generalkala Posted February 2, 2009 Posted February 2, 2009 This is a tough one! In no particular order, mine would have to be - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde Quote
Andaira Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 In no particular order, mine would have to be... The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde Price & Prejudice, by Jane Austen, and Dracula, by Bram Stoker Quote
lola-rose Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 (edited) EASY ... Little Women (top fav ) Secret Garden (2nd fav) Railway Children(3rd fav ) Edited February 8, 2009 by Michelle added capitals Quote
Derek Haas Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 1. The Sun Also Rises - Hemmingway 2. The Winter of our Discontent - Steinbeck 3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Twain Quote
Lucybird Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 EASY ... Little Women (top fav ) Secret Garden (2nd fav) Railway Children(3rd fav ) Oh I didn't think of children's classics! That means I can make a list without having to list all the classics I've read 1. A Little Princess (I read this after The Secret Garden and much prefered it) 2. The Railway Children 3. Jane Eyre Quote
Ruth Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Hmmm....I would say Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte Persuasion, by Jane Austen A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens Quote
BookJumper Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Oooh, difficult yet intriguing thread. Let me see. 1. "Les Miserabl Quote
Wilde Lily Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett Quote
busy91 Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell And I think Agnes Gray - Anne Bronte, will take the place of one of these. I just finished it and I loved it. Quote
Lucybird Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 2. "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Couldn't have wished for a better companion while (long story...) forced to spend an inordinate amount of time locked in a spanish train bathroom to avoid ticket inspectors as a young traveller. Full of injustice and snippets of beauty in equal measure, this is stunning and affecting, not to mention one of the most believable potraits of womanhood ever written by a man - especially in the olden days. This is our book circle at the moment, have you visited the thread? Quote
MDR124 Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 The first I can think of are the following: The brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoevskij One hundred years of solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez Odyssey- Homer Quote
Nici Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 The latest tally is as follows: 1st place: Jane Eyre (17 votes) 2nd place: Pride and Prejudice (15 votes) 3rd place: Wuthering Heights (10 votes) Quote
scottishbookworm Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 Which translation of War and Peace did you read? english Quote
stewie Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 I love reading classics so this is tough but i would have to say: 1-Tess of the D'urbervilles 2-For Whom The Bell Tolls 3-Wuthering Heights Quote
marcolferas Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 the iliad and the odissey lord of the rings Quote
Bookologist Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Fyodor Dostoevsky- The brothers Karamazov Alain Fournier- Le Grand Meaulnes Louis De Bernieres- Brids without wings Quote
Genevieve Posted April 4, 2009 Posted April 4, 2009 ooh la la, that is hard, only three, non? But well, Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Ben Hur ---Lew Wallace Anna Karenina-----Leo Tolstoy Quote
kala_way Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 Jane Eyre - beautiful Jude the Obscure - irritatingly good Brideshead Revisited - subtle Quote
Nicola Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte All the obvious ones but I love them Quote
Genevieve Posted April 11, 2009 Posted April 11, 2009 oui Nicola, all the obvious , but I sneak into your line, for I love them as well. Quote
Kenneth Mitchell Posted April 26, 2009 Posted April 26, 2009 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The Gambler - Dostoevsky All Quiet on Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque Quote
Natty Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Mary Shelley - Frankenstein (it's probably my favourite book ever anyway) Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Emile Zola - Nana x Quote
Nollaig Posted April 27, 2009 Posted April 27, 2009 Wuthering Heights - Bronte The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Wilde The Phantom Of The Opera - Leroux They're my current favourites, but it does change. I want to read Pride and Prejudice soon. I need to meet Mr. Darcy. Quote
Suzanna Addison Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 My top Three: The Secret Garden - Love how Mary blossoms like the garden when she realises that there are more things in the world than her to think about. Bram Stokers Dracula - Read this the once a few years ago and it haunts me still. I will have to read it again. Bleak House Charles Dickens - I loved this story and read it in a matter of months. One of the rare books I wished I could start all over again the minute I finished! Quote
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