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What’s your favorite “classic” novel? Looking to add more to my library ?

What’s your favorite “classic” novel? Looking to add more to my library ?

Casey #recommend #classics

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Mark

watership down

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Christina

I second that

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Mark

It’s hard going. I don’t believe it was written for children. But it’s an amazing adventure story.

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CaseyQuestion author

i added it to my list! Thank you!

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Crystal

lol….my mom is reading this right now, lol…she is not enthused

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Mark

tell her it’s worth sticking with..

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Crystal

she’s toughing through it, but just reading the synopsis, it is so not her kind of book lol

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Crystal

Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

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CaseyQuestion author

I’ll have to check that out.
The movie is one of my all time favorites ?

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Crystal

the one with lon chaney?

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CaseyQuestion author

The 2004 one with Gerard Butler & Emmy Rossum.

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Crystal

oh. yeah…the musical is quite different

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CaseyQuestion author

ive never seen the other one, but I’m gonna check it out!

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Crystal

and the movie musical is a tad different from the stage production….it did not do the stage production justice at all

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Crystal

i’ve read it multiple times

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Pauline

I’ve seen it (the musical) multiple times.. it’s one of my favourites, but I have never read the book

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Kate

Rebecca

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Kate

The painted veil

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Maria

Jane Eyre

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Amber

Wuthering heights

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Febinger

Tess of the D’Urbervilles ( free for kindle on Amazon)

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Marci

A tree grows in brooklyn

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Amy

I recently read Jane Eyre and absolutely loved it. Would recommend Rebecca as a follow up read as I believe it was heavily inspired by Jane Eyre ?

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Farnoush

Les Misérables
Jane Eyre
Pride & Prejudice (basically all Jane Austen’s books)
Désirée
War & Peace

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Lisa

Travels with My Aunt is hysterical and surprising.

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Sandra

Rebecca..but also the Raven poem. I just love it. Read it every few days

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Febinger

Annabelle Lee is good too. My partner reads it to me.

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Sandra

@Febinger ooh that’s a fantastic partner, I love to listen to poetry. And I agree about Annabel Lee

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Terence

Jim Reeves made a record Talking to your heart I think it was called where he mainly spoke. he did Annabel Lee, and one called Old Tige about a dog. Men with Broken Hearts was my favourite on that album. Wish I could find it on cd.

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Febinger

@Sandra he’s the best. He reads to me a lot. But Poe is his favorite and Annabelle Lee is so good.

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Febinger

@Terence sounds wonderful

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Febinger

@Terence its on you tube

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Terence

Really!!! Thanks so much for looking for me. Guess where I’m heading now,lol.

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Sandra

I found the Raven read by James earl Jones . just wow…

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Tracy

I love Anthony Trollope especially the Barchester series.

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Donna

Great Expectations

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Farnoush

Hear hear

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Mary

Gone with the wind, Rebecca, Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations and Count of Monte Cristo.

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Farnoush

All great books

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CaseyQuestion author

I could watch the movie gone with the end on repeat for days but never read the book ?

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Linda

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Hayley

Howards End by E M Forster

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Jacqui

Jane Eyre

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Barbara

Anna Karenina

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Heather

The Grapes of Wrath

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Gemma

Jane eyre

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Tabby

The Great Gatsby

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Terence

A Christmas Carol.

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Trish

The Valley of Decision by Marcia Davenport.

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Jason

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Beth

Little Women

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Justine

Any Jane Austen, any of the Brontës and The Count of Monte Cristo

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Ronda

Anna Karenina
Grapes of Wrath
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Age of Innocence

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Nanda

The wuthering heights and gone with the wind! ?

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Autumn

EAST OF EDEN by John Steinbeck.

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Linda

Jayne Eyre and a modern day classic would be Atlas Shrugged.

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Savanah

Gone with the wind. Frankenstein. Little Woman. Secret Garden

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Isobel

Brideshead Revisited

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Janet

The Source, Goat Song, The Living Reed, A Stone for Danny Fisher.

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Julie

Little Women

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Samantha

Second

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Beth

Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36576608-flowers-for-algernon

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CaseyQuestion author

I saw this play when I was younger and absolutely loved it!!

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Peita

Jude the obscure Thomas hardy

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Barb

Ann rand – atlas shrugged or fountainhead – wonderful books

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Janet

Ayn Rand, was disliked in her day for her beliefs and her attitude about people. I’m sorry to say, I read her book Atlas Shrugged. And joined the many people who stated, she’s a horrible person. That book went into the fire.

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Tanis

The Scarlet Letter

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Janet

The series of the Scarlet Letter was really good with Meg Foster. It was a television series and it really seemed to be more in keeping with the look and feel of the period, more so than the movie with Demi Moore. The book was excellent although rather dry in places.

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Tiffany

The House of Mirth
Frankenstein
The Old Man and the Sea

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Larry

Grapes of Wrath

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Barbara

Alice in Wonderland

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Cathy

Jane Eyre

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Barbara

Count of Monte Cristo

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Karla

The Carpetbaggers

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Wendy

Jane Eyre

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Stephanie

Jane Eyre and a tale of two cities and count of monte Cristo.

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Hanley

Crime and punishment. Or Dantes inferno.

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Bibi

Definitely.!

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Kit

Rebecca.

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Marilyn

I read this in high school and they showed us the movie. I need to read it over again. #Greatbook

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Marilyn

Tara Road by Mauve Binchy

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Smyrna

Little Women, Little Men, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ?

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Alicia

three way tie between “Pride and Prejudice”, “The Scarlet Letter”, and “Jane Eyre”

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Stacey

Pride and Prejudice ????

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Nadine

Rebecca

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Abby

the handmaids tale and Jane Eyre are both brilliant. x

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Tina

alice in wonderland

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Francine

Anna Karenina

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Carin

My Antonia

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Patti

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, East of Eden, The Good Earth, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations – these are my favorites ?

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Johnnie

Jane Eyre

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Shelley

The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.

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Estelle

The complete Sherlock Holmes. Anything Agatha Christie. Anything by Terry Prachett.

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Mick

1984 and Fahrenheit 451

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Kristin

Oooh… Have you read Brave New world, by Alduos Huxley? It was published 17 years before George Orwell’s 1984.

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Kristin

He was a professor of Orwell’s too. Very interesting connection.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111440/Aldous-Huxley-letter-George-Orwell-1984-sheds-light-different-ideas.html

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Mick

Thank you for the link. Love Brave New World. Will check out the link on the way to work.

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Mick

Interesting article. I’m glad that Huxley was complimentary of 1984. I’m curious to know if Orwell sent a response to Huxley. It looks like they had a great deal of respect for each which is not surprising as Huxley was Orwell’s tutor.

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Kristin

I love 1984, Brave New World, and As I Lay Dying. However, The Awakening, is by far my favorite.

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Mick

I haven’t read that. I will have to give it a try. Brave New World is a great dystopian novel.

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Mark

I keep wanting to read 1984. But I wasn’t sure if it was still worth reading. I’m aware of the concept of the story and I wondered if it’s still relevant with regards to today’s technology.
Can you answer this for me..

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Kristin

It has been a while but the ideas in both 1984 and Brave New World are astounding. I think it is interesting to see what it is like today and the ideas both books perceived the future to be. You may also want to check out the link I posted above, containing a letter from Huxley to Orwell.

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Kristin

Both great Dystopian books.

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Mark

thank you for that.
I’ll pick a copy up next time I’m at a book shop.
thanks

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Kristin

The Awakening is geared more to a woman standing against perceptions of society. It has a lot of feminist support. Before recommending that, I thought I’d throw that out there.

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Mark

it’s ok. I’m comfortable with my feminine side..

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Mick

Thank you.
Fahrenheit 451 is really worth checking out too. Another book set in a dystopian society

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Kristin

@Mark
I prefer used bookstores before big chains and I know online buying is getting a lot of criticism but for books that have been published for a while, I recommend http://thriftbooks.com/ for the best deal.

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Mark

Kristin Cutter excellent
thanks for that. I’m at bit old school and like wandering around a shop. But I still order online occasionally…

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Sharyn

I read it at school, 20 years before 1984, and I read it again last year. Very relevant.

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Lorna

I love 1984, and will definitely try the Awakening now since you are recommending it so much!

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Kristin

Mark,

My preference is to used book stores and spending the day in the stacks. But when I can’t…lol

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Jayne

To kill a mockingbird

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Alicia

one of my favorites

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Sharyn

TKAM, Far From The Madding Crowd, Mayor of Casterbridge, Jude The Obscure (last three all Thomas Hardy), The Moonstone, Vanity Fair, anything my Charles Dickens, Rebecca. And if we move towards the 1960’s Saturday Night, Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe.

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Angela

I love Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

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Gemma

Jamaica Inn was my favourite of hers

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Angela

@Gemma oh not read that one. I loved my cousin Rachel though

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Toni-Mae

Frankenstein, Picture of Dorian Grey, To kill a mockingbird, the pearl, of mice and men, animal farm

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Carol

Jamaica Inn, Daphne Du Maurier

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Pauline

Uncle Tom’s cabin

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Isobel

Modern classic. Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

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Georgina

Jane Ayre

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Janey

Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck. One of my favourite books

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Tracy

Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Such a beautiful book. Due a reread.

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Dawn

Tess was my matric setwork book all those years ago…should really reread it today. Will take on a different meaning I am sure

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Tracy

Yes, I did it for A Level 30 years ago, and I reread it every 2 years or so. It is so tragic and human and I love it!

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Jenn

I have a few…Alice In Wonderland, Things Fall Apart, are two that hit my head when i thin of it

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Kate

Pride & Prejudice, A Christmas Carol & my absolute favourite To Kill a Mockingbird ❤️

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Danielle

Frankenstein and Alice in Wonderland

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Helena

Pride & Prejudice

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Mary

North and South by John Jakes

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Kate

Gallipoli by Jack Bennett is great too

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Mary

@Kate is it. I gotta read it

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Kate

I read it when I was 14 & it has always stuck with me.

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Amber

North and south- Elizabeth gaskell

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Amber

Lord of the rings

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Phyllis

Count of Monte Cristo, Great Expectations and Anna Kerenina

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