Photograph: "Treasured Books" by 1bluecanoe
One of my New Years resolutions is to read more classics. (More to come on my other New Years resolutions later.) Beginning to diminsh the long list of books on my ever expanding reading list would be a nice accomplishment for this year.
Here are a few I'd like to read: (please know that these are in no particular order.)
Here are a few I'd like to read: (please know that these are in no particular order.)
- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Walden by Henry David Thoreau
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
- Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Let me know if you have any suggestions for me and I'll add them to my growing list!
Excellent list. East of Eden is such a good read. Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I could do it. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to read but not sure I could keep my attention on classics! Good Luck! :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely think these are good! I have a few of these on my classics list! Some others I have that you might already have read are
ReplyDeleteCatch-22
Pride and Prejudice- well all of Jane Austen's- Just started Persuasion
Lord of the Flies
The Old Man and the Sea
The Scarlet Letter
And you got I think all the others. But one a month, what a great idea! I'd love to read them with you so that I'll stay disciplined, haha. Plus I want someone to discuss them with. Let me know!
Love u!
Love Great Expectations, Great Gatsby, and Walden! My favorites are:
ReplyDeleteThe House of Mirth
Vanity Fair
A Tale of Two Cities
Les Miserables (Patrick would probably also like this one)
And one that's not technically a classic but still a beautiful book . . . A Separate Peace