
One of my favourites too.
I think I will buy it. I never thought of it before.
@Sangeeta it’s less about paedophilia and more humour. There are some uncomfortable passages, but it’s certainly not graphic nor does it promote paedophilia. The prose and mastery of English is second to none. Give it another try, you’ll not regret it.
@Barry ooh, now I really want to read it !
@Barry Thanks a lot! That was thoughtful. I’d definitely give it a try. This book has been lying on my shelf from past 5 years.
It is kind of hard to read for some people, I imagine. That’s the beauty of it… it makes you sympathize with a protagonist who is a middle-aged man having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Nabokov has such an incredible way with words, it’s hard to believe English isn’t his first language
@Debby I loved the way he wrote soecially the starting page where he emphasise the name Lo-lee-ta but when I came to know he was a paedophile, I was uncomfortable with this fact. I was gathering motivation from a long time and now I think I’d start reading it.
The Woman In White and A Tale Of Two Cities
I remember The Woman in White was the first book I registered in goodreads when I found the site.
A Tale of Two Cities is nostalgic!
Rebecca
It’s going to my TBR! ?
Love it!
The mayor of Casterbridge
It’s one of my favourites too!
Rebecca by Daphane De Maurier
Going to my TBR! ?
It’s really good. Kinda a murder mystery! I’m not into classic books but this sounded good to me and I picked it up from the libraryonly for the beautiful cover!
@Freya I’m still looking forward to reading it. A good cover is like a frosting?
The Old Man And The Sea
I’ve heard about it. Now, I’m taking this book to my TBR! ? yay!
Jane Eyre….Rebecca….Anna Karenina….Madame Bovary
Except Madame Bovary, I have read every titles of the remaining authors ?
Edith Nesbitt’s ‘The Treasure Seekers’ series. It’s too great.?
I’ve never heard of this title before but if it’s too great then it’s going to my TBR pile ?
Well, it is more of a children’s book. About the Bestable children trying to regain their family’s lost fortune. But, it was a treat to read
@Atif thanks for the gist. I’m looking forward to reading the series.
Pride and Prejudice and East of Eden.
Jane Austen? Definitely! East of Eden is on my TBR! ? yay! Adding my TBR pile
Lol. Me too. ?? I am wanting to get into more classics.
@Krislyn classics have a different charm.
Yes they do!?
To kill a mockingbird
I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t enjoy this book.
I could never narrow it down to just one.
Same! I’ve so many. So many that I lost counting. Few of them are:-
1) every book of Leo Tolstoy. He’s just amazing. No words to describe his magnanimity.
2) Jane Austen! (again, I can’t decide a favourite title)
3) Wuthering Heights- Emily Brönte
4) MIDDLEMARCH – George Elliot
5) Charles Dickens
6) Mark Twain
7) Edgar Allan Poe (he’s like my soulmate)
8) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
9) The Secret Garden- Frances Hodgson Burnett
10) Thomas Hardy (every title is a masterpiece)
11) Shakespeare too
12) Fyodor Dostoevsky
And the list goes on and on and on!
Tough question! I would have to think on this.
That’s why this post! Haha. I couldn’t narrow it down too.
Jane Eyre, closely followed by the Count of Monte Cristo.
Evelina is fabulous too <3
Never heard of Evelina which is why it’s going to my TBR ?
@Sangeeta Effectively crowdfunded by a J Austen before her novels were out. One of the first ever romance novels <3 Yet so few have heard of it xx
@TL you inspire me to buy it. Thanks for the recommendation! I’m looking forward to reading it. ☺
Middlemarch
I was waiting for someone to write Middlemarch. ?
I regret not reading this book for 3 years inspite of owning it.
@Sangeeta Dorothea Brooke is one of literature’s great heroines.
Agreed!
I read a ton of classics and I really can’t say I have a best but the one that comes to mind as one I read over and over again is William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. Yes, it’s from the 19th century and Thackeray does go off on tangents but it’s so entertaining and all the characters are so imperfect (which is a rarity for 19th century fiction) that I personally just enjoy it every time I read it.
Wow! You motivated me to read this book that has already been on my shelf. Thank you!
Middlemarch!
I was waiting for someone to write Middlemarch. ?
I regret not reading this book for 3 years inspite of owning it.
I read it with a lit class in college and loved it. I’ve been meaning to reread it.
@Jill wow! A good decision, indeed! Happy reading ? ?
Lots, but the one that stands out for me is War and Peace
There’s no comparison for this book! It’s a masterpiece by Tolstoy.
Count of Monte Cristo is one of my top favorites. 🙂
It’s one of my favourites too. Another masterpiece!
Julius Cesar and a tale of two cities.
Agreed! ?
P&P, anything EA Poe, Frankenstein, Dracula, Les Miserables, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden, Tuck Everlasting, The Hobbit.
Edgar Allan Poe is my soulmate! After reading ‘a Valentine’, I was left speechless.
All of these are my favourite too added with Leo Tolstoy, Hardy, Elliot, etc etc etc
Darn voice text☺️
I’ve never came across this book which is why it’s going to my TBR pile ?
Jane Eyre, The secret garden, The Little Prince, Little Women, Oliver Twist, Pollyanna, A Little Princess, almost every Shakespeare plays just to mention a very few… 🙂 The list can go on and on and on…
Pollyanna and A Little Princess is new to me. Therefore, piling them in my TBR list! ?
George Eliot books!!!
I found a 100 year old book of Shakespeares plays at a second hand store.
@Patti after reading Middlemarch, George Elliot is the spot! Thanks for making my TBR pile to rocket! ?
@Susan ??? Wow! I envy again! A 100 year old book! I can’t stop to revere a book that’s old. There’s a different respect for old books that I tend to have in my unconscious mind.
Sangeeta Sharma Yes, I was totally surprised I found books that old at a second hand store. I also own a 200 year old copy of Hiawatha that was my great great grandfathers.
@Susan please, send a snapshot, at least, I could relish my feelings.
@Sangeeta ok, here are some pics.
@Sangeeta
Another pic.
@Susan It’s well kept too! I’m awestruck! I’ve no words amd my eyes are glued to the screen and my fingers are zooming it from all angles! Wow!
@Sangeeta inside of the cover.
@Sangeeta I loved Middlemarch. I could read her books over and over!
Sense and Sensibility is my favorite classic
I’ve got that one but haven’t read it yet. I just finished P&P. I want to read Persuasion next.
Wow. Good choice. I can’t bring myself to have a favourite classic but Austen is amazing!
@Tracey happy reading In advance!
Thanks Sangeeta?
You’re welcome, Tracey! ☺
Hardy-Jude The Obscure, Dickens-damn near anything, Homer-Iliad & Odyssey, Conrad-Lord Jim.
Jude is my all time favourite too! Have you read Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad?
Yes, enjoyed it a lot but Lord Jim is my favorite Conrad.
@Larry then I’ll have to read that soon
Rembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust. If you ever dive in and stick with it, you won’t regret it. Best payoff in literature.
I’ve this book in my TBR from a long time. In fact, I skipped this book in my sophomore years too. With your motivation, I’ll start reading this book! Thank you!
Persuasion by Jane Austen
No comparison to this book! Agreed!
I liked Stephen Crane’s novel “The Red Badge of Courage.”
This book is going to my TBR pile ?
Jane Eyre is my number 1 all time favorite book. Then Wuthering Heights and then pretty much all of Jane Austen books.
I own all her books! They are amazing. My mood always lit up while reading her books.
Wuthering Heights and a.nything by Thomas Hardy
Jane Eyre with The Count of Monte Cristo coming in a close second
Owning these masterpieces are an asset to the mind. They are in my favourite list too.
I have a huge list too – I share your love for classics! ?????
The Prince and the Pauper <3
Any Jane Austen for me
The Count of Monte Cristo is my favorite by far!
Wuthering Heights…
Animal Farm.
Pride and Prejudice
One? “Major Barbara” is one of many great ones
Oh! Over never read it. It’s going to my TBR pile ?
hope you enjoy it a much as I have.
Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies
My #1 favorite classic is The Jungle.
Pride And Prejudice for me. But I’ve only just read a few classics so far.
Dracula?
Do I have to pick just one out of so many? Okay, Les Miserables it is.
Jane Eyre is my favorite, followed by Dracula, Little Women, and Frankenstein.
I always liked The Scarlet Letter – plus many of Hawthorne’s short stories.
Jane Eyre.
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.
Just finished it last week
The Movie was great too!
@Lanny yes it was…. it’s amazing how much of the book they left out or couldnt make it work in the making of the film….. that being said I hope they don’t try to remake the movie ??♀️?
Fahrenheit 451, about
(e-gad!) book burning!
This is a book that I recommend all to read.
@Sangeeta the movie’s not bad either.
More modern, Stephen King’s The Stand. His edited version. I picked up his newer reconstituted version and couldn’t get thru it. Snooze fest. He needs a good editor.
I own his books which are hardcover and flexible. ?
Bleak House
A Farewell to Arms. One of several classic lit books that truly deserve their legacy.
I’ve never come across this book. It’s going to my TBR pile ?
@Sangeeta Hope you enjoy it!
Les misérables
JANE EYRE
Wuthering Heights, Anna Karenina
Tolstoy is beyond this dimension!
Couldn’t agree more!
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
Secret Garden and Great Expectations are my favorite “classics”.
I loved the ending of Secret Garden. Charles Dickens is everyone’s favourite!
Pride and Prejudice. My favorite of all time.
To Kill a Mockingbird and Pride & Prejudice
I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t enjoy To Kill a Mocking Bird.
Frankenstein followed by Dracula, jane eyre , pride and Prejudice, Anne of green gables and like a bunch more
I really enjoyed Gone With the Wind.
Great expectations and a tale of two cities
The Count of Monte Cristo
Aristotle, Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Orwell.
What about Republic by Plato?
Yes, my answer was not very precise. I meant all by Aristotle, mostly tragedies by Shakespeare, Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, (mostly) The Farm by Orwell. And many, many others.
They all are amazing. Reading your answer is making me euphoric. I love Shakespearean tragedy too!
We can’t bring ourselves to love one book! That’s real!
@Sangeeta I was natural born bookworm and eventually ended getting MA in literature. That included reading ALL classic books. (well, almost all).
I was a born bookworm too. In fact, the first thing I grasped as a child was a book! They are my oxygen. if not a scientist, I have a dream to study literature. For the love of reading, I was an editor too that made me publish few of my poems.
@Sangeeta MA in Literature is an excellent degree if you want to live low budget. I work as a eco writer / nature photographer / guide, with a lot of non-paid efforts.
Money is never a complain till I can buy books. All other necessities are demolished with the quench of knowledge. But, you have an amazing job, I must say.
@Sangeeta I love every second of it. Every day in the wilderness. Every sunrise when I crawl out of the tent and gaze at the sunrise while trembling like an aspen leaf from the cold. Every day of exploring new places. Every evening by the fire. The billions of stars in the middle of the night when one gets up to pee. The freezing cold and brutal wind that make me question my sanity. I love it. Everything. As a matter of fact, I’m online only because I am in Los Angeles recovering from hip surgery. It will force me to rework my calendar and even to start writing. ?
Bonnie Boryana after reading this, I couldn’t stop my fingers from sending you a friend request. I am not very active in social media either, but I’d love to accept any book recommendations you can give me. I’m awestruck by your inspiring words.
I’d pray for your rapid recovery, @Bonnie!
Crime and Punishment, The portrait of a lady
@Sangeeta Thank you so much! I hope I can live up to this honor. I have to admit, lately I’ve been reading a lot of non fiction. One of my favorite memoirs is “ The Glass Castle” ( the book is better than the film)
The tale of two cities, the Count of Monte Cristo.
Anne of Green Gables
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Fyodor Dostoevsky can’t be compared to anyone. His works satiates the hunger of a bookworm.
My favorite is “North and South” by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Rarely stays shelved for long.
She wrote Cranford.
I also love her “Wives & Daughters.”
I really don’t understand why she’s mostly known for Cranford. Maybe because it’s more “light” than serious and women weren’t supposed to write on serious matters?
@Trudy , i think it’s because it’s a great show on Masterpiece Theater
It could be. I’m always sad to think that North and South never aired on Masterpiece.
Of all the BBC shows that should have aired as a masterpiece…
@Trudy Do you mean the N & S about U S Civil War?
@Judith – No, the one by the BBC. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0417349/
@Trudy , OMG, how did I miss that. Anything with Brenden Coyle in it is worth watching. & I must say you have restored my faith in your good taste because you didn’t mean N & S about US Civil War. The book was a turkey & I imagine the mini series was too.
I’ve got that one with Richard Armitage. It came in a collection with other classics.
The Bell Jar and Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Bell Jar is fantastic! The other one is going to my TBR pile!
@Sangeeta Enjoy! I love them both.
Gone with the wind
Jane Eyre
They are beyond comparison.
Dead Souls by Nikolay Gogol. I love classic Russian novels and this was wonderful. A shame that volume two was never completed.
I’ve heard about this book but never read it. If we talk about Russian novelist, I love Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor, Anton Chekov, Vladimir Nobokov etc
My favorite has always been Jane Eyre followed by Little Women. My all time favorite is Gone With the Wind, does that count as a classic though?
Of course! They all are masterpieces!
I luv classics , Pride n Prejudice and Little Women are favs n of course .. Arms and the Man
All of Jane Austen, East of Eden, Short Stories of Frank O’Connor, Jane Eyre, sorry, I know it’s a cliche, but A Christmas Carol
I love A Christmas Carol too. Apart from entertaining the readers, this is a quality book that ain’t superfluous.
GONE WITH THE WIND
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24280.Les_Mis_rables?ac=1&from_search=true
I was mesmerised after reading this piece of work.
I did enjoy David Copperfield and The Moonstone by Wilkie Colllins
I enjoyed David Copperfield but the other book is going to my TBR pile!
David Copperfield
Pride and Prejudice
They are always on my favourite list!
Grapes of Wrath
This is going to my TBR ?
Ulysses.
Silas Marner – George Eliot
Anyone here ever heard of a book called Red Fox. It is a YA novel from 70’s/80’s about a fox cub who gets revenge on a farmer for killing his family. Not to be confused with Fantastic Mr Fox?? I’ve searched for it but cannot find it anywhere. It was the first novel I ever read but has been lost to time.
that’s too bad, I’ve “lost ” a few books myself somewhere in time :\
‘Confessions of a justified sinner.”- brilliant book.
The title reminds me of ‘Confessions’ by St. Augustus.
@Sangeeta could well be a connection there! 🙂
May be ?
The Awkward Age by Henry James – which is why I wrote a contemporary retelling of it.
Did you write a retelling? Where can I read? I have not read the book yet.
It is called Reckless Treasure – VERY racy. I put all the ‘in-between the lines’ activities that James left out on the page. Since the original isn’t widely read or studied, most people don’t realize that it is a retelling.
Catcher in the Rye!
This book was banned which is why I read it and I don’t regret reading it.
I read Jane Eyre earlier this year and I loved it! Besides that selection, I love To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s my go-to classic read.
Jane Eyre is amazing but I couldn’t figure why I didn’t like To Kill a Mocking Bird which is already an International sensation read.
To Kill a Mocking Bird.
Turning of screw Henry. James
Anna Karenina!
Tolstoy is incomparable, irreplaceable!
Tom Jones – Henry Fielding
I,Coriander by Sally Gardner
Either Ethan Frome or Pride and Prejudice
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Princess Bride by William Goldman is a great book.
Jane Eyre
Les Miserables
I want to read it so badly, but have only seen the musical so far
@Erin that’s a good book to be added in the TBR pile. ?
And, The Count of Monte Cristoe is also a strong contender .
@Sury I agree upon this totally!
Black Beauty and Peter Pan
Black Beauty ??
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Secret Garden
Things Fall Apart / No Longer At Ease Chinua Achebe.
Pride & Prejudice.
Moby Dick. Really.
I only have read a few, so I can only say A Separate Peace, but I am not positive if it even fits the criteria.
Little Women is my favorite
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sorry, my ‘classic’ wasn’t taught in the classroom, for I have a decidedly pronounced sense in this direction and most ‘classrooms’ haven’t gotten this far. “Brocksport, The Maynard Junebug Series” by Janice Earnest
gone with the wind
Catcher in the Rye
Pride and Prejudice and Flatland. If you haven’t heard of Flatland, get on that.
It’s by Edwin Abbott, by the way.
Jane eyre and Dorian grey
To kill a mockingbird, Gone With the Wind. Helter Skelter on the list but not so much a classic
I think Helter Skelter is a classic in the True Crime genre.
Honestly? A sentimental favourite from childhood that I can still recite. Black Beauty! It is perfection.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Outsiders
To kill a mockingbird