Classics that you would like to read

[Lauren]

To Kill a Mockingbird.

I am dying to read this book, and hope to get to it soon.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

You definately should, it is really brilliant.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

Has anyone watched "Twelve Angry Men"? It is an old film, with Henry Fonda in it (I think) thinking about To Kill a Mockingbird made me think about it. It is such a good film, really makes you think.

[Carol Cork *Young at Heart Oldie*]

Suzanne wrote: "Has anyone watched "Twelve Angry Men"? It is an old film, with Henry Fonda in it (I think) thinking about To Kill a Mockingbird made me think about it. It is such a good film, really makes you think."

Yes Suzanne I've watched "Twelve Angry Men". I agree it is a brilliant film when you consider that all the action takes place in the jury room with only a small group of actors. I think it is a reflection on the great acting, especially Henry Fonda.

[Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog)]

It had great acting, it manages to completely pull you in and make its point.

[Shadow Jubilee]

Sashana wrote: "I have a serious problem with the classics. But that's my reading resolution: READ THE CLASSICS. I'm bored already -_-"

Perfectly describes my relationship with the classics.

[Shadow Jubilee]

Here's a list of the Classics (the ones that I can remember off the top of my head) that I hope to get around to reading some day:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
The Pilgrim's Progress
Beowulf
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
King Lear by Shakespeare

[Chelly]

-The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
-Emma, Northenger Abby, Mansfield Park, Persuasion (bought but have not read yet :})
-Wuthering Heights
-Moby Dick
-Hamlet
-Macbeth

[Shay]

niquae wrote: "Here's a list of the Classics (the ones that I can remember off the top of my head) that I hope to get around to reading some day:

Dracula by Bram Stoker
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
..."

Have you read Fool by Christopher Moore? Of all of the Shakespeare adaptations, I must say that Moore has the (one of the) best understanding of Shakespeare. Well, maybe the best. Fool is bawdy and wonderful and Shakespeare would have loved it. Oh, Fool is based on King Lear. Island of the Sequined Love Nun is Moore's takeoff of Hamlet.

[Shadow Jubilee]

I have not but I'm definitely interested in checking it out. Thanks, Shay.

[BJ Rose]

My goal was to read an average of one classic a month, and I did meet that goal, but not completely with the books I had planned.

I did read The Man in the Iron Mask & Daisy Miller & Beowulf: A New Verse Translation from my list, and then also read A Vindication of the Rights of Woman & Johnny Tremain, as well as two Shakespeare plays - Hamlet & As You Like It.

This leaves me with quite a few on my mid-year list that I still haven't read!

[Shadow Jubilee]

Ooh. How did you like Johnny Tremain? It was one of my favorite books as a child. I had loved reading historical fiction during the American Revolution or The Underground Railroad. I actually remember preferring Day of Glory over Johnny Tremain though. I thimk it was not as sad.

[BJ Rose]

niquae wrote: "Ooh. How did you like Johnny Tremain? It was one of my favorite books as a child. I had loved reading historical fiction during the American Revolution or The Underground Railroad. I actually remem..."

I really liked it. It was well-told; you could really see Johnny growing up, right along with the new country. Here's my review

[Amy J.]

I just finished Anna Karenina and The Scarlet Letter.

Soon, I'd like to read Ivanhoe, Candide, The Idiot, and The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Amy J.]

sure thing! I'm hoping to read it in March as part of the "Around the World in 80 Days" Challenge

[Katherine]

Amy wrote: "I just finished Anna Karenina and The Scarlet Letter.

Soon, I'd like to read Ivanhoe, Candide, The Idiot, and [book:The Picture of Do..."

Amy what did you think of The Scarlet Letter? It was really hard for me to get through. I love "A Picture of Dorian Gray". I just purchased the complete works of Oscar Wilde. Enjoy.

[Amy J.]

It was not my favorite, though I expect that this was in part because I had just finished reading AK and I was burnt out on adultery themes. I didn't have a hard time getting through it, but I didn't really enjoy it.

I'm glad to hear a positive review for Oscar Wilde. I am looking forward to the book. I enjoyed the movie.

[Kristina]

I would like to read most Jane Austen books,

Dracula
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Old Man and the Sea
A Christmas Carol
Gone With the Wind
Moby-Dick
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Peter Pan
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Treasure Island
The Phantom of the Opera
The Jungle Book

and I would like to re-read The Great Gatsby

[An]

I need to read


I loved wuthering heights, pride and prejudice, and the little prince.

[Lára]

I haven´t read
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yet (among the others), so I´m going to read them this year for sure.

[Lára]

Oo wrote: "Lára wrote: "I haven´t read
&

yet (among the others), so I´m going to read them this year for sure."

@Lara
I have to read Fr..."

Keep me updated, please. I´ve seen the movie two times but never once read the book. and nobody was that kind to pick this book for me ):
I must say I´m really curious about this book. I never heard two people say the same thing about it!

[Lára]

Oo, you´re like me, like to have profile on private. please, don´t forget to write here what´s your opinion on Frankenstein!

I rather liked the movie and since majority of people say it´s a bad book (not in the same way), I think it has to be good but complicated.

Could you just place a note here when you´re about to start so I may start, and we could discuss it a bit, if you´re interested of course. (:

[Gayle]

My classics list that I'd like to read (I'm sure if I really thought about it I could come up with more):

The Three Musketeers
The Man in the Iron Mask
Little Women
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Frankenstein

[Katherine]

Dracula is one of my favorites. It is so much more than a vampire story. It has changed the way I think of my friends and what I would do for them.

The Picture of Dorien Grey is really an interesting story.

Finished Anna Karenina not to long ago, not sure what classic to tackle next. Any suggestions? I've read all of Austen. Has anyone read Middlemarch?

[Fiorela]

This is my classic's list:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/13619756...
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/11664784...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54...
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/13680728...

...
and many more, it's a long list.
But I will get there.

[J.M.]

Some favorite Classics, let's see:

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

Dracula is my favorite

[Jojobean]

Dracula
Frankenstein
the Scarlett letter
dantes divine comedy
the hunchback of notre dame

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I would like to read Little Woman, Great Expectations and Les Mis.

[Paulina]

I have so many I want to read!



And a lot more!

[Gwyendalin]

I'm thinking about reading Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

[Ashleigh]

I am in a group Travelling Through the 20th Century which I am going to be reading numerous classics for this challenge.

So far on my list:
My Brilliant Career, The House of Mirth, A Room with a View, The Getting of Wisdom, The Age of Innocence,

[Cheyenne]

I have a challenge going with my sister and my friend to read through this list of classics.

Some of the ones I am working on now are

[Ashleigh]

дshləigh wrote: "I am in a group Travelling Through the 20th Century which I am going to be reading numerous classics for this challenge.

So far on my list:"

I have read A Room with a View ★★★ 26/02/15

[James]

Some of the books that I would read that are considered classics are , , , , , and .

[Diana]

I want to read

The great gatsby

Jane eyre

[Zahra]

I haven't read many classics, so that's why I want to read more from the genre! I have quite a few classics that I want to read:
Catch-22
Lord of the Flies
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Gone with the Wind
Sense and Sensibility
Oliver Twist
Rebecca
The Great Gatsby
Fahrenheit 451
Lolita

[Sarah]

i want to read Lolita Lord of the Flies The Pickwick Papers Vanity Fair classics i have loved are Dracula Rebecca Persuasion Great Expectations

[Gina]

Classics I want to read in 2016...


I read about half of War and Peace and had to take a break from it so hopefully I will finish that one also.