can anyone here suggest me some classic novels to read???

Question

i get very bored these days so people plz suggest some good novels and it would be gr8 if they r famous too..........thank u every1

plz include the authors also

Answer 1

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Another supernatural detective series is Nightside book series by Simon R.Green.John Taylor, the main character, is a private eye specializing in finding things. He literally has a private eye, one he can open and find anything. This power only works in the nightside, but anytime he opens it, his enemies (and he does not know who they are, but they have been hunting him since he was young) pick up on his presence like his gift is a homing devise. He as quite a reputation, some of which is true, some not and it gets him into trouble, or sometimes out of it, but it is the fact that some of it has nothing to do with him so much as that he is his mother's son. A mother he never knew and no one will tell him about. One big case is covered in each book, but underlying tensions build up higher and higher running through out the series.

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.

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the mars series beginning with 'a princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.

The best among the Tarzan novels is 'Son of Tarzen.' Jack,the son of Tarzan shared his father's love for apes.He was only trying to help an ape escape to Africa from his cruel trainer.However he got involved in a murder and couldn't return home.He chose to live in the jungle with the apes.Its a fascinating book.The social system among the intelligent giant apes,Korak's relationship with Miriam are all interesting stuff.Its a great coming of age book.

Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article."The Bourne identity" is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesn't remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesn't like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.

In the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name: Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he won't. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesn't understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins (including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos), and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the "bad guys", but also by the "good" ones (mainly agents from the USA Government). You won't be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular "who on earth is this man?" and "what started this whole mess"?.
Warning:A character gets raped.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Answer 2

The most classic novel is Don Quixote by Cervantes, which is purported to be the world's first novel. It's a great read because the main character is a funny guy and gets beat up a lot because he is sort of clueless. I recommended this book to a friend who hates reading and majored in math in college and he loved it. The only thing is that it is a bit long.

For a short read, I would recommend Candide by Voltaire. It is a story about a naive boy learning about the big bad world. This book is also very funny and as an additional plus, very easy to read. I though all classic books were very stuffy and boring until I was introduced to this book in high school. It was the first classic book that made me realize that way back when, while people were as serious as they are now, they were also just as silly and raunchy as well.

Answer 3

There are sooo many!

E. T. A. Hoffmann: Devil's Elixir
Dostoevsky: The Idiot
Rilke: Malte Laurids Brigge's Notes
Fitzgerald: Tender Is the Night
Camus: The Stranger
Kafka: The Trial
Joyce: The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Golding: anything
Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy

...etc.

Answer 4

I think most classics have been listed.. but I will add a few - Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank On the Beach by Nevil Shute Earth Abides by George R. Stewart Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Les Misérables by Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

Answer 5

You could start reading some Shakespeare. Any of his stories would make your boredom disappear. Then, you could move to Cervantes and Don Quixote. Maybe some Dostoievsky would help as well. If you want something fantastic, go to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or the original Dracula. Joseph Conrad's trip up the river " Heart of Darkness" is a great choice! You could try some real adventures by Ferdinand Ossendovsky "Beasts, humans and Gods" or even the real adventures of Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff's "Encounters with noble men".

Bon voyage!

Answer 6

In the last couple of years, I have made an effort to read classics that I never got around to studying in school. Of all the dozens I've read, I've loved Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," Henry James's "Portrait of a Lady" and Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons" the most.

There are also a couple of books from my high school days I loved so much that I re-read them every couple of years: Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and John Steinbeck's "East of Eden." The funny thing about them is that even though I know how they turn out, they're still absolute page-turners!!!

I would also second shaman's recommendation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." I read it once a dozen years ago - prior to the release of Kenneth Branagh's 1994 film version - and it's a magnificent novel!

Happy reading!

Answer 7

Grapes of Wrath
Christy
The Scarlett Letter
The Secret Garden(kids book, but excellent)
The Little Princess (kids book, but another classic)
Girl of the Limberlost
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Treasure Island (kids book but a classi)

Answer 8

Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (or anything else by him, really)

A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

Catch-22, by Joseph Heller

- a short list to get you started -

Answer 9

Jane Eyre

Wuthering Hights

Answer 10

I love reading classic novels,

Right now i'm reading Oliver Twist because I remembered really enjoying David Copperfield.
I always recommend The Fountainhead too.

Answer 11

King Fortis the Brave, Harry Potter and Eragon.