I loved Tami's post challenging herself to read some of the classics. I've always enjoyed classical lit and have read my share, although I likely missed half of the "heavy" themes...lol... Still, I soak up the language, the stories and the characters.
My favs (I'm not sure if they're technically classics, but I consider them to be so):
Wuthering Heights
Jane Erye
The Odyssey
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
A Christmas Carol
Persuasion
The Scarlett Letter
The Portrait of a Lady
Crime and Punishment
And because I write pararnormal fiction, I'm drawn to classics with a sci-fi / fantasy bent. Some are a bit more modern examples:
Frankenstein
Dracula
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Gulliver's Travels
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
A Clockwork Orange
The Chrysalids, Chocky, and The Day of the Triffides - John Wyndham ROCKS!
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Tell-Tale Heart and other Poe stories
Around the World in 80 Days
The Birds
Between Tami's list and mine, we have a few bleedovers, however, I'm keen to dig into the titles we've listed and either revisit or discover new favourites. Tami - I recommend we both start with Frankenstein. ;)
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14 years ago
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Frankenstein it is! That will be out October classics read. Thanks so much for doing this with me Tracy! It's easier to motivate yourself when someone else is joining along. I will be starting Frankenstein October 1st (or when I finish the book I'm reading at that time).
One of my favorite classes in college was Victorian Sci-Fi and Fantasy Literature...we got to read Dracula and Turn of the Screw and the Island of Dr. Moreau and all that fun stuff :)
Great list!
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