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Re: Classics For Classics - best books of all times

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Steph K wrote: 11 Oct 2017, 15:41 Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky are some of my favorites.
Agree with Crime and Punishment and though 800 pages is daunting I look forward to The Brothers K. The two classics I would put in the same bracket as Dostoevsky are Jane Eyre and Madame Bovary. Sublime.
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I was surprised that Jane Eyre was not mentioned more times in this topic - it definitely is one of my favorites, I was still thinking about that story and living with it for some time after finishing.

I just started reading Margaret Mitchell Gone with the wind and have a feeling that I will enjoy it a lot.
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I am a big Bronte fan and have read many of their novels including Jane Eyre which I love. Thanks for mentioning it.
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I think a classic work is one that you remember primarily for its language, lines that keep haunting us years later.

There are lots of such writers. i'll add Graham Greene into that list. Strangely his works are sometimes not considered to be 'there', even though he is one of the greats.
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Of Greene’s work, I would place these in the classics category;

The Heart of the Matter
The Power and the Glory
The End of the Affair

With Brighton Rock & The Quiet American as “entertainments” that are so good they could be counted as classics.

I’d recommend Italo Calvino’s essay on what makes a classic that is available online.
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Wuthering Heights
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison!
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One does not simply choose one "best book of all time", but a few come to mind. There's Pride and Prejudice (my personal favorite), Dracula, Anna Karenina, A tale of two cities, and 1984.
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Classics are wonderful books to read, I can read and read them all over.
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I would love to see Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
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Pride and prejudice and the wizard of Oz are classics that top my list. I also love the Holmes series. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a genius. I could never get tired of Sherlock Holmes.
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I am a classics junkie! I have a few on my physical bookshelves. Charles Dickens is, by far, one of my favorites. I do find it strange that no one has mentioned Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre, or better yet, Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights! I must confess, I have only seen the film versions of both, and not actually read the books, but their character development and story lines are amazing!
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Lileike wrote: 07 Jan 2018, 06:16 I was surprised that Jane Eyre was not mentioned more times in this topic - it definitely is one of my favorites, I was still thinking about that story and living with it for some time after finishing.

I just started reading Margaret Mitchell Gone with the wind and have a feeling that I will enjoy it a lot.
Gone with the Wind is a great american classic, you certainly will enjoy it. When finished, after a good eye rest, read the sequel Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley. It really does the first story justice. For years after Gone with the Wind, I said I wanted to write a sequel, because of the way it ended. But, let me tell you, I would never have done such a good job as Ripley.
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Have you tried Mary Norton's 'Borrowers' books? Or maybe some anthologies from various mythologies.
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This question made me smile as it got me thinking. It's kind of difficult to say but classical books for me never gets old. Dracula is one of such kind.
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