Which classics are you reading now?

[Zeljka]

Tim wrote: "Re-reading "Fathers and Sons" written by I.Turgenev, and started today "Eugénie Grandet" of E.Zola"

I'd say Eugenie Grandet is Balzac...🤔

I should probably re-read Fathers and Sons, I only remember I loved it, but then again I was 20 years younger😀

At the moment I'm finishing Pride and Prejudice and am in love with Mr Darcy😉

[Des]

the little lady of the big house by jack london

[Purple]

I am reading Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West by Willliam Macleod Raine. It has great scene descriptions and the dialogue is funny. Published in 1908.

[Stephy]

Anna Karenina

[Shaneka]

Currently reading Crime and Punishment. Quite easy but I find myself neglecting to pick it up at times. Will probably read Jane Austen afterwards to partake in Jane Austen July.

[Tom]

The Pevear translation? Their trans of classic Russian novels is superb!

[Tim]

Rabbit, Run by John Updike

[Tom]

Tom I read all the rabbit novels. He was a great writer!

[Tim]

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

[The Damsel in the Library]

I recently finished The Brothers Karamazov. I won't put the link to my review here, but you can follow the link to my blog on my GR profile if you want. I'm definitely on the unpopular side of things.

[Chad]

Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man

[Tim]

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia y Marquez

[Allison]

Currently reading "Ulysses" by James Joyce in this group

[India]

Jus finished Emma by Jane Austen yesterday. I loved it❣️ I’m trying to decide which Classic to pick up next.

[Tim]

Dangling Man by Saul Bellow

[Paul]

I am reading the Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy. I haven’t read Hardy in many years and I am really enjoying this experience. I am reading it as a body read with my friend Daniel who seems to be liking it also

[Tom]

Paul and Daniel I used it as a selection in a book group and it was a surprise to all! Thanks Daniel for your “likes.” Tom

[Danny]

No problem

[John]

I'm currently reading The Alchemist and Other Plays by Ben Jonson. Some find the reading flow difficult but having myself read other works of classics I guess I'm just into it.

[Palash]

Reading The Great Gatsby these days.

[The Damsel in the Library]

I just finished The Nine Tailors and it was so much fun. I put a review up on my blog (there's a link in my profile) if you're interesting in reading my thoughts.

[The Damsel in the Library]

I read Pride and Prejudice and I didn't love it. I have a review on my blog which you can read by following the link in my Goodreads profile.

[Gretchen]

I'm reading - well, re-reading - The Return of the King. I think my favorite book (out of the six sections) is book four, which focuses on Sam and Frodo's journey into Mordor. Sam's fight in Cirith Ungol is fantastic.

[Jennifer Brown]

I just finished the night land by William hope Hodgson. I had high hopes for this book but sadly it wandered then it wondered, then it wandered some more.
A full review is on my Page.

[Tim]

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin

[Em]

Just finished Father's and Sons by Turgenev and now onto Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky). On a bit of a Russian spree as I recently finished Anna Karenina as well (Tolstoy)

[Zamina]

recently I finished The woman in white by Wilkie Collins. For now Im more interested in biography books of artists.

[Sarah]

I just finished reading Uncle Tom's Cabin. I read it in 3 days. The part about the ghosts was so unexpected and I think I enjoyed that bit the most. Otherwise I liked the parts at little Eva's house.

[Sarah]

I'm reading and I also started on which is from 1958!

[Tim]

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - struggling to keep reading i t though - trying not to dnf the book - reading a bit tedious and the characters are not likable for the most part.

[Sarah]

I just finished from 1961 and from 1974.

I loved the Box Man but the book with the two plays didn't make any sense to me.

[Zeynab]

Les Misérables

I'm reading this for the second time these days.
I read it when I was 12 for the first time.
It is very different now for me and I enjoy it more.

[Grace Siyu]

les miserables too!! so long but hope I make it to the end

[Sarah]

I've started reading and loving the old fashioned adventure story about the kids.

[Sarah]

I'm reading which is a very interesting story set in Haiti, written in 1947.

[Jim]

Good morning! I am currently reading The Spider's House (1955) by Paul Bowles (1910-99), my first book by the American author who lived in Tangier, Morocco, as an ex patriot, from 1947 until his death. It's his third novel, set in Fez, Morocco, during the French colonial period in 1954. I first became aware of Bowles after reading about him in Victoria Brooks' Literary Trips, which I read a few years ago; and saw his work anthologized in volumes offered by the Library of America (www.loa.org), to whose mailing list I subscribe. I borrowed the novel June 10, 2020 via Hoopla because I was intrigued by Bowles, an eccentric and interesting man (although I've read that his wife Jane was a piece of work herself). Is The Spider's House considered a classic, and is it a good introduction to Paul Bowles? Thank you.

[Tim]

Just finished Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and just started Northanger Abbey also by Austen.

[Sarah]

Jim wrote: "Good morning! I am currently reading The Spider's House (1955) by Paul Bowles (1910-99), my first book by the American author who lived in Tangier, Morocco, as an ex patriot, from 1947 until his de..."

A classic is any book that is 50 years or older from what I understand. That's what they usually say when you are doing the ABC challenge with classic books or authors.. as for if it's a popular or wide read classic I can't say...I think maybe a better question to ask is if you like the book after you read it. Does it say anything to you? Do you remember it months after you read it? Those are some good ways to tell if it's a good book. If you totally forget what it was about some months later then it wasn't very good...not for you anyway.

[Sarah]

Yesterday I read Pioneers of Puerto Rico which was published in 1944. This was a collection of 5 short children's stories that range throughout the history of the island, starting with Ponce de Leon. The stories were rather simple but enjoyable. One even had a bit of a mystery to it, about anemia. My favorite story was the middle one that goes with the horse on the cover, on how the people of Puerto Rico save two American ships from the British.

And I had really enjoyed reading Lydia Bailey from 1947. This was a superb story! So much vivid details and great characters. The majority of the story takes place in Haiti and Tripoli..the environments are so rich and really come alive..the story in part is about slavery and fighting for freedom, about interracial friendship and about doing the right thing even if doing that is very hard. It's also about how often the people in power mismanage money or do things for glory or do other blunders while the common people suffer.

[Sarah]

I'm 69 pages into and I'm enjoying it so far. It's a very old sci-fi story by A. Merritt (who is better known for The Ship of Ishtar I believe) ... The plot revolves so far around archeology in the Pacific on a mysterious island and a strange set of ruins. Strange stuff happens at night when the moon is full and some people were taken into a stone building by strange light. The building is impossible to open during the day. Not sure what will happen next.

[Sarah]

I'm about halfway through and I've started reading my paper copy of ... The two books were published just 5 years apart! Both are very easy reads..

So far lots of the plot elements in The Moon Pool actually reminds me of a classic Star Trek episode. Strange ruins, a forgotten civilization of unknown people, danger, a strange creature, danger...did I mention lots of danger? 😁 I guess these are all classic elements of an adventure story. And I have no idea what will happen in the story next.

[Tim]

Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Ooi]

Morning all. Just finished Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" ;-)

[Danny]

Breakfast at Tiffanys

[The Damsel in the Library]

I'm listening to My Man Jeeves and it's hilarious.

[The Damsel in the Library]

The Damsel in the Library wrote: "I'm listening to My Man Jeeves and it's hilarious."

I've found a new favorite author. You can read my review for Wodehouse's first two Jeeves books by following the link in my bio. I had a lot of fun writing it, since I tried to imitate his style.

[Mark]

I’m on my way to finishing Tolstoy’s Resurrection, which is a very good book.
I just started, which I think is a reread but I’m not at all sure Celine’s Death On the Installment Plan. And I’ve got Saramago’s Balthasar and Bilmunda waiting. - )

[Tim]

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

[The Damsel in the Library]

I read Rebecca and didn't really love it. I have a full review on my blog which you can find by following the link in my GR bio.

[Elizabeth]

Finished A Clockwork Orange a week or two again & currently reading Dracula