I have read a few of the books deemed classics and need to find one for a class.
2007-01-29 05:44:57 · 15 answers · asked by potatosalad2008 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Are there any historical novels you would suggest also?
2007-01-29 05:46:58 · update #1
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In my humble opinion it is probably the best book ever, ever written, past or present.
2007-01-29 05:51:37 · answer #1 · answered by Krissy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Picture of Dorian Gray absolutely! The Grapes of Wrath is a historical book and also with history in mind I would recommend Roots and Queen by Alex Haley. Which history are you looking at? because there are some good historical era bound books by Balzac. The Blood of Others is another book about history and people by Simione de Beauvoir, there are English translations of this book. I hope this helps.
2007-01-29 13:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by Desert Queen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens
Tale of two cities- Charles Dickens
Pride and prejudice- Jane Austen
Sense and sensibility -Jane Austen
Brave new world- Aldous Huxley
Wuthering Heights- Emily bronte
Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
The picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde
Animal farm- George Orwell
1984- George Orwell
Little women-Louisa May Alcott
2007-01-29 17:07:13 · answer #3 · answered by Berry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always loved The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. It's the story of a man who is framed and imprisoned. While he is in prison, he loses everything - his father dies, his beloved marries another, his friends abandon him for various reasons. But he meets an old man who tells him where a treasure can be found, and when he escapes prison after 20+ years, he sets out to get revenge on everyone who betrayed him. And once he starts, he finds that he has set things in motion that he can't quite control, and some things were not what he thought.
It's a brilliant read, I think.
2007-01-29 16:25:36 · answer #4 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tale of Two Cities-Dickens
Les Miserables-Hugo
The Red Badge of Courage-Crane
The three Musketeers-Dumas
Gone With the Wind-Mitchell
Pride and Prejudice-Austen
2007-01-29 14:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dostoewski - Karamazov Brothers
H. Fielding - Tom Jones
W. M. Thackeray - Vanity Fair
Dikens - Oliver Twist
D. Defoe - Robison Crusoe ; Moll Flanders
2007-01-29 13:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by Mirela 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2007-01-29 13:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Faust by Goethe
any book by Tolstoy
2007-01-29 13:49:56 · answer #8 · answered by tchem75 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
War and Peace, The Scarlet Letter, The Metamorphisis, by Franz Kafka, Great Expectations, Moby Dick.
2007-01-29 13:48:30 · answer #9 · answered by seeker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is excellent. Wuthering Heights. . .Jane Eyre. . . A Tale of Two Cities. . . Tom Sawyer. . .The Three Musketeers. . . Persuasion. . .The Friendly Persuasion. The list goes on. . .
2007-01-29 15:29:05 · answer #10 · answered by blood_drop2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋