basically, i dont only like classics but i enjoyed them and wanna find something else similar to it..or something i would like to read!
2007-10-11 04:37:21 · 18 answers · asked by lil_miss_sunshine_x 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you really liked Jane Eyre, then you may be interested in reading "The Wide Sargasso Sea". The author, Jean Rhys, does a sort of prequel about Rochester's mad wife and what her life may have been like before she wound up in the attic.
Also, I highly recommend any of Jane Austen's novels if you have not read them yet.
~ Jaci
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2007-10-11 05:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jaci { R.I.P. Casey } 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Got to agree with the others and say Jane Austen, especially 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Emma'. You might enjoy Wuthering Heights, too, another Bronte book. I loved 'The Mill on the Floss' by George Eliot (a female writer despite the name).
Also, 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy is very long and that puts some people off, but it's a FANTASTIC story!
2007-10-11 12:36:14 · answer #2 · answered by bernieszu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you liked Rebecca, you would also like Frenchman's Creek (my favourite) and Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier.
What about other historical novels? May I suggest books by Philippa Gregory? Read the Wideacre series in the right order, 1) Wideacre, 2) The Favoured Child, 3) Meridon.
The series on the Tudors is also very good, but not written in historical date order. I am not so keen on her contempory novels.
Have you tried books by Jean Plaidy, aka Victoria Holt, aka Philippa Carr?
2007-10-11 15:08:18 · answer #3 · answered by steffi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the person who suggested Victoria Holt, although they're mostly out of print - try second hand shops or ebay. You would also like Mary Stewart, also mostly out of print. I agree with the suggestion of Jane Austen, but avoid Mansfield Park, which is dull. Try Emily Giffin. Her 3 books are Something Borrowed, Something Blue and Baby Proof.
2007-10-11 18:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by No Longer Dizzy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots getting imagination adn occupying yourself. Try reading these books to get your mind into it.
ADVENTURE
Dragon Rider Corneilia Funke about a boy and a dragon on search for the dragons in the himalayas but a golden dragon is trying to kill them.
Harry Potter series J.K Rowling: About a boy whose parents die and finds lots of worlds in magic.
Famous Five about five people who battle it out.
PETS
Puppy patrol series Jenny Dale:
Abandoned
Murphey's mystery
Forever Sam
Tug of Love
Huskey Hero
A Winters Tale
Sam and Deliah
Snow DoG
King of the Castle
Diggers Treasure
And Puppy School
Try reading these books
Jess the Border Collie Lucy Daniels
About a girl called Jenny who lives in Scotland and her intellugant dog goes on in adventure and Wisdom!
And many more! I hope i helped please read books The puppy patrol series is the best ever and i listed amny of them i have read them all!
Violet A xx
2007-10-14 07:33:18 · answer #5 · answered by Dirus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love those books too! Try a bit of Thomas Hardy, Tess of D'Urbervilles/Mayor of Casterbridge/Far from the madding crowd. If you like a bit more gothic go for Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, or Romance in the Forest by Radcliffe.
2007-10-16 11:01:19 · answer #6 · answered by Vic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved these books too but I would also recommend Emily Brontes Wuthering Heights and Margaret Mitchells Gone With the Wind (my fav book).
2007-10-11 19:24:40 · answer #7 · answered by Lolly9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vanity Fair, Pride & Prejudice are English books of the same period.
My Antonia (Willa Cather) is a great American book from a little bit later.
2007-10-11 11:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by noname 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read "The Picture of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde but modern classics "The Blind Assassin" and "The Handmaids Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
2007-10-13 19:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by Exploding teabag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like period novels, then apart from the books already suggested, you might also enjoy some of Anya Seton's books, particularly Katherine, about the mistress (and later wife) of John of Gaunt, and sister in law of Chaucer
2007-10-12 07:51:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋