I'm reading that, and I love it! I'd love to read some more World Classics. Any recommendations? I've read Anna Karina, Mark Twain, Steinbeck and some more popular classics.
2006-12-13 03:53:29 · 11 answers · asked by avalonlee 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Oh I LOVED The Count of Monte Cristo. I haven't read some of the others though. Good suggestions!
2006-12-13 06:54:54 · update #1
Are you me? I've read all that stuff too!
You have to read The Count of Monte Christo. Make sure you get the unabridged version (1300 pages! but worth it).
Also:
David Copperfield
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Far from the Madding Crowd
Jude the Obscure
The Return of the Native
Of Human Bondage (yep, I'm a BIg Hardy fan)
Tom Jones (tough going but hilarious)
Have fun!
2006-12-13 05:14:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is wonderful! Someone wanting to read something other than that abominable Harry Potter!
Personally I thought Anna Karinina more poignant than Flaubert's masterpiece. If you liked Tolstoy, don't be intimidated to pick up War and Peace, I guarantee you that it will not disappoint. George Eliot (especially Middlemarch) is an incredible writer as is Melville. You probably have read Moby Dick (or parts of it) but it stands up to a thorough rereading as do his shorter works, I love Bartelby the Scrivner.
The choices are nearly endless. The glory of reading the classics is that no matter what author or novel you decide upon you will be making a great choice. Sure some are better than others, but they are all better than the crap being produced and read today.
2006-12-13 06:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by Lambert 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely The Count of Monte Cristo (often hailed as the greatest novel ever written), Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, anything at all by George Bernard Shaw, Selma Lagerlöf, Grazia Deledda and 'I promessi Sposi' by Manzoni.
Hope that helps.
Best wishes.
2006-12-13 06:28:52 · answer #3 · answered by Superdog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somebody above mentioned The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. I will recommend Les Miserables. It is one of the greatest books I have ever read.
For more recent classics consider Catch 22 and 1984.
2006-12-13 07:55:20 · answer #4 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Madame Bovary is definitely one of my favourite books by Gustave Flaubert! If you like his writing style you probably would enjoy Salammbo.
A few of the other books I've enjoyed reading were:
Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Little Dorrit, by Dickens.
Don Quixote by Cervantes.
2006-12-13 04:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by aueuil1 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flaubert's classic "Madame Bovary" and the character "Charles Bovary" is one of the greatest books every written. Another classic is Miguel DeCervantes "Don Quixote" written at the end of the European renaissance.
2006-12-13 04:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Little Prince- this e book is astonishing is pass as newborn's e book yet is so plenty greater. is a pair of little prince who travels around area and Earth to hit upon actual friendship. To Kill a Mockingbird- i like this e book, is likewise very staggering even with being slightly previous. The e book has incredibly a tragic ending yet i like the e book regardless
2016-10-05 06:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by marceau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Madame Bovary was a good one. Try something by ernest hemingway.
2006-12-13 05:19:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are the best books to read, the classical ones.
My fav is Little Women, I just can't get tired of reading it!
2006-12-13 04:04:45 · answer #9 · answered by Sunna 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please consider spending some time with Jane Austen. Her observations were acute and she was able to be funny, kind, and merciless all at the same time.
2006-12-13 04:31:14 · answer #10 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋