adz3 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I have this one on my bookshelf, but I keep putting it off because it is so long. I know! Althoug listening (and loving!) the musical first it is really interesting seeing how the original story goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's worth every month of your time, Pixie (in fact, it features on the famous recommendation list I haven't forgotten about ). I love the musical too adz3, even though I read the book first - in fact, I'd go as far as saying that it captures the atmosphere and message of the book better than any of the gazillion films that were adapted from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's worth every month of your time, Pixie (in fact, it features on the famous recommendation list I haven't forgotten about I know the basic story, having seen the Broadway play (twice). Plus, I own the soundtrack which I used to know by heart (I haven't listened to it a lot lately). I want to save the book for when I really have the time and peace of mind to really read it. My anxiety sometimes gets in the way of reading long, deep novels with my full attention. Once I do read it, I know it will be one that I cherish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz3 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Just a quick update, Les Miserables was worth the long read. Definitly has become one of my favorites books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookworm44 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 There's so many classics I still need to read, so as of now mine are: Jany Eyre by Charlotte Bronte To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Alessandra Uzeda Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 In no particular order: . The Three Musketeers by A. Dumas . Great Expectations by C. Dickens . I vicerè by F. De Roberto When I was a young(er) girl I loved P&P, Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, but now I read books dealing with love, passion & stuff like these and I usually laugh at them. Not in a nasty and "scroogy" way, maybe I'm just a little bit disenchanted about love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Just a quick update, Les Miserables was worth the long read. Definitly has become one of my favorites books.I like being right when it helps create another Mizzie your update makes me happy. I Vicerè by F. De RobertoD'you reckon I'd like this one my dearest? It sounds intriguing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry_frantz Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Döblin - Berlin-Alexanderplatz Gogol' - Overcoat and other stories Dostoevsky - Crime and Punihsment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyB Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Books do furnish a room Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Far From the Madding Crowd; Thomas Hardy The Brothers Karamazov; Dostoyevsky The Magic Mountain; Thomas Mann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ismene Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 It's interesting to see that there is so much repetition for P&P! My top three are (and this is hard): The Count of Monte Cristo - Dumas Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky She - Haggard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursenblack Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I responded to this thread a couple of years ago, but one of my top three has changed since 2010 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (my favorite novel ever) To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thizzy85 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 the odyssey moby dick the divine comedy dante's inferno has been amazing. the other two books don't hold my attention like all the fire and brimstone that is inferno. can't wait to start "paradise lost" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 dante's inferno has been amazing. the other two books don't hold my attention like all the fire and brimstone that is inferno. can't wait to start "paradise lost" Problem is, all the interesting (cool/beautifully sad/love to hate...) characters were the ones poor 14th century Dante would have been excommunicated for putting anywhere except in Hell, thus accounting for the mind-numbing dullness of Purgatory and Paradise. I mean, Dante is a supreme poet is a supreme poet is a supreme poet, but there's only so much you can do if you've used all the best characters in Book 1. I think you'll love Paradise Lost if you liked Inferno by the way, it's just so stunning and flows so skillfully it could have been written yesterday. One of the few poems out there I actually wish I'd written (a girl can dream). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The Secret Agent, Lord Jim and Victory-all written by Joseph Conrad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty_UK Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Vile Bodies - Evelyn Waugh This is subject to change though as I have a lot of classics to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadia220983 Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 The Brother Karamazov - Dostoevskij One, No one and One Hundred Thousand - Pirandello Vanity Fair - Thackeray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Hi my three are Pride and Prejudice Wuthering Heights A Christmas Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastolfe Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Helloo everyone Thought this thread would be good to stick my first post in but I can only manage 2 I haven't read many classics at all but I am working on it though! So far... Anna Karenina Of Human Bondage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I read Lost Horizon and have to add this to the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soros Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hello! Here are my top 3 of classics: 1. Seneka- "Epistulae morales ad Lucilium"- collection of 124 letters dealing with moral issues written to Lucilius Junior. 2. Dostoevsky- "The Brothers Karamazov" 3. Defoe- "Robinson Crusoe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KindleWorm Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This is a toughy... Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens The Picture of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde Wuthering Heights ~ Emily Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booknutt Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Passion (W.H.) Chills and growth lessons (C.C.) and - the beauties (and ugliness) of Nature and human nature (Tess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delilah Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 My top three are: 1) Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte 2) Villette-Charlotte Bronte 3) Wuthering Heights-Emily Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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