I'm really into the classics right now and my friend wants some suggestions for some classics to read. Thing is, she's really intimidated by long books (East of Eden, etc.) and wants some shorter ones to read. I'm looking for a few classics that are 250 pages or less. I already have Of Mice and Men and Animal Farm... any other suggestions?
2007-07-19 09:10:04 · 14 answers · asked by Squeegee Beckingheim :-) 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
the pearl, tortilla flat, and cannery row by John Steinbeck.
the master of ballantrae and the strange case of doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R. L. Stevenson
Summer crossing and Brekfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
the big sleep by Raymond chandler
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Plays by William Shakespear (as well as his sonnets)
Tales of Petersbourg by Nicolaj Gogol'
The nonexistent knight by Italo Calvino
Chronicle of a death foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ( ok, ok, very "modern" for a classic since it dates from 1981 but..)
the stranger, by Albert Camus
2007-07-20 06:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by simonetta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
H.G. Well's The Island of DR.Moreau
Agatha Christie's The Murder on the Links
Charles Dickens The Baron of Grogwig
E.M. Forester's The Story of the Siren
and Robert Graves The Shout are all great reads.
2007-07-19 09:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Gatsby
A Clockwork Orange
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Frankenstien
Gulliver's Travels might be less than 250 pages, but I'm not sure, I haven't read it in a while.
2007-07-19 09:40:46 · answer #3 · answered by dinosaurhorrorshow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the shortest classic.
I don't know if you will consider The Oldman And the Sea by Earnest Hemmingway as a classic or not. But thats a fairly short good book too.
You can also try thomas hardy books, I did not find them too long...about 300 pages.
CHeeRioS
2007-07-19 09:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they're all incredibly stable, however the unusual Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the shortest. it is likewise a marginally alluring "learn" of the duality of guy's nature; the stable and evil factors being thoroughly cut up into 2 "different" men. Oliver Twist is a superb tale. whether, some human beings do no longer relish Charles Dickens' very descriptive prose. i like it. Treasure Island is an incredibly stable journey tale. Gulliver's Travels is the two very long and extremely stable. even with the undeniable fact that there is journey, it incredibly is greater parody and satire with many layers to it. Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula are the two Gothic in nature and extremely exciting. you won't be in a position to bypass incorrect examining any of those on your checklist. It relies upon on which variety is greater beautiful to you. Whichever you go with for, i'm hoping you relish it.
2016-09-30 08:21:10 · answer #5 · answered by savitz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankenstein by Shelly, and The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald are some of my favorites and they're all fairly short and not too difficult to get through.
2007-07-19 09:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Lindsay C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.
2007-07-19 09:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by Dan F 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is a very good ghost story novella about a governess who thinks that she's seeing ghosts. It was made into a movie called "The Innocents".
Happy reading to you! :-)
2007-07-19 10:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by Bookworm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they are classics of that short but
-Tuesday's with Morrie
-The Five peole you meet in Heaven
-Where the Heart is
-Romeo and Juliet
-The Midwife
that is all i can give you
2007-07-19 09:17:32 · answer #9 · answered by kissable kimmy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shakespeare has some short ones, wuthering heights, gone with the wind is long but sooooo good and actually an easy read, very modern in language.
2007-07-19 09:18:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋