Have you read a classic recently?

WD1993 · Post by **WD1993** » 04 Sep 2014, 15:44

The last classic book I bought was Wuthering Heights. It stands on my bookshelf ready to be read. I visited the south of England last month which contained a lot of Jane Austen places. I even visited her home in Chawton. This of course, made me re-read some parts of her books, although I still haven't read them all. A lot of books to read in the next couple of months.

I did however just finish reading "A Farewell to Arms" and "The Lord of the Flies". Interesting books, although not one of my favorites.

RoleyPole · Post by **RoleyPole** » 04 Sep 2014, 18:09

A little while ago I read War & Peace
I am currently reading Anna Karenina

I've also relatively recently read Jane Eyre and the Odyssey

Working my way through some of the classics...

klc3148 · Post by **klc3148** » 04 Sep 2014, 21:01

I just finished Morgenstern's The Princess Bride. Brilliant Satire! I have read The Scarlett Letter forty times. Cannot get enough of it.

nadjahughes · Post by **nadjahughes** » 04 Sep 2014, 21:55

I re-read Jane Eyre recently, just for the hell of it. It was just as fresh now as it was when I first read it 40 years ago for part of my English Literature course at school!

SURY · Post by **SURY** » 06 Sep 2014, 01:09

I read the Old Testament (King James version); finished last month.

lou wakey · Post by **lou wakey** » 06 Sep 2014, 03:42

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien .. it brought me back to the school days .. im very suprised that this hasnt been made into a film,

lavio4 · Post by **lavio4** » 07 Sep 2014, 17:05

just finished jailbird by kurt vonnegut and am currently about 60% done with withuring heights

Airam Velarde · Post by **Airam Velarde** » 07 Sep 2014, 21:52

The last classic book I read was one containing the complete collection of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and poems. It is a fairly big book, but I really enjoyed having a couple of short stories or poems to read every evening.

Giovenna · Post by **Giovenna** » 07 Sep 2014, 22:34

I read Kate Chopin's The Awakening last month. I admit, it gave me a hard time reading words out of it. hehe i don't know. I also read Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth just last week, one of the greatest reads i've had ever.

castor · Post by **castor** » 08 Sep 2014, 03:08

I just started reading Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" and earlier this year i read Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"

erasmus · Post by **erasmus** » 08 Sep 2014, 04:51

I just finished Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (is that how you spell it?) yesterday. Read The Princess Bride a few months ago, too.

Helga_ · Post by **Helga_** » 09 Sep 2014, 05:56

Actually I AM READING one. Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin. I first learned about the book in college and wanted to read it. Some years passed....but I kept my own promise. So far so good.

obiebookworm wrote:Orwell's 1984...about 4 years ago. Sad, isn't it?

Haha why "sad"??

You know you've actually read it. Classics are the books people only know of, but hardly ever try.

obiebookworm · Post by **obiebookworm** » 09 Sep 2014, 07:41

Helga_ wrote:Actually I AM READING one. Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin. I first learned about the book in college and wanted to read it. Some years passed....but I kept my own promise. So far so good.

obiebookworm wrote:Orwell's 1984...about 4 years ago. Sad, isn't it?
Haha why "sad"?? You know you've actually read it. Classics are the books people only know of, but hardly ever try.

You got a point there!

ktfrank04 · Post by **ktfrank04** » 09 Sep 2014, 08:34

castor wrote:I just started reading Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground" and earlier this year i read Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"

I love Dostoevsky! His dry humor is entertaining. I hope you enjoy notes from underground, it was short but good in my estimation ((: im an introvert though so its fairly easy to sympathize with the main character