Advise to read a classical book to read

[Moore]

i'm a bit tired of contemporary reading. Can you advise me to read something classical? You know i feel like going through some excitement and i feel my brain needs something fresh.

[Woodland Nymph]

Try Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; the story has a little bit of everything, on top of being deeply moving and profound.

[Dolphin]

Puddinhead Wilson by Mark Twain

The book is full of wit, it is short, and the story moves along. And, believe me: you will find some of the quotes at the begining of each chapter worth remembering.

[wille]

I don't know what classics you have already read.., but here are some suggestions..

Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice
Jane Austen - Northanger abbey
Emily Bronte -Wuthering heights
Bram Stroker - Dracula
William Shakespeare - Julius Ceasar

Another great book is the Green mile by Stephen King, there are also some great quotes, and the book is better than the movie...

[Bowlie]

I agree with the others that these books are great reads:

Dracula
Frankenstein
Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff so stressed me out that I got a huge headache at the end of the book. It was very well written)

I think these other books are also worthwhile reads:

Jude the Obscure
Crime and Punishment
Silas Marner

[The Mythwriter]

I will heartily third the motion for Dracula, you may be wary due to Hollywood's mistreatment, but about the only thing they got right was there is a vampire.

It's heavier, but Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is one of my favorites, very slow and deliberate in the building, incredible and mind-blowing in the end.

H.G. Wells is a classic, and I love Jack London and John Steinbeck.

If you want the ancient, iconic classics, The Odyssey and Beowulf are still around for very good reasons. Might want to shop a bit for good translations though.

Good luck finding the right classical root!

[Woodland Nymph]

Wuthering Heights (Heathcliff so stressed me out that I got a huge headache at the end of the book. It was very well written)

It took me several months to finish Wuthering Heights. The hatred of the characters, especially Heathcliff, was draining me emotionally. At the time I completely hated the book but, once I had finished and I reflected the story for a while, it became one of my favorite classics.