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Question

For my AP English class we have to pick a book to read form this list, any help on what's good?

Antigone
Candide
Madame Bovary
The Plague
The Stranger
Medea
Faust
No Exit
Gulliver's Travels
Jude the Obscure
Waiting for Godot
Cyrano de Bergerac
M. Butterfly
Lord Jim
The Rape of the Lock
Tartuffe
Pilgrim's Progress
Volpone
Phedre
Hedda Gabler
The Cherry Orchard

*I like semi-sci-fi and thought-provoking stories, not a big fan of Shakespeare (the style/language) or sappy romance and Sherlock Homes style mystery. I also like really deep people stories

I'm leaning toward Candide or Medea, any reasons for or against?

Pilgrims Progress and The Plague looked interesting too (anybody read thoes?)

Answer 1

pilgrims progress
none of that

Answer 2

Candide, Madame Bovary, Gulliver's Travels, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Cherry Orchard are all good choices.
Personally, the best is The Cherry Orchard. I'm going to read that for my 19th century russian literature class that i love. i think you'd like it a lot, and it's not very long.

Answer 3

The Plague and The Stranger are by Albert Camus - he was an existentialist, and had a meek view of the world, but his writing makes for good and quick reading - The Stranger is only 200+ pages) and it's very interesting.

Plus, the opening line, "Mother died today. Or was it yesterday?" It grabbed me.

AP English is hard! I still remember it! Good luck and have fun reading!

Answer 4

If you like semi-sci-fi, "Gulliver's Travels" might be perfect for you. It's divided into four books. In the first, Gulliver finds himself in a land inhabited by people who are only about an inch tall, so he's a giant. In the second, he's in a land of giants, so he's tiny. In the third, he visits islands that float in the air. In the fourth, he's in a land where horses are the intelligent species and humans are wild animals. The four stories are just plain fun in their own right, and all of them also make fun of various aspects of ordinary human society.

Answer 5

I always liked Medea. If I remember correctly, it was written as a reaction to a political scandal of the time. Anyway, I always found it interesting because of the raw emotion as well as the action. Considering the sex and violence, I'm surprised everything written by the ancient Greeks hasn't been banned yet.

Answer 6

I loved Madame Bovary. I studied it at University and it was one of the easiest books to write papers about because there are so many 'angles'. But I enjoyed the novel for the novel's sake and have read it 3 times since.
It's got everything: archetypes, symbolism, language, contrast, imagery, social comment......it can even be overlaid onto 21st century life for a great compare and contrast.

Answer 7

I've read Antigone which is quite good if you like Greek tragedies. Very thought-provoking, easier to read then Shakespeare and not at all a sappy romance. You should give it a try :-)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Try Candide. (by Voltaire). It's fairly short and it's a true classic about the good and bad opinions of life. Well written, too. A must read.

Answer 10

Cyrano De Bergerac...a bittersweet story of a man who doubts himself and the abiding and unselfish love he bears for a woman he thinks is unobtainable. (I loved this one)

I liked Candide, but found it a bit silly at times...sort of, well, humph, really?

The Plague, though its kinda long winded and the author is very into himself.

that'd be my short list.

Answer 11

Cyrano de Bergerac!!!I ove that book sooooooo funny!!!!