Whats your Top 5 classic books (e.g. Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations etc.)?

Answer 1

Lord of the Rings
Pride and Prejudice
Rebecca (is that a 'classic'? hope it counts)
The Great Gatsby
Tom Sawyer

Answer 2

Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibilities
Great Expectations
Jane Eyre
The Wuthering Heights

Answer 3

Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Waves, Passage to India

Answer 4

1. " Crime and Punishment." I read this during my senior year of high school and despite the slow and sometimes boring way Dostoevsky writes, the themes, symbolism, and even diction were profound and amazing. Even now when I think of high-profile criminal cases, I think of Raskolnikov.

2. "Jane Eyre." This is my coming of age book. I read it when I was 9, then again at 13, 16, and 19... Every time I read it, I notice something new, or I identify a piece of myself in Bronte's words. At times, it's a good romance, but other times, it serves a good lesson to the variety of human nature.

3. "The Great Gatsby." I'm a person who loves to analyze a work of literature and discover all the hidden meanings that an author carefully leaves. Fitzgerald does a wonderful job of weaving symbolism and motifs within his book; though it has a lot of "flowery language" the language itself provides a very vivid picture.

4. "Ethan Frome." I love a good tragedy. Even though this more of a short story than a book, it's still something I would recommend to anybody who's wants a good something to read, but yet something meaningful.

5. "To Kill A Mockingbird." Most classic literary pieces do not come from American authors or describe American history. This novel is not only a sentimental story of childhood, but it also serves as a testimony to just how cruel and how deep the race divide was, even after slavery was officially over.

Answer 5

Pride and Prejudice,Sense and Sensibility,and Emma by Jane Austen
Brideshead Revisited and The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

runnerups: The Great Gatsby and The Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald,Rebecca by Daphne Dumaurier,The Return of the Native and Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy and the collected works of William Shakespeare

Answer 6

Most of the so-called classics are tragedies.They always make me depressed at the end.However 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 7

Frankenstein, Huckleberry Finn, Peter Pan, Oliver Twist, Pride and Prejudice

Answer 8

Tess of the D'urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch - George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
The Bridge of San Louis Rey - Thorton Wilder
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift

Avoid Dickens at all cost.

Answer 9

Jane Eyre
The Woodlanders
Far From The Madding Crowd
Silas Marner
Return Of The Native


Im a Thomas Hardy fan lol :)

Answer 10

Great Expectations
The Old Man And The Sea
Of Mice And Men
A Tale Of Two Cities
A Farewell To Arms

Answer 11

Pride and Prejudice
Frankenstein
To Kill A Mockingbird
Great Expectations
The Importance of Being Earnest