The book you like most discussion
Some good classics?
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Oct 06, 2023 05:12AM
Hi, currently reading Bram Stocker’s Dracula I am enjoying it he paint a creepy picture since Halloween is on the way I thought it is time. Got it for free from Apple books it is long but when I have free time I can read on iphone when I am put.
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I probably have to choose The Picture of Dorian Gray, except Chapter Eleven was killing me.
admittedly not many that I've actually read but 1984 was hands down the best
To Kill a Mockingbird-- Harper Lee is still my favorite!
I dont know if it counts as like... a classic? but 12 angry men was really good, like amazing
Jean-Paul Sartre: NauseaCharles Dickens: A tale of two cities
Hermann Hesse: Stepperwolf
Emily Bronte: Watering Heights
Alexander Dumas: The Three Musketers
Elizabeth Gaskell: North and South
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov
charles dickens - great expectations &emily bronte - wuthering heights <3
I love martin eden-jack london & stephen King-The institute for me this are the classics because everybody knows them <3
j.d salingers catcher in the rye.And George orwells ''Animal farm''
the Giver series - all four books! most people only even know about the first book.
Darcy wrote: "the Giver series - all four books! most people only even know about the first book."
Darcy wow you learn something new each day they say I thought there was only one book. I am going to search for the others now. Thanks and Happy Reading :)
Darcy wow you learn something new each day they say I thought there was only one book. I am going to search for the others now. Thanks and Happy Reading :)
I really love the book memoirs of a geisha by Arthur Golden! One of the first book I read and fell in love with! So well written
The Worm Ouroboros by ER Eddison. Absolutely wonderful story and pure word-nerd bliss.
Pride and prejudice Anne of green gables
Little women
To kill a mockingbird
The secret garden
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I must admit that the first few chapters of The Count of Monte Cristo dragged a bit for me, and I honestly feared that I might end up giving up on the book. However, everything changed drastically. It got better with each passing chapter. It became difficult to put it down, and I found myself overthinking the characters' culpability even when I wasn't reading. I loved Alexandre Dumas's writing, and I'm looking forward to reading The Three Musketeers for this very reason. My favorite part of the book was definitely the time the Count spent in Paris, building his revenge, conspiring, and controlling people like chess pieces. Muahaha!I gave this book a solid five stars and added it to my Favorites shelf.
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende its a must read!!!
Most of H.P. LovecraftFrankenstein
pollyannathe railway children
I love me some Dorian Grey but no classic is better than the Sherlock Holmes series. At least the first 24 short stories are a must read! & the Hound of the Baskerville's can't be missed, although the Valley of Fear was so good too!
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo! So, so good even though it is super long and dense at times!
pride and prejudice!!! also, frankenstein, dracula, persuasion
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery, Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen, Emma By Jane Austen, The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, White Fang by Jack London
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyer, Wuthering Heights and The Picture Of Dorian Grey.
A modern day classic - The Kite Runner. Heartbreakingly beautiful and eye opening.
Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy
My personal favorite is Crime and Punishment so far! I'm reading War and Peace at the moment, and I don't find it that entertaining to be honest!
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James is kind of a creepily subtle psychological thriller that is definitely a classic. I haven’t read it in so long I think I could freak myself out with it again.
Anything Mark Twain wrote is a classic, and most of it was fun.
What makes a book a classic? When does a newer book become a classic?
Carmilla is a great classic gothic horror!The Little Mermaid
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Classics that I enjoyed/thought were worth the hype:The Haunting of Hill House
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Dracula
Lord of the Flies
Brave New World
The Time Machine
The Iliad
The Grapes of Wrath
Frankenstein
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Animal Farm
So glad to find other fans of Wuthering Heights here. I have a lot of friends who don’t care for it but I think it’s excellent.I also agree with whoever mentioned Animal Farm (Orwell) and that book becomes more and more timely with every passing day.
I also love A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. It’s certainly the one I’ve read the most.
Favorite though…. I have to give that to The Great Gatsby. That book is amazingly good.
The Count of Monte Cristo by DumasAnna Karenina by Tolstoi
War and Peace by Tolstoi
Just finished Jane Austen's Emma and it was amazing! Pride and Prejudice is fantastic as well, and Anne of Green Gables holds a special place in my heart.
Master & Margarita by Bulgakov... not sure how good is the English translation though
Any books by Thomas Hardy or John Steinbeck
i LOVE albert camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, it was written in France in 1942, and is mainly about philosophy - absurdity - and its correlation to suicide.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Blown away by how dead on he was about the future. Disturbing and a definite read for readers!
As a side note…if, AFTER you’ve read the book, you feel the need to watch the movie, I suggest the original movie from 1966.
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