You know what? I’ve been reading a lot of modern authors over the past few years, and while I love doing that (sign up for my newsletter here for updates on what I’ve been reading lately), I feel I’ve fallen way behind in my reading of classics.
Ya’ll, I love me some classics. 😉 I’ll share four of my faves below–click the covers to find on Amazon, and you can find most of my reviews for these books over on my Goodreads account here.
VANITY FAIR: A Novel without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray
THE MILL ON THE FLOSS by George Eliot
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD by Thomas Hardy
THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
So let’s chat! Please comment below with which classics you’d consider must-reads and why. I’ll compare those answers to the ones I’ve already read and try to integrate more this year! And maybe we’ll all add to our To-Read lists today!
(I have tried to read Moby Dick, by the way. Sorry to say I’ve never made it through!)
Rebecca. Great mystery and narrative voice.
Oh my word, yes!!! One of my all-time faves. I also love Daphne du Maurier’s autobiography–I think it’s called Myself when Young.
An old favorite of mine is Heidi. I also enjoyed North & South.
I don’t think I have read North and South, but I was impressed by the movie version!
I love the classics, but there are so many I haven’t read that I want to read. I really enjoyed North and South, and A Tale of Two Cities is worth the read just for the impact of the last two pages! I have to say Vanity Fair wasn’t my favourite. It really could have been written in about half the words, and the ending was really a bit of an anti-climax.
I’m assuming Jane Austen goes without saying. ?
I keep trying to read A Tale of Two Cities and I have not been able to finish it! I like Vanity Fair for its unvarnished character descriptions, but I also like that it’s a cautionary tale. I can handle pretty tragic endings, though (most of Thomas Hardy). Speaking of Jane A., we just rewatched Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow and that was so good!