I am asking a question for a 15 year old girl who is interested in reading the classics. So what classics would you recommend for a young lady who loves to read?
2006-07-27 10:41:23 · 22 answers · asked by edendw@sbcglobal.net 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I have your exact same problem, so here's my list:
loved Pride and Prejudice (especially Darcy!),
liked Jane Eyre,
the guy who wrote I,Robot wrote many anthologies of short stories that are all really good but i've forgotten his name,
Frankenstien (can actually be sort of funny sometimes),
1984 even as scary as it is,
Harry Potter: which doesn't deserve to be a classic but is still a good read if Lord of the Rings is too long which brings me to
Lord of the Rings: hello! it's only the base and/or inspiration for just about every fantasy/magic book in the last decade or more!
Lord of the Flies: scary but good
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: liked it even though i hated huck finn,
on a side note, the count of monte christo is utter bull so don't touch it with a 10-ft pole
but back to the list...
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut is good but more of a very confusing modern classic...
can't think of anymore... i'll try to come back and finish this list later. i'm sure i missed some good ones
2006-07-27 10:59:19 · answer #1 · answered by sandyy 1 · 15⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if it's a classic, but King Fortis the Brave would be an excellent choice. The protagonists are a pair of who are brought to a magical world where they find themselves the last hope in defeating a sorceress who has already conquered most of the land. It's a really fun book full of humor and adventure that should appeal to any 15 year old girl (and most anyone else)
2006-07-27 13:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I can! I love the classics and I have learn rather a type, so I desire this may increasingly aid you out. -Brave New World (Alduos Huxley) -1984 (George Orwell) -Animal Farm (George Orwell) -Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) -Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) -Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) -Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) -A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) -The Jungle (Upton Sinclair) -Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) -Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe) -The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) -Night (Elie Wiesel) -I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) -Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) -In Cold Blood (Truman Capote) -As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner) -Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston) -Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaurbert) -Vanity Fair (William Thackery) These are only a choose few that I have learn and loved. The record is some distance better and broader than those. Good good fortune and joyful studying.
2016-08-28 16:53:22 · answer #3 · answered by vandevanter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Eyre, Little Women, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Lovely Bones (not a classic, but it's a great read!), My Antonia, The Bell Jar, The House on Mango Street.
2006-07-27 13:48:34 · answer #4 · answered by shutrbug13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my favorite since I was about 15 or 16 has been Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, all of Austens books are excellent, the Bronte girls books are also good reads. Lord of the Flies is interesting, and Moby-Dick is a must-read for all, but shes a bit young for that now come to think of it. The Odessey and Fahreinheit 451 I aslo reccommend.
2006-07-27 13:45:52 · answer #5 · answered by secrets_in_mind3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evelina by Frances Burney
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Anything Jane Austen would be a good choice.
The Count of Monte Cristo is also good.
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Vanity Fair, Anna Karenina...some people like them, other people hate them. But they might work too.
2006-07-27 12:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treasure Island
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Secret Garden
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Little House Books
2006-07-27 10:59:30 · answer #7 · answered by classic_tigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a good one. And I personally love anything by Charles Dickens, such as Hard Times, Oliver Twist, and The Pickwick Papers.
I also recommend The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. It's sad, but really, really good.
And, if you like the Grimmer stuff, try anything by E.A. Poe.
2006-07-27 12:41:52 · answer #8 · answered by Kari M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gift of the Magi by O'Henry
I was a huge Shakespeare fan at that age so just about all of his plays the Scottish play (Macbeth) is my favorite that and the Taming of the Shrew.
Saint Joan by Bernard Shaw is very good based on the life of Joan of Arc and so is Pygmalion the book the musical My Fair Lady was based on.
2006-07-27 14:16:52 · answer #9 · answered by CuriousCat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little Women, Emma, Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill a Mockingbird, Romeo and Juliet.
2006-07-27 10:47:40 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋