Classic literature? (Recommend me)

[Armored]

I'm going to be having some free time on my hands and I thought hey! Why not read some of those ever important books people are always saying changed the world! So, fire away.

[Fruple]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

A Tale of Two Cities, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, and that's about all I've read recently. They're all really decent books, and interesting to read so have fun.

[Armored]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

So I got Animal Farm, 1984, and The Catcher In The Rye. Once i'm done with those i'll check out A Tale of Two Cities, Uncle Tom's Cabin and Of Mice and Men! Thanks for the recommendations.

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

I think that everyone should read The Brothers Karamazov at some point in their life.

[Libby]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

I know it may be a bit girly, but I always like Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre. I can't think of any other classics.

[gray]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

i would have to read you first

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

Pride and Prejudice is actually pretty good. I am not going to lie.

[Caciss]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

I agree with Of Mice and Men, and I think pretty much all of Steinbecks works are worth your time.

[Magus]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

Jane Eyre made me want to puke and kill.

[Nixon]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

I would suggest Lord of the Flies, but most people read that in school.

I honestly didn't think Catcher in the Rye was all that great. My dad and I still argue about this.

[Magus]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

[Big Rick Cook]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

You could always try some Ayn Rand. Light reading (that most people read in high school) is Anthem, while the heavier tomes of Objectivism fiction (and ultimately way better and more entertaining) are Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.

[jacquel]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

If you didn't read it in highschool or your humanities electives, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

If you can recall the general plot points of Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is funny/weird.

Beloved by Toni Morrison is perhaps the most gripping ghost story ever.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I staid up all night reading to finish when I first did so.

[hitogoroshi]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

All Quiet on the Western Front is one of my favorite books of all time. I've heard A Time to Love and a Time to Die is even better, but I can't find it anywhere thus far.

Also basically anything Solzenitzen has written.

[Chad]

Re: Classic literature? (Recommend me)

I would suggest Lord of the Flies, but most people read that in school.

I honestly didn't think Catcher in the Rye was all that great. My dad and I still argue about this.

Salinger does no wrong by me. I respectfully disagree and recommend at least Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories.

Also I third Of Mice and Men. Is Catch 22 a classic? I liked that. Also, A Farewell To Arms.