 Which Classic Book Is Your Favorite? |
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 Jan 11 2007, 05:14 AM
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Member [Level 2]  Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 13-October 06 Member No.: 31,579  |
I'd say Nineteen Eighty Four (1984) by Orwell is by far my favourite, apart from some Dostoyiefski books of course
 Don't know if you have read it...Talks about a dystopian government and its influence on the population...This book has not only influenced me personally but also COUNTLESS future books, movies and other arts. Check it out : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four |
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Jan 20 2007, 10:40 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 36,239 |
I have to say my favorite is definitely To Kill A Mockingbird. I've also read Great Gatsby (wasn't a huge fan), Lord of the Flies (liked it), Tom Sawyer (liked it) & Huck Finn (not a fan) among others. And while I don't know if I'd call them classic novels, I also really liked Of Mice & Men and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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Jan 21 2007, 10:54 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 21-January 07 Member No.: 37,580 |
Tom Sawyer is my favorite book.
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Jan 21 2007, 12:03 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 15-January 07 From: Rotherham, UK Member No.: 37,245 |
I am not a book reader person, thus I do not have a favourite classic book of all times. I do however love Roald Dahl's (RIP) books, as I used to read them when I was a little child. Well now I like the Harry Potter books, I haven't read all of them as I don't find the time, I have just read a few urm sentences?
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Jan 25 2007, 12:49 AM
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The only classic old book that I ever read and ever liked is The Voyages of Dr.Doolittle.
Dunno why its a kewl book. As for modern books I like Harry Potter
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Jan 30 2007, 04:59 PM
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Member [Level 3] Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 26-July 06 Member No.: 27,319 |
I was going to read David Copperfield, but the most I've done is watch the DVD of it in my Junior English Class this past year. Sad, I must say, but I liked it. I've read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but I didn't really like it all that well. My teacher would kill me if she knew I'd said that! LoL. I like a handful of Shakespeare's plays, like Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew. Like others have said, I love to read, but, sadly, I'm haven't been a big reader in my academy years because of my busy lifestyle, except for breaks and summer time. Even then, classics aren't exactly things I've been reading either.
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Jan 31 2007, 02:10 AM
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Newbie [Level 1] Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 31-January 07 Member No.: 38,060 |
Definately "On The Road" by Jack Kerourac. This book is so much fun to read. Every time I read it I want to become a hobo and travel accross the country. Just a great read!
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Feb 11 2007, 08:23 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 30-January 07 From: Poland Member No.: 38,031 |
I'd say I've got 5 favourite classic books at the moment. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem, Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar and last but not least The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
I love the writing style of each author and the scope of their imagination. These books have influenced my life and I recommend them to everyone. |
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Feb 11 2007, 10:49 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 235 Joined: 20-December 06 From: China/Tibet/India Member No.: 35,671 |
I've read most of the classics at one time or another. Let's see - favorites, hmm.
Well, Jane Eyre, for one - I love the conversations, and then the way the book was published is in itself quite a story. The Pickwick papers is another nice one - it starts out drab and grows into a great novel as you read along. Plutarch also makes fascinating reading - to read about the way humanity was thousands of years ago and compare it with today. Fascinating. It hasn't changed, incidentally, hehe. Sherlock Holmes, of course - I like the collections of short stories best - I love the analytical mind and the personality of Holmes. Cold and brilliant. One of the greatest characters in fiction (in my opinion). There's also an obscure Ukrainian work called 'The Forest Song' that I really like but I don't suppose many have heard of it. There are also the works of Confucius, Lao Tze, and Miyamoto Musashi, all writers of classics in the highest sense of the word. I HAVE NOT read Anna Karenina, but I'm starting on it. Generally russian literature depresses me, despite being brilliant, there's a lot of fatalism in it. However, one work 'Lazarus' a short russian story, stands out - it's brilliant. And has anyone read 'The Devil and Daniel Webster' - it's a beautiful short story. This post has been edited by Yratorm, LightMage: Feb 11 2007, 10:51 PM |
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