I've never read Jane Eyre. I love to read, and I've never read it. Actually, there are probably quite a few classics I've never read. Please don't poo-poo me.
Granted, there are many I HAVE read, but obviously, there are more I haven't.
I started Jane Eyre last weekend, and read a good bit of it yesterday, and plan to finish today. I am really enjoying it, and I'm not just saying that in order to sound all cerebral. Taylor groaned when I told her I was reading it, she had flashbacks from reading it in high school.
My favorite book from high school, other than To Kill A Mockingbird, was, "The Once and Future King." Did any of you read that? I can read me a King Arthur story any day of the week. Did you have a favorite from school?
So, when I'm finished with Jane, what should I read next? I mean, classic-wise. What would you suggest?
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A Tale of Two Cities.
Les Miserables.
Both fantastic.
If you want to be really impressive, you could read Les Miserables in French....just sayin'....
Wuthering Heights. I read that a few months ago, also A Tale Of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Little Women (I felt it is geared to a much younger person), and To Kill A Mockingbird is also a fave of mine. I had English Lit in high school but the teacher was Shakespeare-crazy so we didn't dwell on the classics. I am trying to catch up.
I'm so glad you're liking Jane Eyre--it's one of my very favorites! Please read Madame Bovary, if you haven't. It bogs down in places, but it's really interesting because she is a very unsympathetic main character--and it's considered by many to be the first "modern" novel. And Jane Austen, of course! If you're up for poetry, Emily Dickinson...just immerse yourself in it. I have lots more, but I'll stop now! Literature geek here!
It's funny you wrote this. Last summer I decided to go back and read some of the classics I had read in High School. As much as they were somewhat enjoyable back then, they are far better now.
One of my favorite writers is Steinbeck so I started through his again. You have to enjoy very descriptive writing here but my fav was The Grapes of Wrath.
Well,,I suppose you could poo-poo me because I don't have a suggestion on classics
I don't know where I was but I can tell you it wasn't in the library
You have some wonderful suggestions from other blogging buddies so I'm sure you'll be turning the pages soon...
let me know what I should read:-)
Jordan has to read that for summer reading.
I love Count of Monte Cristo, Little Women, and Pride & Prejudice.
Of course right now I'm reading a $2.99 thriller on my kindle.
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