What are some good books from like the 60's or 70's. Something with like fashion incoporated like the movies my fair lady and breakfast at tiffanys?
or anything really thats good for a teenage girl
2007-02-27 08:40:04 · 4 answers · asked by PoodleNoodle 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier -- l love her writing, and it's too bad this style of gothic novel has gone out of style.
As a teenager, I liked:
Gone with the Wind by Mitchell (plenty to fashion and romance)
The Bastard and its sequels by John Jakes (long, but full of history and romance -- a quintessential family saga)
East of Eden by Steinbeck
Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein
The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Rand
Emma by Bronte (fashion, but Edwardian. Some things never change, though) Sense and Sensibility is good, too.
I haven't read them, but you might also like Valley of the Dolls, the Jackie Collins books, Love Story, Sidney Sheldon books, Stepford Wives -- all are bestsellers of that time.
2007-02-27 08:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by suzykew70 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catcher in The Rye is older and good for a teen, but fashion-wise, not-so-much.
A good book for that has fashion in it is Bergdorf Blondes, or of course, The Devil Wears Prada.
I dont think the books for My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany's are something a teen would read, cause its pretty different from the movie version. They're good books, though. Im just not sure a teenage girl would like them.
2007-02-27 16:54:39 · answer #2 · answered by ginger ♥ edward cullen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Sarah: "or anything that's good for a teenage girl" would have to be To Kill a Mockingbird. Not much on fashion, Scout is not much of a fashion hound, but long on what it means to be a young girl in difficult situations.
2007-02-27 17:07:08 · answer #3 · answered by cjones1303 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would be the, BIBLE
2007-02-27 16:45:28 · answer #4 · answered by Linda 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋