Classics!!

[Green_crayon42]

I've read Little Women and The Secret Garden.
Any suggestions?

[Contagious Potatoes]

Harry Potter lol

[Green_crayon42]

_The_Witless_Wonder_

Harry Potter lol

god no! never again....
doesn't even count as a classic. talk2hand

[The Sycamore Lady]

Green_crayon42

_The_Witless_Wonder_

Harry Potter lol

god no! never again....
doesn't even count as a classic. talk2hand

Oh, I think HP could turn into a classic. We'll see how well it holds up in the next fifty years. It's certainly a phenomenon.

Classics for me are:

Jurassic Park
Ender's Game
The Road
Life of Pi
Lord of the Rings
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Shining
The Handmaid's Tale

probably more...these books have held up well/I believe they will hold up well in time. After all, a classic is always relevant, and always enjoyable.

[Green_crayon42]

Phenomenon, yes, nothing like it.
But...it's aimed at the middle-school age range. Some people continue liking it after they've ended the school years, and some have simply outgrown it. For me, I had issues with it in the first place. But I did enjoy it. I'll read it again, possibly, but it's not probable, since it's not my thing anyway.
Well, to be honest, I have many issues with it. But I won't get into those unless asked for fear of a major argument...to which some of my points i can uphold, but most are just opinions and that's that.
Harry Potter and I are in a tiny bit of the same situation, which is mostly why I have issues with the books.

I loved Lord of the Rings! now that's good writing. being an amateur myself, i notice things like this--little historical for me as I recall.
I've heard of The Life of Pi from my mom. never heard of the others. I'll give them a look. Thanks.

[Xeilane]

If you really want a classic I'd go for Anna Karenina. I thought it was fairly easy to read, though it got boring and repetitive at some points. I would also recommend Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, Catcher in the Rye, Cyrano de Bergerac (that one's a play, really funny), Lord of the Flies, and All Quiet on the Western Front. Stay away from Dicken's work in my opinion. Too many words, not enough substance.

[machinists]

the bell jar by sylvia plath.



i loved it.

edit: breakfast at tiffany's by truman capote.

[Green_crayon42]

Thanks guys. ever since I saw Anna Kerenina I started hearing about Tolstoy...thanks. I forgot all about that one.

[Not So Lustrous]

I really liked Jane Eyre.

[Green_crayon42]

xiPantiesx

I really liked Jane Eyre.

forgot about that too thanks..-writes down-

[Just Nonsensical]

I haven't read many classics, but I have read:

Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

I am currently reading the Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux and the Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.

[FreshMangoes]

Macbeth is probably one of my favorite plays ever written.

As for books:
Crime and Punishment
1984
The Great Gatsby
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Current Events Guy]

All this talk about classics, and no one has mentioned "THE DEVINE COMEDY" by the great Dante Alighieri?
If you want to read a classic you must read this one. I bought a copy of this book at the local thrift shop awhile back for $1.99, absolutely great read.

[satansrose]

Don Quixote
The Mill on the Floss
North and South
Vanity Fair
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Collector
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[Green_crayon42]

God!! wow. thanks guys. I've written all of them down. so many! sweatdrop I'll try to get to a few. I warn you though, I'm a slow reader owing to some comprehension problems and a 5th grade reading level....
So many of these I've never heard of. Thank you.