4 Great Classic Books

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Thats really a good book.

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I have read the Mice and Men and The Catcher in the Rye in my high school but I didn't read other two so now I will read other books. I got these two book from my friend.
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I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't read any of the 4 :shock:
I almost came close in GCSE English though, half the year had to read Of Mice and Men - but I was in the half of the year that had to read To Kill a Mockingbird instead (which I loved and it's in my top 10).

But I'll definately put all 4 on my 'to be read' list :D
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All are good.
I will spend more time to read.
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I personally like the "The Catcher in the Rye." Very different and revolutionary. I really think that this is one of my favorite classic novels. Great selection btw.
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I have put Mice and Men on my reading list. I have not read any Steinbeck - despite living for 25+ years in Northern California. I keep meaning to read some of his novels - I will now make a point of doing so. Excellent thread. I read DH Lawrence's Sons and Lovers for a book club - not really expecting to like it but was very pleasantly surprised. It is excellent - well written - of course - also I was very engaged through the entire book. I am also a big F. Scott Fitzgerald fan.

I made a point of beginning to read the classics about 4 or 5 years ago and am enjoying it very much. They are classics for a reason, after all.

By the way - What makes a book a classic? Who decides? Does a writer have to be dead for his or her books to be considered classic?
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I lile the book about oil painting and collect some.
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I LOVE 1984. It's one of those books that went into my 10 favourite books of all time before I'd even finished it! I only just read Of Mice and Men a couple of weeks ago and really enjoyed it - I polished it off in a day :) Catcher in the Rye is on my list of books to read, and I've never read Fahrenheit 451 but if it's as good as I've heard, that might have to go on my list too.
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I remember reading a Cracked article (this is coming from Cracked so take a pessimistic view on it) that said Fahrenheit wasn't as controversial as people make it out to be and the initial criticism and outrage towards it was not that big.
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I have Of Mice and Men on my to read list, but currently Jane Austin's books have been my topic of choice of late. I am interested to know what everyone thinks about her books though.
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Dante's Divine Comedy

Shakespeare's Hamlet

Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude

The Mahabharata
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Post by aya »

"The Catcher in the Rye" didn't make sense to me. I don't like stories about troubled teenagers either.
"Nineeteen eighty four" is a masterpiece.
"Of Mice and Men" is sad and thrilling at the same time. The end is shocking.
I miss other classics not mentioned.
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Post by preetisoft2 »

Excellent books really.
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My cousin put me on The Catcher in the Rye when I was a junior in high school. It wasn't on an approved list in my rather conservative school district, but it was in hers on the other side of the State. I loved it--simply ate it up. I doubt I would have that reaction today. At the time it was sheer entertainment. I'm not sure it has any redeeming social content: just one of those "raising awareness" issues.

1984 was more instructive than entertaining. At some point during the actual year 1984 I remember thinking that even though we were not fully there, we were certainly closer to what Orwell wrote about than people were at the time he wrote.

Fahrenheit 451 and Of Mice and Men I have not read.
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Post by preetisoft2 »

Scott, thanks for sharing.
Really good books.
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