Recommendations of Classic Books
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- Kawther22
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I've found this to be a great example of Shakespeare's dramatic skill. I'm so glad that I got to study it in school!Kawther22 wrote: ↑24 May 2020, 12:19 Try reading Macbeth even if you have read it before. Each reading is a different experience, and it is so fun to find all the clues in the characters' speeches that show us who they really are. I have read it twice; once when I was around 14 and another time in college. The second reading revealed a lot more hidden meanings and in some way raised and answered some questions such as was lady Macbeth really the evil mastermind many people think her to be? What role does gender play in the play? Does the play have a common moral edge or does it follow its own rules of morality?
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Shakespeare is Shakespeare for a reason! I am glad I got to study him in school too as it showed me how great he really is and how timeless his books are.Grace Bela wrote: ↑29 May 2020, 22:51I've found this to be a great example of Shakespeare's dramatic skill. I'm so glad that I got to study it in school!Kawther22 wrote: ↑24 May 2020, 12:19 Try reading Macbeth even if you have read it before. Each reading is a different experience, and it is so fun to find all the clues in the characters' speeches that show us who they really are. I have read it twice; once when I was around 14 and another time in college. The second reading revealed a lot more hidden meanings and in some way raised and answered some questions such as was lady Macbeth really the evil mastermind many people think her to be? What role does gender play in the play? Does the play have a common moral edge or does it follow its own rules of morality?
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The March family lives, loves, and grows in this trilogy that begins during the American Civil War. The women must make decisions between their family and themselves.
Okonkwo and his community in Nigeria face outside forces. British colonial forces. Change threatens tradition.
In Southern United States, Scout Finch and her father, Atticus Finch, propel an agonizing narrative of racial oppression. It may be a classic, but it feels especially relevant right now. The rich cast of characters reveal both the beautiful and the ugly of humanity.
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Little Women by Louisa May Allacot.
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I second this! Little Women is my favourite classic book! It's so well-written and there's also a personal connection because it was my great grandma's favourite book and she used to call me and my sisters her little women (there's four of us)Anna_TB wrote: ↑07 Jul 2020, 09:27 The last classic book I read was Little Women by Louisa May Alcott in preparation for Greta Gerwig's film and I loved it. The characters were so rounded, so well defined, and they cared so much about each other that I felt a little bubble of warmth and happiness in my heart every time I picked up the novel. I'm so glad that so many of you seem to enjoy it! If you know Spanish, I suggest reading Buenas hermanas by Costa Alcalá, a retelling of Little Women set in a world in the style on 1984 (another of my favorite classics). It sounds like a bizarre combination, but it really brings out the themes in the original novel(s).
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