Have you read a classic recently?

Thesaurus Rex · Post by **Thesaurus Rex** » 26 May 2015, 08:44

I had to read Wuthering Heights.

Kayo Smada · Post by **Kayo Smada** » 26 May 2015, 20:14

I'm always reading the classics. I made myself a book list with about 900 books on it, and while there are many new books on it, it is mostly classics. (I'm currently reading "A History of Tom Jones -- A Foundling" by Henry Fielding on my Kindle, "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville on iBooks, and "Of Human Bondage" by W. Somerset Maugham in used paperback.)

Sarah Clay · Post by **Sarah Clay** » 20 Jul 2015, 19:15

I'm currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird and The Stranger along with Wuthering Heights and Pride and Prejudice.

kitsune1997 · Post by **kitsune1997** » 26 Jul 2015, 01:58

All of Shakespeare's stories. I'm obsessed. Have been since I was six.

rssllue · Post by **rssllue** » 26 Jul 2015, 04:04

kitsune1997 wrote:All of Shakespeare's stories. I'm obsessed. Have been since I was six.

Ach...They're just much ado about nothing.

kitsune1997 · Post by **kitsune1997** » 26 Jul 2015, 10:26

rssllue wrote:
kitsune1997 wrote:All of Shakespeare's stories. I'm obsessed. Have been since I was six.
Ach...They're just much ado about nothing.

Honestly, my mother is responsible for my obsession. She bought me his books when I was six and I fell in love with his work...

godreaujea · Post by **godreaujea** » 06 May 2017, 16:36

I am not sure if this qualifies as a classic, but I know some consider it to be, but Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, and I loved it!

Manang Muyang · Post by **Manang Muyang** » 21 May 2017, 19:14

The last classic I read was Bleak House by Charles Dickens, written in 1853. So many of the things that happened would be totally ridiculous if they happened today. But the lessons of loyalty, friendship and true love will endure through this century, and even beyond.

lwahls2 · Post by **lwahls2** » 14 Apr 2020, 20:15

I haven't read a classic recently but I'm about to pick up Emma by Jane Austen. Is that considered a classic?

tanner87cbs · Post by **tanner87cbs** » 26 Apr 2020, 19:59

I have not recently. However, The Lord of the Fly's is on my shortlist.

eliviac35 · Post by **eliviac35** » 29 Apr 2020, 10:59

I reread Pride and Prejudice every January.

edztan15 · Post by **edztan15** » 05 May 2020, 16:18

I think the most recent classic that I read was Dracula.

Kawther22 · Post by **Kawther22** » 26 May 2020, 01:46

I recently reread Hamlet as part of my English program requirement. I loved it even better after this reading, and I got the chance to discuss it with my colleagues and teacher which was a lot of fun. We talked about the different ways the play could be read and the different interpretations one could make. We even had a Feminist reading which revealed a lot of misogyny issues in the 16th century and even in some modern critics' views.

Abigail Klinkerman · Post by **Abigail Klinkerman** » 02 Jun 2020, 18:52

The last classic I read was The Great Gatsby, however I would love to get into more. Anyone have a "must read" or top recommended list they can lend me?