Charis
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Post by Charis on Mar 21, 2005 0:59:34 GMT -5
What are your favorite classic novels?
for me its all about...
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibilty
haha...well pretty much anything by Jane Austen period.
My Antonia and other Willa Cather stuff.
Jane Eyre
EDIT: LOTR and Hobbit
Little Women
hm I think there are more than that but its all I can think of right now.
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Post by twyrch on Mar 21, 2005 8:12:42 GMT -5
Classic Novels, eh?
The Illiad & the Oddesey
Don Quiote
Canterbury Tales
Aesop's Fables
(Since it was written more than 50 years ago...)
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
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Post by dinadan on Mar 21, 2005 19:30:15 GMT -5
The Aneid
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Divine Comedy
Wuthering Heights
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick
Lilith (George MacDonald)
and of course, LotR and The Hobbit
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Post by Riothamus on Mar 22, 2005 17:36:35 GMT -5
Crime and Punishment Dombey and Son (and anything Dic-kens) The Moonstone Eh... Why not? LOTR and The Hobbit Sylvia and Bruno Not novels, but Shakespeare's stuff is great. But "The Hunting of the Snark" tops 'em all.  |
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Skye
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Post by Skye on Mar 22, 2005 21:36:15 GMT -5
What are your favorite classic novels? for me its all about... Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibilty haha...well pretty much anything by Jane Austen period. My Antonia and other Willa Cather stuff. Jane Eyre EDIT: LOTR and Hobbit Little Women hm I think there are more than that but its all I can think of right now. I enjoy Jane Austen as well...never tire of reading her novels...Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion are her best. The Count of Monte Cristo Greek Classics Shakespeare The classic poets like Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Byron, Shelley... Jane Eyre The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings and there are a whole lot more that... |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Mar 23, 2005 15:04:13 GMT -5
**derails**
A hypothetical book that has remained on my shelf through my clearout is to me a classic. With my small space, I am very selective about the books to go on my shelf. The rest go in the basement. ;D
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Post by Daae on Mar 25, 2005 14:09:25 GMT -5
In no particular order:
A Tale of Two Cities
Pride and Prejudice
Dracula
The Phantom of the Opera
Treasure Island
Shakespeare (I love Shakespeare)
Le Morte de Arthur
LotR & Narnia (of course)
Rebecca
I'm in the middle of Ivanhoe, and really enjoying it. So what if it's a little historically inaccurate? And I'm starting Les Miserables as a book on CD, since there is no way I would be able to read it as a regular book.
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Mar 25, 2005 18:24:36 GMT -5
I started Les Mis... it was one of those horrible editions where every so-called scholar and his mother pokes in several hundred pages by way of introduction. I got bored with that and put it down.
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Post by Daae on Mar 27, 2005 21:01:40 GMT -5
I always skip that kind of introduction. I figure, what better way to learn about the book then by reading it? And as for Victor Hugo; the only thing that kept me reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame was the fact that I was getting extra credit in my French class for it.
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Post by tulkas on Mar 28, 2005 13:25:28 GMT -5
What are your favorite classic novels? for me its all about... Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibilty haha...well pretty much anything by Jane Austen period. My Antonia and other Willa Cather stuff. Jane Eyre EDIT: LOTR and Hobbit Little Women hm I think there are more than that but its all I can think of right now. HOW CAN YOU LIKE PRIDE AND PREJUDICE< AND SENSE AND SENSABILITY!?!?! they have no plot whatsoever. Huck Fin is my personal favorite. |
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Post by Daae on Mar 28, 2005 17:18:50 GMT -5
Hey, don't diss Jane Austin. Pride and Prejudice is really funny, and it's supposed to light and full of fluff.
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Post by tulkas on Mar 29, 2005 9:28:22 GMT -5
I don't doubt it can be funny. However, I had the displeasure of seeing the Movie "Sense and Senseability" and I saw no plot develope throughout. Indeed you may enjoy the books, I however, do not.
Mayhap I might read them someday. LOL ;D
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Post by twyrch on Mar 30, 2005 14:24:10 GMT -5
I don't doubt it can be funny. However, I had the displeasure of seeing the Movie "Sense and Senseability" and I saw no plot develope throughout. Indeed you may enjoy the books, I however, do not. Mayhap I might read them someday. LOL ;D I learned a long time ago that the books are always better than the movie. You ought to try it sometime anyway... |
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Post by LadyofAlbion on Apr 9, 2005 15:17:14 GMT -5
I love Jane Austen!!!! She is one of my all time favorite authors. ;D
Hmm... my other favorite classics...
Narnia
LOTR
Jane Eyre
Men of Iron
Anne of Green Gables books (these have to be classics by now!)
Well, there's several of my favorites just off the top of my head.
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Post by earenor on Apr 11, 2005 1:52:47 GMT -5
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Merlin
Silmarillion
The Idiot
Abolition of Man
Franny and Zoey
Oliver Twist...
Oh there are so many more but just some of the creme de la cream.
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