Im tired of all the other books around and want to get into the classics
2007-02-25 12:53:09 · 12 answers · asked by ben 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, as someone mentioned, it depends on your definition of classic.
From the periods of English literature:
RENAISSANCE - Faustus by Marlowe, Julius Caesar by Shakespeare and the poems of Donne
RESTORATION - Robinson Crusoe by Defoe
ROMANTICISM (pre and post)- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Great Expectations by Dickens, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Dracula by Bram Stoker.
20th CENTURY - Ulysses by James Joyce, Orlando by Virginia Woolf, and most of what they have already recommended here.
And if you're feeling adventurous, read Don Quixote, the classic of classics in Spanish literature.
2007-02-25 14:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 3 Musketeers,
Alice in Wonderland
Ender's Game
War of the Worlds
Moby Dick
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Tennis Shoe series
etc...
Go check out the Great Illustrated Classics
2007-02-25 21:14:37 · answer #2 · answered by = ) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitions of classics differ, but here are some 19th century titles you might like:Darwin: Origin of Species
Hugo: Les Miserables
Goethe: Faust
Hawthorne: Scarlet Letter
Carlyle: French Revolution (One of the best histories I have read)
Darwin: Descent of Man
Thackeray: Vanity Fair
DeTocqueville Democracy in America
Emerson: Essays
2007-02-25 21:14:12 · answer #3 · answered by cbklover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is a good one, Dr. Jekyell and Mr. Hide, The Canterbury Tales, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, A tale of Two Cities, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Moby Dick, A Moveable Feast (my favorite), and Many other's I don't have time to list. Oh and Frankienstine.
2007-02-25 21:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Treasure Island or Peter Pan
2007-02-25 20:58:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
2007-02-25 23:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by Ladyhawk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Camus~ The Stranger, Shakespeare ~A midsummer nights dream, A dollhouse, animal farm, lord of the rings, any anne rand, a catcher in the rye, in cold blood....
2007-02-25 21:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by SoySrtaBonita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Vonnegut.
The Idiot by Dostoevsky.
Tropic of Cancer/ Capricorn.- Miller
the unbearable lightness of being.-Kundera
skinny legs and all.- Robbins
2007-02-25 21:01:59 · answer #8 · answered by lackadai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1984 by Orwell.
2007-02-25 21:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wizard of oz or Peter Pan
2007-02-25 21:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by KENNETH H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋