busy91 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) 2010 LIST Last year I managed 14 Classics w/o trying very hard (list is below). Let's see if this year I can at least match that number. 1. The Life and Death of Harriet Frean (1922) - May Sinclair Intersting read, haven't read anything like it 2. The Rats in the Walls (1923) - H.P. Lovecraft Short Fiction (about 50 pages), very chilling 3. The Dunwich Horror (1928) - H.P. Lovecraft Novella, not as good as "Rats". 4. The Man Who Would Be King (1898) - Rudyard Kipling Novella. Edited February 4, 2010 by busy91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilde Lily Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 That's a good idea, Liz. There are so many classics I haven't read yet. I loved Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, but I haven't read any other of Charlotte's and none of Anne's. Maybe I'll challenge myself to read those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucybird Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Agnes Grey is on my wishlist after a friend from another forum recommended it, in fact apart from Hunchback of Notredame (which is there for the reading circle) it's the only classic on my wishlist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busy91 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) I always challenge myself to read/listen to a few Classics every year. I also tend to read/listen to a lot of British authors (Yes I'm a shameless Anglophile). 1. Daisy Miller - Henry James Short book and sort of silly. Sometimes I think men have trouble writing about women without making them seem...well...silly. 2. Showboat - Edna Ferber An American Classic. Entertaining read, not as difficult as some other Classic literature. 3. Agnes Gray (audio) - Anne Bronte I really liked this one. It is hit or miss with me and the Bronte sisters. I've read works by the other sisters and didn't enjoy them as much. 4. Summer (audio) - Edith Wharton One of my favorite books ever. I read a lot of Edith Wharton, but I adored this one. 5. Silas Marner (audio) - George Eliot This was great. I always tought George Eliot wrote very good stories. I like her much better than the Bronte sisters. 6. Madame Bovary (audio) - Gustave Flaubert Very Very long and wordy. Predictable. Not a bad story, very interesting in parts. 7. The Glimpses of the Moon (audio) - Edith Wharton Gah, not a fav of mine, but still a Wharton fan. 8. A Tale of Two Cities (audio) - Charles Dickens It held my interest enough, not my favorite of his 9. The Little Lame Prince - Dinah Mulock Craik Very lovely fairy tale. 10. Old New York - Edith Wharton A collection of short novellas about New York City in the 1840s-1870s. 11. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery Wow! 12. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee A+++ 13. Night Flight - Antoine de Saint Exupery Short interesting fiction book about a mail plane during wartime. 14. Goodbye, Mr. Chips - James Hilton Short read, I'll give it a solid B. Edited January 7, 2010 by busy91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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