I "stole" the idea for this post from Carrie at Reading to Know, who "stole" it from Bluerose's Heart. Rebekah from bekahcubed also wrote a similar post.
I review classics rarely, so most of you probably don't know that I'm a huge fan of classics. I love them. I even have a list from collegeboard.com that consists of one hundred books and short stories that every college-bound reader should get a hold of, and most are classics. (By the way, I'm only a quarter of the way finished with the list and starting college in the fall.)
Since I first grabbed hold of a classic (it was probably one of Jane Austen's, I'm not sure) I was transported into an altogether different world, where the language is so much different than today and the feelings and emotions so much more in depth and interesting, or so it seems. I admit that I wouldn't want to read classics solely and avoid all modern writing, but I do have a special place in my reading time for classics.
Unfortunately, there are just so many that are talked about and liked and disliked that I haven't read as many as I would like to. So here are ten classics that I intend to read ... eventually. These are listed in no particular order.
1. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. I will read this. I will. I actually started it last month and read a bit of it. It is long, and at times boring, but I will finish it.
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. This is one that I just want to read to say that I've read it, which I know isn't the most commendable thing.
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. I started this book a long, long time ago but didn't finish it. I can't really remember why I stopped.
4. The Illiad by Homer.
5. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
6. Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I just feel the need. I'm not sure I'm even interested in whales that much.
7. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I only have this and Lady Susan to read before I am finished with Austen's completed works. I've watched the 1995 movie version (with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet) I don't know how many times, but haven't gotten around to reading the book.
8. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. I watched the BBC series of this and loved it. My sis says the book is better.
9. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I'm about a third of the way done with this one!
10. Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. I can consider this a classic, can't I?
Click on any of the pictures to be taken to their respective Amazon pages for more info. I could probably think of more, but that will do for now!
