I really enjoy reading the classics. What are some of the best authors?
2007-02-08 01:24:08 · 16 answers · asked by Mandy 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Wilde, Cervantes, Goethe, Hardy, Marlowe, Lewis Carroll, Twain, Dickens, Verne, Kipliing, James M Barrie, Zola, Chaucer, Lawrence (DH) Shakespeare, Aesop
2007-02-08 02:46:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Emily Bronte, Alexander Dumas, Gaston Leroux, Jane Austen, Margaret Mitchell,
2007-02-08 02:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're interested in modern classics, try:
William Faulkner
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flanner O'Connor
Eudora Welty
JD Salinger
Willa Cather
2007-02-08 06:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by YSIC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you say classics, do you mean Greek and Roman or just anything older than 50 years old?
In either case, I recommend Ovid's Metamorphoses (funny!). Otherwise, Salinger, Austen, and Dumas are some of my favorites.
2007-02-08 01:28:26 · answer #4 · answered by 2Bs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Mann, Oscar Wilde, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Emile Zola, Bronte sisters and if you can stomach really depressing stuff you should try Dostoyevski & Tolstoy & Charles Dickens.
2007-02-08 01:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by tamara_cyan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nathaniel Hawthorne is awesome.
I agree with the guy above .Bram Stoker and Shelly are good as well.
Edgar Allen Poe
H.P. Lovecraft
Homer
Hemingway
Shakesphere
2007-02-08 01:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by bribri75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Alexandre Dumas. He was kind of the Stephen King pulp-writer of his day, but his books are always fun. Great blend of action, adventure, humor, plot and characterization. Too bad all the movies based on his work have been duds.
2007-02-08 08:22:59 · answer #7 · answered by Rose D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Austen is an outstanding individual to write a checklist on. She based satisfaction and Prejudice loosely on her own life (have you ever seen the flow transforming into Jane?) so as that is something you elect to write approximately on your checklist.
2016-11-02 21:23:26 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Jane Austen and Leo Tolstoy.
2007-02-08 01:30:06 · answer #9 · answered by ira a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget Jane Austen!
2007-02-08 01:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by Queen of Cards 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋