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@chhilt

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Posted: 15 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: aish_punk
chillt - oh sorry i didn't notice!..wow u actually liked classics?..all i hear about them are boring!..anyway, will try out what u said..thanks..

Sure! Classics are classics for a reason... sure I don't like all of them just like I don't like all of the current novels... :)

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Michelle

@shellytt

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Posted: 15 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: aish_punk
chillt - oh sorry i didn't notice!..wow u actually liked classics?..all i hear about them are boring!..anyway, will try out what u said..thanks..

nayab - hey thanks!..yeah ive been wanting to read jane eyre but never found it!..n wuthering heights, well twilight made it seem boring :P..lol bt i think ill give it a try anyway..if i can find it!.

bhav - oh thanks :)..well ur right about dickens..am not a great fan of him..the others u mentioned seem interesting!..will check them out if i can..n lol yeah even im reading only about vampires..n all these teen love crap..so i need to take a break from those.

shellyt - oh i read anne of green gables when i was young, its a sweet book. ive heard of the anne of the island but not the former one..yet to read those two!..

pride and prejudice is <3 as u said!..totally loved it..will try n read the others u mentioned..n well yeah, jane austen, but the problem is never find her books!..

thank you!

There are websites where you can read her books online or even download it as a pdf document, so you can read it offline or even print them out. I know its not the same as actully having a book in had, but if you really want to read them you can probably try that.

Oh and if you loved Pride and Prejudice you should definitely read Persuasion - that is my second fav Jane Austen novel and PaP

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@-dhruvi

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Posted: 15 years ago

#13

To Kill a Mockingbird

Wuthering Heights

Frankenstein

I shall be back with more...

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Bhavna

@sourpuss

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Posted: 15 years ago

#14

I cannot believe I forgot to mention this, but have you read Black Beauty by...Anna Sewell, I think? I used to LOVE that book!

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Sunita

@whatsername

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Posted: 15 years ago

#15

Lolita by by Vladimir Nabokov
extremly controversial
lol

I am reading Dante's Divine Comedy. I cant understand most of it. lol

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Just call me Chhilt :)

@chhilt

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Posted: 15 years ago

#16

@sourpuss Black Beauty rocks! I've lost count of how many times I've read that! :)

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Sonakshi

@EatPrayLove

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Posted: 15 years ago

#17

Recently I read "To Kill a Mocking Bird" and loved it...so maybe you could give it a try...
then.....(and this one's my fav novel so far)... "Gone With The Wind" by Margaret Mitchell...

btw what's the definition of a "classic"? i think old novels that became bestsellers in their time, right? i'm not so sure....

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Something Or The Other

@ShadowKisses

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Posted: 15 years ago

#18

^ It's not being best-sellers because a lot of the classics actually failed when they were released (Wuthering Heights comes to mind) and their literary value was realized much later. I think the general definition of classic varies but at the core, it's a book that typically has a lot of literary features which is admired by critics and presents a social commentary that is subtle.

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Like someone mentioned, Nabokov's Lolita is really good if you don't get offended too easily. However, I think "Pale Fire" is easily his best book. The character of John Shade and the way the narrative is told is particularly fascinating.

Other than the ones already mentioned, I'd add John Fowles' "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and Flaubert's "Madame Bovary".