favorite classics?

Question

what are your favorite classic books? i enjoyed Les Miserables and Wuthering Heights very much. could you please recommend me your favorite classic and what its about? also, one that is not so hard to read.

Answer 1

I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Austen created some of the most memorable characters in literary history--the Bennett family--particularly Elizabeth Bennett. Her romance with Mr. Darcy is a great story of how love grows and changes over time.

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell is another great novel. Set in the South during the Civil War, Scarlett is one of the most selfish heroines in literary history, yet despite of her flaws in human nature, she is loved by many including Miss Melanie and Mr. Rhett Butler.

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a great classic novel set during the Depression. It depicts human strengths--courage and integrity--and human weaknesses, fear and prejudice. It's a wonderful read.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is another great novel. It is set partly during the time of Napoleon. It is a tale of love, revenge, regret, and ultimately forgiveness and acceptance. It is full of action, yet the characters remain an integral part of the book.

I hope you'll find them an easier read over Les Miserables! (Although I did enjoy that novel and it had moments of splendor--it did have a lot of seemingly irrelevant material that didn't have anything to do with the major plots!)

Answer 2

I'll name the few classics i loved.

Count of Montecristo by Alexander Dumas.The hero is Edmond Dantés, a young French sailor who, falsely accused of treason, is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of Château d'If. After staging a dramatic escape he sets out to discover the fabulous treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies. A novel of enormous tension and excitement, Monte Cristo is also a tale of obsession and revenge, with Dantés, believing himself to be an `Angel of Providence', pursuing his vengeance
to the bitter end before realizing that he himself is a victim of fate.The author did a great job describing the emotions of the prisoner.Disbelief,denial,self pity,madness,apathy and finally hope.For God's sake don't see any of the movies based on the book.They don't do justice to the book.

The three musketeers by Alexander Dumas.The three musketeers have become symbols for the spirit of youth, daring, and comradeship. The action takes place in the 1620s at the court of Louis XIII, where the musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with their companion, the headstrong d'Artagnan, are engaged in a battle against Richelieu, the King's minister, and the beautiful, unscrupulous spy, Milady. Behind the flashing blades and bravura, in this first adventure of the Musketeers, Dumas explores the eternal conflict between good and evil.Be warned.This book does not have a happy ending.The heroine dies at the end.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.In Dickens' tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser is shown his past, his present, and if he does not change, his future.The first ghost reminds him how he once enjoyed life's pleasures. The second ghost shows Scrooge his current deplorable state. The final ghost foretells the likely outcome of his skinflint ways.

Answer 3

The Jungle Books, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The 10001 Tales of The Arabian Nights, Where The Red Fern Grows I cried at the end of that one, and Gulliver's Travels as well as The Time Machine

Answer 4

Don't know if it's a classic, but I thoroughly enjoyed George Orwell's "1984".


A book that should be a classic- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Absolutely amazing. Beautifully written. It haunts me to this day.

Answer 5

"The Power and the Glory." Graham Greene.

About an alcoholic catholic priest in Mexico during a time when religion was outlawed in the region. Based on Greene's newspaper accounts when he traveled Mexico as a British journalist.

Answer 6

Hamlet and Henry IV have to be two of the best pieces of literature of all times. They have a fantastic mixture of comedy and tragedy with enough reality to make the fully engaging. No one can compete with Shakespeare.

Beowulf is also awesome, but a tough read.

Answer 7

Anything by Mark Twain, Shakespeare's plays, "Lord of the Rings"is almost a classic, LOVE "Treasure Island,"and others by Stevenson.

Answer 8

Anna Karenina

Answer 9

Call of the Wild by Jack London is a great animal adventure story.

Answer 10

Grapes of Wrath -- Steinbeck

As I Lay Dying -- Faulkner

Hemingway's short stories

Angle of Repose -- Wallace Stengler