2006-08-27 17:27:27 · 13 answers · asked by Courtney L 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ahhh, the picture of Dorian Grey is the best. All of the quotes I use in daily conversation spawned from that book...
2006-08-27 17:37:54 · update #1
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2006-08-27 17:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by kttmfr 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Picture of Dorian Gray - by Oscar Wilde
2006-08-27 17:35:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mansfield Park, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Canterbury Tales
2006-08-28 08:50:36 · answer #3 · answered by renaegonzo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After examining Homer's Iliad i grew to become into inspired on the skill of literature. The repeated photos of the squaddies impaled by using spears, or killed in different procedures, made me think of how those violent photos on the instant might desire to no longer captured on television or action picture. in the event that they have been, it would be an X - Rated action picture. it truly is itself is sufficient to validate examining classical literature - and leaving television or the action pictures for the kiddies...
2016-11-05 22:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoevsky.
2006-08-27 20:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure exactly what you mean by classical literature, but I was deeply touched by "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, and "Of Time and the River" by Thomas Wolfe.
2006-08-27 20:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don Quijote de la Mancha
It's so actual. Was written on 1605 and it keeps asking us "what is reality?" Is it in our mind? Shall we held as valid the values held by society? Answer these questions and you'll discover how actual Don Quijote is
2006-08-27 17:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by dolores 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psh, everyone jumped on my beloved Wilde already... :)
I'll go with the Wilde before Wilde. Manfred, by Lord Byron.
2006-08-27 20:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare's "The Twelfth Night"
If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that surfeiting, the appetite shall sicken and so die
2006-08-27 17:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by tk30606 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm starting 'Pride&Prejudice' by Elizabeth Bennett at the moment and love it!
2006-08-28 01:04:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋