ALL ABOUT CLASSIC NOVELS, classic novels you love and hate.. Options

[hangfire]

Hallo, just want to talk about books, i havent found anyone to talk to about it lately..

[The Name's Billy]

i like shakespeare
i know im a nerd but shakespeare is great

[much2muse]

i quite like robert cormier.

[pnkstar]

i liked the scarlet pimpernel and pride and prejudice (:

[*FreeStickers*]

i like shakespeare
i know im a nerd but shakespeare is great

I ADORE Shakespeare.
-Hamlet
-Othello
-Julius Caesar
-The Merry Wives of Windsor
-As You Like It
-The Sonnetts
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Homer - The Illiad
George Orwell - Nineteen Eighty-Four
Tennessee Williams - The Glass Menagerie
Dante - The Divine Comedy
Charles Dickins - A Christmas Carol
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Franz Kafka:
-The Metamorphosis
-The Trial
F. Scott Fitzgerald:
-The Great Gatsby
-This Side of Paradise

[Classical Twist]

Dude, Shakespeare is awesome. I just finished reading The Merchant of Venice and I'm halfway through Othello.

• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Those are some of my favorite classics, I have more but I can't recall them right now. Oh, and I don't know if they could be considered classics, but I love any book by Ayn Rand =D.

[aubbob]

shakespeare is good i must admit. most of my classmates hate all the books.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I have to read A Tale of Two Cities next year for IB lit, which shall suck. I started it before, but it was dreadfully dull since Dickens got paid by the word. I'm not looking forward to that. I can make it though most books, but I never managed to finish Wuthering Heights, either. Unlike just about everyone else I know, I actually liked Jane Eyre, but then again, it could be because I was raised to, like Gone With the Wind, which was also good. I wouldn't really count Orwell as classic, but 1984 and Animal Farm were great, of course. (Some of his essays weren't bad either.) I do loathe Huck Finn and The Hobbit is ridiculously tedious. The Great Gatsby was great, no matter what the juniors who are reading it now say. The Jungle was a lot better than I expected. I should have taken the time to really read it. Damn my procrastination. Was it just me, or did The Scarlet Letter not have much of a plot? Vastly disappointing. I thought it was about the adultery, not the lack of anything that occured afterwards. Farenheit 451 was good. I need to finish Catch-22, but what I've read thus far was quite funny. What else have I read...?

[*FreeStickers*]

I have to read A Tale of Two Cities next year for IB lit, which shall suck. I started it before, but it was dreadfully dull since Dickens got paid by the word.

rofl. Dickens actually has some ok stuff. And IB lit sucks -- I think only about 3/47283934 books we have to read are actually interesting.

People dislike The Great Gatsby? WTF?

I forgot about Catch-22.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Yeah, Christmas Carol was alright...I think I liked it, but it was a while ago, so I don't really remember.

I was actually looking forward to IB lit, though. It seemed much more promising than language (although that was better than I expected, too).

I think the people who dislike The Great Gatsby are the sort who dislike reading in general, which is why they're only taking honors language arts. I actually enjoy it, so I took the junior class as a sophomore to do IB.

[hangfire]

I love Jane Eyre too, i like Charlotte most among the three Brontes. I like it because it's not superficial. I'm taking a break from reading right now bacause my sight is troubling me..I'd better stop using the computer too. You guys should read Bram Stoker's Dracula, it's the best. Maurice by E M Forster deals with homosexuality and gay guys were called OSCAR WILDE SORT back then. I love the book and I want to watch the movie.

[akjsd]

Statues/Shadows: Tale of Two Cities is a REALLY good book. its just slow in the beginning.

[*mipadi*]

1984, naturally. Probably one of the best novels ever written.

[Rachel]

Statues/Shadows: Tale of Two Cities is a REALLY good book. its just slow in the beginning.

I disliked that book, a lot. It was not only boring in the beginning, but throughout the whole damn book!!

I love all things Shakespeare.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Ah, well, I guess I have no choice but to give A Tale of Two Cities another chance

I really want to reread 1984 and Animal Farm.

[d00kie]

shakespeares comedies and tradgedies are more appealing than his romances and others but i must say i have finished all his works or most im sure there are some unpublished works of his that he had the mind of a genius of the arts something lke that comes with great inspiration and i admire him

[technicolour]

Dude, Shakespeare is awesome. I just finished reading The Merchant of Venice and I'm halfway through Othello.

• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
  
• Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Those are some of my favorite classics, I have more but I can't recall them right now. Oh, and I don't know if they could be considered classics, but I love any book by Ayn Rand =D.

Good good books. You stole my list, lol. But those would have to be some personal top classical favorites.

[xblueradiance]

I'm reading Twelfth Night by Shakespeare and I've read As You Like It. Shakespeare is actually pretty neat to read. I like his writing.

I don't read many classics, but here are some I like:

-Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
-A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
-Edgar Allen Poe's poems

I want to read Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte, but I haven't gotten hold of it yet.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Only thing I even remotely liked in The Tale of Two Cities is Syndey Carton, who I think is a kickass character.

[angelrevelation]

i'm reading pride and prejudice right now... it's pretty good.

moll flanders was really... pointless...

[*FreeStickers*]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Poe. I like most of his stuff.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Poe didn't write any novels.

[*FreeStickers*]

Poe didn't write any novels.

Shakespeare didn't either, but a lot of people, including myself, mentioned him.

[Teesa]

Hmm..

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
The Things They Carried
Les Miserables
Crime and Punishment
Hamlet
East of Eden

[silver-rain]

Oh, I really like Shakespeare too. In fact, the english class I'm in right now is all about Shakespare's plays. We've finished reading Othello, are in the midst of King Lear.

[*ranniel*]

Hmm..

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
The Things They Carried
Les Miserables
Crime and Punishment
Hamlet
East of Eden

I like some of those, I read To Kill A Mockingbird, and The Great Gatsby.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I still can't figure out why everyone who read it this year hated The Great Gatsby. We liked it last year
The irritating thing about To Kill a Mockingbird is that it was the first book I ever had to annotate, so I spent so much time trying to do that right that it completely ruined the book for me.

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

Pride and Prejudice.
and

Emma...I forgot the author to that.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Both of those were written by Jane Austen...

[silver-rain]

I still can't figure out why everyone who read it this year hated The Great Gatsby. We liked it last year

I actually liked The Great Gatsby. Maybe it was because I wasn't forced to read it for school and I read it because I wanted to (because I had chosen that book to do for a paper.)

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I'm reading Ethan Frome right now, but I'm only on page 12, so I can't fairly pass jusdgement yet. However, it really wasn't holding my interesting this morning. I nearly fell asleep reading it, but then again, could be because it was a morning class and I stupidly decided to lay down on the floor to be comfortable (because that;s bound to be sanitary in a school and all).

[sunissed14127]

eh, I'm not a very bigg classic novel fan. I liked Little Women & Robinson Crusoe, but that's about it.

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

Both of those were written by Jane Austen...

. I thought only Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen....oh well

[Paradox of Life]

One of my favorite books of all time is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'classic novels' and what time period you're reffering to, but if it counts, my number one favorite is White Fang by Jack London and Call of the Wild by Jack London was also really good.

[Classical Twist]

One of my favorite books of all time is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'classic novels' and what time period you're reffering to, but if it counts, my number one favorite is White Fang by Jack London and Call of the Wild by Jack London was also really good.

I love White Fang and Calll of the Wild, with the former being my favorite of the two. They were great books, I read them back in 6th grade, I should pick them up again.

I don't think this would be considered as "classic", but I love the Anne of Green Gables series =D.

I'm not a fan of Little Women, it didn't interest me and I ditched it halfway through.

Jane Austen has written:
Northanger Abbey
Sense and Sensibilty
Pride and Prejudice
Emma

and a couple of other books, but I can't remember their names. All of her books are pretty similar, but I love the ones that I've read so far.

[technicolour]

And "Persuasion"

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

^Oh I have that on my book shelf but I haven't read it yet (I'm waiting to finish my book now)

[Classical Twist]

And "Persuasion"

I can't believe I forgot Persuasion, I have that in my bookshelf as well.

I just went to the bookstore today and bought Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, and 1984 by George Orwell to add to my collection =D.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

mmm, I read The Jungle this summer. Well, kind of. I procrastinated the entire summer away, so I had to skim through and take notes, but it took longer than I meant it too because I actually became interested at one point and tried to read it. Thus, the beginning is a bit slow, but it's pretty good.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Hmm..

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
The Things They Carried
Les Miserables
Crime and Punishment
Hamlet
East of Eden

Hey cool, I'm reading that right now. Pretty good book in my opinion.

[*FreeStickers*]

Albert Camus - The Stranger was pretty good.

[*mipadi*]

Camus is a really fascinating writer.

[d00kie]

once again i noe im a complete dork but Cyrano DeBergerac is good too i noe it sounds retarded but it has great poetry in it Amazing. I read it in French and English but i have to say the French version is better. A Play in a Play with Cyrano a patron of the arts its great.

and To Kill A Mockingbird. Amazing. TRuely Amazing. I Read it in 3rd grade and did not really get the essence but i reread it in 5thgrade it was great amazing quite Brilliant.

[*FreeStickers*]

Camus is a really fascinating writer.

He reminds me of Kafka.

[Herizon Action]

Anything Chuck Palahniuk. Grabbed my attention.
Yeah, Pride&Prejudice was fun, also.

[Teesa]

The Stranger was pretty good, too. Call of the Wild is another one of my favorites, but I have to reread that one, since we read it in the sixth grade or something.
Mm, our class just finished Beloved. What a strange book.

[Krateguy09]

George Orwell and Anthony Burgess. Needless to say I'm a utopian book whore. My three favorites of all time are 1984, Animal Farm, and a Clockwork Orange.

EDIT: Oh yeah anything by Isaac Asimov is pretty good too.

[Rachel]

Hmm..

To Kill A Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
The Things They Carried
Les Miserables
Hamlet

Well I love all of these books/plays minus The Things They Carried.

Now, I thought it was an interesting book, but I just didn't really like it. I wasn't a fan of the writing style and I just wasn't meshing well with it.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I read Ethan Frome on Sunday, and I'm not quite sure whether I liked it or not. An odd thing to say, I know, but it's just sort of bleh, yet has some really interesting aspects.

[d00kie]

i noe u may call me crazy but personally i think Dr.Suess is a classic sure not novels but his books were amazing the Shakespeare for children

[nothing_plus_thi...]

with all this talk of dickens, i'm astonished that no one has mentioned Great Expectations.

i read it during my freshman year of high school. while reading it, i despised it. i've always resented having to analyse books to death (lord of the flies, any shakespeare, dickens, etc.) but, by the time i read the last few pages, i was in love. the characters are absolutely vibrant and easy to get attached to. the story is just plain classic and dickens wrote beautifully. although it does require some patience.

i was also a bit surprised to see such negative feedback about the Things They Carried. i read that during my senior year and was quite in love with it for a time, prior to having to write an enormous essay on it. but, then again, i'm a sucker for political/war related materials. they are always interesting and full of emotions, and people driven to extremes. very psychological and intriguing.

one of my absolute favourites is Steppenwolf by hermann hesse. i've read it three times now and have found new notes to make each time. it's an amazing novel, plain and simple. hesse was an incredible author.

also, i adored reading On the Road by kerouac.

but, to fall in line with most of you, i've adored being sucked into books/stories such as To Kill a Mockingbird, anything by Orwell (including his short stories), and Gatsby. but, i've never been a fan of shakespeare. i can't explain why, exactly, but...i've honestly never been able to really get into any of it. and i've also never been able to pick up any jane austen or emily bronte and enjoy it. i suppose they're just not my cup of tea.

[*FreeStickers*]

To Kill a Mockingbird was a good story, but the goodness was sucked out by IB Summer Reading.

Edit:
IB...MYP...same thing. Sort of.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

^That's what happened with me too. Well, pre-IB summer reading, rather, but still.

[HappyHeart]

- Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha
- John Steinbeck's works

[*FreeStickers*]

- Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha
- John Steinbeck's works

Steinbeck?! How in the hell...? How old are you?

[Rachel]

Steinbeck?! How in the hell...? How old are you?

She's a youngin.
Birthday 20 February 1992

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Err. I read Steinbeck in 6th and 7th grade.

[*FreeStickers*]

Err. I read Steinbeck in 6th and 7th grade.

Yeah. I was asking, because the only people I know who actually ENJOY Steinbeck's works, other than Of Mice and Men, are old. And English teachers. Maybe it's just the people I know. *shrug*

[nothing_plus_thi...]

i enjoyed In Dubious Battle. along with Working by studs terkel (and another of his ; American Dreams -- Lost and Found).

another book i absolutely adore is A People's History of the United States by howard zinn.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

Yeah. I was asking, because the only people I know who actually ENJOY Steinbeck's works, other than Of Mice and Men, are old. And English teachers. Maybe it's just the people I know. *shrug*

Oh, well then I see what you mean. I didn't like of Mice and Men at all, but hey, I was 11. I think I liked The Pearl, though.

[Rachel]

Mice of Men was a tad depressing!

[anniepiee]

^ indeed it was.

i've started on Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

i really enjoyed Anne Frank- Diary of a young girl. bit surprised no one has mentioned it. maybe it's not a classic.

to Kill a mocking Bird
Catcher in the Rye

starting Othello in English class, i'd be enjoying it if i didn't have a creepy student teacher.. -.-

[nothing_plus_thi...]

heh. when my honors english class read othello, our teacher insisted on reading the entire thing outloud to us.

he had the most monotonous, hilarious voice ever.
and he smelled like flowers and formaldehyde.
and he looked like a chicken.

that's the only reaosn i enjoyed othello. ahah.

[anniepiee]

that's better than mine.
she seems to me like a 50 yearold virgin university student druggie. honestly.
and she's way past paranoid. any little move you do in class, she would creep over and tap you to make sure you're paying attention.

[d00kie]

the pearl wasnt the best book i have ever read i mean the symbolism protrayed a nice moral yet i felt the story dragged but i must say cyrano debergerac is one of my favorites

[*Libertie*]

Just about everything mentioned in here was assigned to me at some point in school. I always hated assigned reading.

I enjoyed Heart of Darkness, however, as well as To Kill a Mockingbird and a few others.

My current reading assignment is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. If you haven't gotten a chance to read that yet, I definitely recommend it. I actually enjoyed it. But you may end up reading it anyway in one of your college writing classes.

[sillakilla220]

i enjoy steinbeck thoroughly. The end of mice and men when dude got his brains blown out was crazy! awesome read

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I started The Bell Jar today and am really enjoying it.

[*Phoenixx*]

Most definitely Catcher in the Rye.

I'm reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac and adore it.

Someone ruined the ending of Of Mice & Men but it was still great all the same.
As my former English teacher would note, "It's not the ending that makes the difference but how you get there."

[*reflection*]

Only thing I even remotely liked in The Tale of Two Cities is Syndey Carton, who I think is a kickass character.

Sydney Carton makes the book great.
a tale of two cities sucks in the beginning but the ending is amazing.

[sillakilla220]

i also liked the great gatsby when that bitch got ran over - that shit was dope

[Teesa]

Well I love all of these books/plays minus The Things They Carried.

Now, I thought it was an interesting book, but I just didn't really like it. I wasn't a fan of the writing style and I just wasn't meshing well with it.

Hmm, I see. Yeah, I just liked it because I didn't really understand what happened in the Vietnam War, so that book helped me understand more about what the soldiers went through, even though the author wasn't a soldier himself.

[aicilah999]

reading these books...(good books )
Pride&&Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
Animal Farm
Night
Taming of The Shrew
Fahrenheit 451

[nothing_plus_thi...]

Hmm, I see. Yeah, I just liked it because I didn't really understand what happened in the Vietnam War, so that book helped me understand more about what the soldiers went through, even though the author wasn't a soldier himself.

yes he was.
the book is "mostly fiction". "true war stories". they were true in the sense that that was how the soldiers were FEELING, but the actual events may not have been accurate. but, he was there to experience it, regardless of how much the line between fact and fiction is blurred.

Though The Things They Carried is mainly fiction, Tim O'Brien did fight in Vietnam, and he has been telling "true war stories" since he returned from the war. His stories come from his own experiences, and his desire to blur the lines between reality and fiction, between created character and living person. He believes that stories are born from real events, and therefore are forever linked to them.

O'Brien was against the war, but reported for service and was sent to Vietnam with what has been called the "unlucky" Americal division due to its involvement in the My Lai massacre in 1968, an event which figures prominently in In the Lake of the Woods.. He was assigned to 3rd Platoon, A Co., 5th Batt. 46th Inf., as an infantry foot soldier. O'Brien's tour of duty was 1969-70.

[*RiC3xBoy*]

Yeah, O'Brien was a soldier himself. The characters in the Things They Carry are fake, but the book basically shares his experiences. Ironically enough, there is a character in the book named Tim Obrien.

[misoshiru]

- Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha
- John Steinbeck's works

i wouldn't exactly call Memoirs of a Geisha a classic novel.


I liked Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. afterall, a HoD passage was picked for my ib oral commentary.

I'm currently studying Equus the play. It's rather strange.

[jeung]

moved to interests -> books forum

[Euphoria Rose]

• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
• Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Emma by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte Bronte, Emily's sister.

My favorites are...
-Pride and Prejudice -Jane Austen
-A Christmas Carol -Charles Dickens
-The Count of Monte Cristo -Alexandre Dumas
-Animal Farm -George Orwell

I've read more than half of Jane Eyre and Sense and Sensibility. So far it's been a really good read. I've also read about ten pages of Emma.

I hated Wuthering Heights. I expected it to be a rather interesting and wonderfully written novel, but it wasn't. It was dreadfully long and tedious, but I still finished it.

[much2muse]

where the red fern grows. not sure if its exactly a classic, but its great.

and as others have mentioned, to kill a mockingbird.

[*mzkandi*]

To Kill a Mockingbird
Grapes of Wrath
Catcher in the Rye
Night
The Great Gatsby
Beloved
Les Miserables

[*jooleeah*]

I actually hated Animal Farm. Maybe I'll reread it.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Night, and The Great Gatsby were good.

I've wanted to read Fahrenheit 451 since seventh grade. Maybe I'll start up on that this summer.

[loopylandscapes4...]

I like some things of shakespeare and homer...
but most of the books I like aren't classics...

[Gigi]

I'm currently reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. His short stories are fantastic, and I would expect his books to be just as fantastic. I love it so far.

[mahokaida]

I hated Wuthering Heights. I expected it to be a rather interesting and wonderfully written novel, but it wasn't. It was dreadfully long and tedious, but I still finished it.

Dude, that is my favorite book. Hah! I complete disagree. I thought it was definitely wonderfully written. At first I thought it would be a little too romantic, but I loved how haunting it was. Sure, it was a bit confusing and the story could be slow at times, but the second half of the book was perfect. I found it so powerful and so...human. I loved it. Ah well, we all have our own opinions, I suppose .

gigiopolis, I love Farenheit 451 as well! Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors.

My favorite classic novels are as follows: Wuthering Heights, To Kill a Mockingbird, Farenheit 451, and Crime and Punishment (which I'm still reading).

The best thing about classic novels is that you can get them so cheap at used bookstores! I love it.

[Sheida]

To Kill a Mockingbird is very good, along with Farenheit 451.

To go further back in time I would say, The Count of Monte Cristo is a great book, and Treasure Island.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

^ to kill a mocking bird!
i <3 this book.

[goodcharlotte]

To Kill A Mockingbird was an excellent book in my opinion and apparently so do someone of you guys. I liked the overall theme and the title was quite creative. I liked the story and the atmosphere of the story. Very well written.

[xtrancie]

i like the classic Les Miserables. such an awsome novel

i hated Moby Dick -___-

[think!IMAGINARIL...]

I HATE Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

It's so boring! It took me an hour to read up to page 12. And I'm getting tested on it EVERY WEDNESDAY.

[myWings510]

We're reading "The Scarlet Letter" for my English class.

Ehh, I dunno.. a lot of the words are hard to understand because it was written in like the 1700s or something. They used the most extravagent words @_@

But I guess I feel myself getting smarter every chapter I read.. haha.

[much2muse]

Catcher in the rye
To kill a mockingbird
the great gatsby

<3 those

[synthase]

do Matilda and The BFG count?

[sprezzatura]

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare:
Oh, I love it. I guess I like stories with complicated romantic relationships.

Animal Farm by George Orwell:
Well, I read this before I even learned anything about communism, so I was really confused at first, but after learning it, I seem to be getting it. I like it too, especially it's an allegory.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck:
Not sure if you call this a classic, but this book is short and easy, a little bit sad at the end, but I still like it.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:
I actually dislike this book, maybe it's long and kinda fluffy? I have no problem with the plot but there are too many characters for me to identify especially I had to read it for school in such a short period of time.

Night by Elie Wiesel:
That is such a depressing story, especially I read it when I learned about the Holocaust in history class. That is a book I would recommend though, whether it's considered as classic or not.

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare:
I personally don't like archaic language and I think the story is okay, but I neither like nor dislike it.

The Odyssey by Homer:
I only read excerpts, but epic isn't my thing to read.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne:
That book totally puts me to sleep. Hawthorne just elaborates too much, IMO. And I like things short and easy. Maybe it's that his writing style isn't my type. Not a bad book, but I don't like it.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller:
I love this book. It's a play, it's easy, awesome. The witch stuff kinda motivates me to read it.

Huck Finn by Mark Twain:
I have trouble understanding Jim. I LOATHED THIS BOOK. TOM SAWYER FTW!

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan:
I liked certain stories in the book, but some are boring.

Candide by Voltaire:
I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH. Enough said, I just love it.

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry:
This book is simply awesome. It's easy to comprehend and Hansberry captures the personality of each character perfectly. It's short enough so it won't bore me.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
It's an okay book for me, perhaps I would like it a lot more if I don't have to read it for school. I still think Gatsby is a coward.

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger:
I freakin love Holden. Enough said. It is interesting enough for me to stay awake when I read it, even it's for school.

[QueenAkahsa]

I totally and completely LOVE Charles Dickens.
Like.. A Christmas Carol, or my very favourite Great Expectations, etc.
Also, Oscar Wilde ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray.

I totally love Victor Hugo - Notre Dame du Paris <3~
Not to mention Alexandre Dumas, who wrote marvelously.

And my dear Poe. How I love him :)
And well, a little less classical, but I love Dostoievski.

I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice which seems really good ^_^

[eavesdroppers]

I like to read the "classics" just to have had read them... I've read quite a few, but I'm in need of new ideas.

Which are some of the best "classic" books you've read?

[*Kathleen*]

Read anything by William Faulkner. I suppose his stuff isn't that old, but still. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has always been a favorite of mine, as well as A Tale of Two Cities. Those, I know, are definitely considered classics.

[*Azarel*]

John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany is absolutely amazing, by anyone's standards. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye is a must read (you'll either absolutely love it or completely hate it). I haven't been reading enough lately to suggest anything else.

[*Duchess of Dork*]

Topics Merged :)

Classics? Hmm.. off the top of my head I'll go with Mary Shelly's Frankenstein and Voltaire's Candide.

[MeltChocolate]

I really like To Kill A Mockingbird and Animal Farm. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is also a good one. I'm hoping to reread all of them in the near future.

[*mishyerr*]

The Scarlet Letter and Wuthering Heights.