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Can you list some books?

Posted: 04 Aug 2009, 08:55
by hot4jwg
Can you give me the names of the best classics that aren't too long? Maybe about 200 pages?

Posted: 04 Aug 2009, 09:13
by 09booklover
Try of "Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck--it's a great little book. "The Pearl" by him is also short.

There's also "1984" by George Orwell.

Hope this helps. If I think of others, I'll post again.

Posted: 04 Aug 2009, 15:04
by Bowlie
I just finished reading Cannery Row by John Steinbeck not too long ago. I enjoyed it. I read it before I visited Monterey--it was really cool to see some of the places he was talking about and even the laboratory that the doctor kept his specimens in.

I also enjoyed 1984 quite a bit. I highly recommend that as well!

Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 07:26
by atrixa
The Great Gatsby is fairly short.

Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 07:44
by 09booklover
You could also try Catcher in the Rye. It's not too long and very good.

Red Badge of Courage is also fairly short and a great book.

Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 09:08
by archanadevi
Horry potter is interesting.

Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 14:38
by bruce027
The Great Gatsby & Wuthering Heights--not sure on the page length but both are great!

Posted: 05 Aug 2009, 19:19
by 09booklover
Jane Eyre or Pride and Prejudice aren't too long either and excellent books!

Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 04:56
by The Baron
I would say "The Great Gatsby", "1984" and "Animal Farm"

Posted: 07 Aug 2009, 09:49
by Scott
Of Mice and Men is very short. I usually read it in one night. I love it.

Posted: 16 Aug 2009, 15:03
by Vdcnsrg
The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, Slaughterhouse 5, Fahrenheit 451 (haven't read it yet but I read some positive reviews about it)

Posted: 22 Aug 2009, 12:55
by SoggyPeanutPatrol
Read Stephen Crane! Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and The Red Badge of Courage. Both are very short.

Also "The Open Boat." Nobody reads Crane anymore.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin is also short.

Gatsby, too. And Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises .

Re: Can you list some books?

Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 00:57
by Sine_Ni_Ceallach
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
I could go on and on...

Re: Can you list some books?

Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 01:06
by Gloriannes
The heart of darkness, the time machine (Can't go wrong with HG Wells) but everyone gave such great suggestions.

Re: Can you list some books?

Posted: 10 Oct 2013, 11:20
by SarahPapesh
Sine_Ni_Ceallach wrote:The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
I could go on and on...
Definitely all of these, and I will also concur with those who recommended The Great Gatsby. I think you should also check out The Scarlet Letter - it's not very long at all.