Which of these classics are your favorite?

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Nineteen Eighty-four
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My two all time favorites are Pride and Prejudice and the Count of Monte Cristo! Those have been my summer rereads for years!
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Wuthering Heights is by far the best classic for me!
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Les Miserables
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A Tale Of Two Cities
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Interesting. This thread was started four years ago. Wonder how many of those books ArbolWin has read since then. It was the only post he/she ever made on this site, lol.

Ah, well, my never-to-be-read-by-him/her recommendation is A Tale of Two Cities.
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That is quite an impressive list you have there. Have to admit though that I have never been drawn to the classics. Tried once and found the writing style difficult and the story dry. Just my opinion.
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The Count of Monte Crisco. I love a good old fashion revenge story.
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I read Pride and Prejudice when I was a senior in high school and fell absolutely in love with Jane Austen. I have sense purchased all of the books she had written and have read each one three to four times each.
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Someone mentioned earlier that this person is no longer active, but a list like this is hard to resist. There's a lot of good books here! Not that I've read them all... hmmm should work on that....
I'm a big fan of Jane Eyre and Pride & Prejudice, but I'm going to vote for Dracula. Its dark and stormy where I'm at right now so that might have something to do with it.
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Love Jane Erye :) Les Miserables & The three musketeers are also my favorites due to my french class c: Im also looking forward to War & Peace, A tale of two cities, 1984, Wuthering Heights & Great Expectations c:
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Oliver Twist
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My top 10:
Great Expectations
Jane Eyre
Nineteen Eighty-four
Dracula
Wuthering Heights
Anna Karenina
The Count of Monte Cristo
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Vanity Fair
The Three Musketeers
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Reading lady wrote:That is quite an impressive list you have there. Have to admit though that I have never been drawn to the classics. Tried once and found the writing style difficult and the story dry. Just my opinion.
Yes, the writing style can put a lot of people off. But maybe you just haven't found the right book yet. :) If you like romance, you could try the old favorite, Jane Eyre.
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Picture of Dorian Gray is also good....
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