Classics For Classics - best books of all times
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Re: Classics For Classics - best books of all times
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The book is not as long as most of today's best sellers. But it is crafted so delicately and succinctly that it deserves to be the best book of all times.
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Gah! I feel bad about writing that already!
If I picked my favorite classic, it would be The Picture of Dorian Gray. Something that people today can still relate to and the prose doesn't make me want to massage my brain.
-- 27 Jun 2017, 11:39 --
As an avid reader and someone who appreciates literature, classics are a must. But can I say that even though I often read classics, I find a lot of them mind-numbingly boring. I hate to say it - but here it is: The Great Gatsby didn't hold my interest.
Gah! I feel bad about writing that already!
If I picked my favorite classic, it would be The Picture of Dorian Gray. Something that people today can still relate to and the prose doesn't make me want to massage my brain.
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte`
Tess of the d`Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
One Thousand and One Nights ( The Arabian Nights )
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel
The Dark Tower ( series ) by Stephen King
Grimms' Fairy Tales (Children's and Household Tales) by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Ps. Confessions time; I really enjoyed these books but how I came to know about them was either through school, movies or other books. I am also a fan of Hans Christian Andersen work, but I got too lazy to type them out. Life is not a bed of roses and it should not be portrayed as such, (the good guys does not always win.), we do not always overcome our circumstances.
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My favorite classic is Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney. It's vastly underrated and a children's book, but it is very insightful of the distinction between the classes during the 19th century.
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The Iliad, which is attributed to "Homer" was instrumental, along with the works of Hesiod, for the creation of the Greek gods. It was the equivalent to a Greek bible and therefore influenced the thinking and culture of Greek civilization which in turn had the greatest influence on all of the western civilizations which followed.
Don Quixote was written by Miguel de Cervantes in the 1600's but despite how much times have changed over the centuries it is still considered by many to be the first and finest novel ever written. Much of its success is due to its timeless humor which transcends time and and changes in cultural conventions. Don Quixote is the second most translated book of all time, second only to the Bible.
― Steven Wright
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