4 Great Classic Books

[Fran]

I read "Nineteen Eighty-Four". Maybe it was my age, but I found it a bit...

@ Ail ... My advice to you would be, keep it on the shelf & reread it in about 10 years. The more life experience you have the more 1984 resonates IMHO.
Well done on finishing at your age.

[Lnanderson86]

I've never actually read "Catcher In the Rye." I've heard nothing but amazing things about it, but I've never picked it up. I'm not sure why. Maybe it will be my next read!

[dragonheart]

I've only read Of mice and Men, and 1984. I have heard good things about The Catcher in the Rye so maybe I'll give that a read soon.

[Eric Tolevsky]

All good books.

[English-specialist]

I quoted Winston again today. Whenever I deal with a disaffected student, harumphing about the hoops, I remind them of how Winston was dangerous because he jumped through the hoops knowing they were hoops.
When you quote a book at people, then I think it's earned its status as a classic.

[Beth]

I agree with all four books. My favorite is Fahrenheit 451.

[Eric Tolevsky]

I might have to read Fahrenheit 451 every one seems to love it.

[Geili001]

i agreed with u..

[SpontaniousWind]

I'm really surprised more people didn't metion To Kill A Mocking Bird in their list of Must Read's, because I found it a truly compelling and incredibly thought provoking book, particularly as one reads it through the eyes of a child.

I have never read any of those books, but I am making a point, right here and now to establish my own reading list of Modern Classics, and get to work on exploring each and every one of them.

I think Im going to start first with 1984, and then The Catcher in the Rye. If anyone else has any suggestions please message me and let me know!

[Francine]

Nineteen Eighty-Four is rock classical book,i am big fan of this book

[Florinda]

Reading classic books can boost your learning experience. There are some reasons why classic books can do that: they have stood the test of time, they give you different “lenses” to look through, and they will most likely be relevant even to the far future. Reading the classics is an excellent intellectual exercise which will arm you with a lot of powerful intellectual tools.

To find good classic books, there are trusted recommendations that can help us. The recommendations are found in the books How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren, and The Well-Educated Mind by Susan Wise Bauer, both of which I believe are high-quality books. You can read the books for complete information about their recommendations (with suggestions on how to read them), but here I will directly give you the titles of the books which are recommended by both of them.

While I believe a book which is recommended by any of them is good, I think it’s safe to say that a book which is recommended by both of them is great.

[Ghastlies]

i'm starting to read 1984 as per requirement of our grade which is to read a novel picked by our english teacher. i hope it is as good as it sounds because i'm momentarily giving up wanting to read other pending books for it and i don't usually enjoy the books our school tells us to read.

i've also heard of the catcher in the rye! i've always, always wanted to read it. i still do not know why i haven't grabbed a copy yet. /rushes to a bookstore

[dungtran]

I have read the book with him for life. It was so strange a huge impression on me. the humanities in the article are very character.
thank the authors brought to work

[endobenthic]

Afternoon all:

If there are readers who really liked George Orwell's 1984, they might also be affected strongly by Animal Farm , his satirical novella about Russian communism using the takeover of a farm by it's animals to poke fun at the Russian revolution.

Or if sci-fi's your thing H.G.Wells' The Time Machine is really juicy as well.

Any thoughts?

[Booklover83]

I "read" (and by read I mean skimmed enough to pass the class) all but 1984 in high school and to be frank, at the time I hated them all. Now that I am older and wiser with a BA in English Literature, I am going to actually read them this time around and I have heard 1984 is a great novel so that must go on my list.