MyBooks Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Mine would definitely have to be: -Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte -Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen And I'm not sure about my last one; I haven't read that many other classics and these two were the only ones that I really enjoyed. I should really read Wuthering Heights. A few people have that one on their lists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:HerculeHastings: Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 My 3 favourite classics: 1. A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens I didn't understand the book throughout till I came to the ending. Somehow, after the ending, everything seemed to fall into place. Don't know how that's possible, but I closed the last chapter feeling like I'd read the book of a genius. 2. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott I read all 4 books in the Little Women series, and I love all of them (in a guilty pleasure sort of way cuz I'm not the romantic kind). Little Men is such a fun book and it made me cry too. Jo's Boys made me cry a lot as well. I do like her orphans. 3. The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson When I first read Treasure Island, I hadn't had a good impression of Rober Louis Stevenson. I thought him rather violent, going about stabbing people all the time. But The Master Of Ballantrae was a great read, filled with romance and betrayal, very sensational. And I truly felt for all the characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmaline Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 My three favorite classics are Jane Eyre Rebecca The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone Jane Eyre is a recent favorite of mine, but when I finished it I closed it, sighed, and started over immediately. Rebecca has been one of my favorites since Honors English in HS. Agony took me several months to read, but it is such a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Rebecca I have also mentioned on another thread that I am determined to read Pride and Prejudice and Don Quixote this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinay87 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) 1. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo 2. Don Quixote - Cervantes 3. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky Edited March 16, 2010 by BookJumper removed bold type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Jane Eyre Pride and Predjudice Sherlock Holmes complete works (does that count as classic fiction) if not then The Woman in White Wilkie Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmaline Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 I almost said Sherlock Holmes! I have The Woman in White and Moonstone on my to read shelf. I see that many people put Woman in White on their favorites list. I have had that book for about 3 years and have not read it. I guess I need to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton Anna Karenina - Tolstoy Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Nail Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 In no particular order; The Fall of the House of Usher--Edgar Allen Poe Rebecca--Daphne Du Maurier Middlemarch--George Elliot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidsmum Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy I could have picked some many more though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nin0uch Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 1."Pride & Prejudice" , by Jane Austen 2. "Madame Bovary", by Gustave Flaubert 3. "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant (sorry I don't know the English name ^^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant (sorry I don't know the English name ^^) The English translation is A Woman's Life. I've read and enjoyed Bel-Ami by this author recently, so I'll look out for this one too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nin0uch Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 The English translation is A Woman's Life. I've read and enjoyed Bel-Ami by this author recently, so I'll look out for this one too You'll maybe think it's a bit slow at the beginning but then I hope you'll understand why I put it in my top 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 I haven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elin Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandMan Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 1. 1984 - George Orwell 2. The Man Who Was Thursday - G.K. Chesterton 3. Collected Short Stories - Anton Chekhov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Hmmm, this is difficult to answer. Right now I will go with: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doestevsky Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsejver Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 Hmmm, this is difficult to answer. Right now I will go with: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Doestevsky Читали в оригинале? Истинный кайф читать класику в оригинале, т.е. на языке написанном автором!!! Has written in Russian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Истинный кайф читать класику в оригинале, т.е. на языке написанном авторомI only got 'original' and 'quote', and that's only because I did some Russian in school. Could you please say that again for us all to understand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brida Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I think it was something in the lines of ''Have you read the original? It's a real pleasure to read classics in their original version, i.e in the language the author has written in'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Читали в оригинале? Истинный кайф читать класику в оригинале, т.е. на языке написанном автором!!! Has written in Russian I think it was something in the lines of ''Have you read the original? It's a real pleasure to read classics in their original version, i.e in the language the author has written in'' Thank you, Brida. If this is what was asked, that answer is I wish I could read it in the original Russian, as I am sure a lot may have been lost in translation. But English is the only language I can read, speak, and write fluently. I can read French and usually decipher it, but that's about as far as it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsejver Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I think it was something in the lines of ''Have you read the original? It's a real pleasure to read classics in their original version, I.e in the language the author has written in'' Transfer of my words is made correctly. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz3 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I'm not sure if these ones are considered classics but my top 3 are: 1.Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 2.Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Although I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo so maybe that one will make my top 3 when I'm done, we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Although I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo so maybe that one will make my top 3 when I'm done, we'll see.It should, it should ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Although I'm reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo so maybe that one will make my top 3 when I'm done, we'll see. I have this one on my bookshelf, but I keep putting it off because it is so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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