Do you have any books to suggest? Specifically "old" books that are still widely read today, just like "Pride and Prejudice"?
2007-11-12 21:21:49 · 14 answers · asked by Galadriel 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Try reading:
1) Lost Horizon by James Hilton, if you haven't already. It's the source of the word Shangri-la and it's one of my favorites among the classics...
2) 1984 by George Orwell. I agree with Annukya on this one. When I read it I was really unprepared by the onslaught of original ideas and social/political/philosophical questions and issues.. Given the state of world affairs and the ever present danger of authoritarian rule, I'm sure this book isn't going to be a regrettable read...
3) Call of the Wild by Jack London. It's like a thoughtful, painful, provocative biography of a dog... though I'm sure I don't justify it and you'll be touched by this.. when I read this it was like I felt every lash that landed on Buck's hide...
4) Tale of Two Cities. Wordy, but the climax, and Sydney Carton, are more than enough redemptive elements.
5) Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It'll reintroduce you to optimistic, wide-eyed wonder at the beauty of the world, from the point-of-view of a young girl...
6) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I love her writing style and the points she raises; and brave, witty, somber Jane is an amazing character...
7) Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. It's like a comfortable spot beside the fireplace while the outer world snows...
8) The Dialogues of Socrates, and The Republic, by Plato. If you're going for "classic," why not head back to the Classical Age? The Ancient Greeks are a tough bunch to just dismiss
2007-11-12 21:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by lm.s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you mention Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, why not read all of her books? That's what I did and I loved each and every single one.
In order of first publication from Wikipedia:
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1816)
Persuasion (1818) (posthumous)
Northanger Abbey (1818) (posthumous)
I don't know what you are looking for except for the fact that you wrote books that are still widely read. Well, Charles Dickens fits into that category as well and he is wonderful.
Here are the books that I have read by Charles Dickens:
Tale of Two Cities
Great Expectations
David Copperfield
Of course, he wrote many more and I am sure they are great too.
Happy reading!
2007-11-13 02:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by happy inside 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gone With The Wind
Anne of Green Gables
Bram Stoker's Dracula
The Three Musketeers
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Shakespeare
Sherlock Holmes
The Princess Bride
2007-11-12 23:27:08 · answer #3 · answered by rain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Christmas Carol by Dickens
A Girl of the Limberlost by Porter
The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck
Treasure Island by Stevenson
Little Women by Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by Montegomery
The Secret Garden by Burnett
The Hobbit by Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by Lewis
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee
Emma by Austen
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
2007-11-13 03:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 06:24:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jane Eyre : By Charlotte Bronte
The Tale of Two Cities - By Dickens
David Copperfield - By Dickens, again
2007-11-12 23:07:10 · answer #6 · answered by gs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier. A most excellent book with a very, very interesting ending. Read the book before you watch the movie--and when you watch the movie watch the 1940 version, not the new one. It's a little slow in the beginning, but very, very good.
2007-11-13 07:05:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME by Victor Hugo
TOILERS OF THE SEA by Victor Hugo
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS by James Fenimore Cooper
TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
LITTLE WOMEN by Louis May Alcott
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Jules Verne
THE WARDEN by Anthony Trollope
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE by Edgar Allen Poe
THE RAVEN by Edgar Allen Poe
2007-11-13 01:56:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ethan Frome by edit warton was a good read. Also madame Bovary ad catcher in the rye.
2007-11-13 01:52:33 · answer #9 · answered by ♥MoxiePink♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To Kill A Mockingbird.
and Watership Down (although this is a modern classic)
The Lord Of The Rings.
Btw DON'T waste your time and read 1984, I want the time i spent reading it back! I hated it :P
2007-11-12 21:31:13 · answer #10 · answered by myleslr 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋