Books and Chocolate is again hosting the Back to the Classics Challenge for 2019
My list (subject to change)
A 19th century classic:
A 19th century classic:
Bleak House - Some say this is Dickens’ best
A 20th century classic:
A 20th century classic:
A classic by a woman author:
A classic by a woman author:
Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor - I’ve read her short stories – now for her novel
A classic in translation:
Papillion by Henri Charriére
A classic comedy:
A classic comedy:
A classic tragedy:
A classic tragedy:
A very long classic:
A very long classic:
A classic novella (under 250 pages):
A classic novella (under 250 pages):
A classic from the Americas:
A classic from the Americas:
A classic from Africa, Asia, or Oceania:
A classic from a place I have lived:
A classic from a place I have lived:
A classic play:
A classic play:
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In Cold Blood and Candide! I adore them.
ReplyDeleteI want to read everything else in your list. I can't wait to read your reviews.
Thanks Sylvia
DeleteYou have made some excellent choices. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteGrand list! I have Gargantua and Pantagruel as a possibility on my list too. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteYeah...I saw you (and someone else) with G&P. I think we had them in different categories though. Enjoy!
DeleteNice list! I want to know about the James Fenimore Cooper. I've never even heard of that one.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your readings.
I'm excited about that one. I only learned of it recently.
DeleteI thought you read In Cold Blood already, but I see you haven't. (It was Breakfast at Tiffany's.) So, that popped out at me, and it gives me the shivers. I have flashbacks about In Cold Blood; and yet, I await anxiously to read your reaction to it.
ReplyDeleteI remember you, and several other commented on Breakfast at Tiffany's that I must read In Cold Blood...so this seemed like the right time.
DeleteHi Joseph,
ReplyDeleteYou have a fascinating list. I have yet to read Bleak House, though I own a fine copy. And the James Fenimore Cooper set in Michigan--fascinating! I had no idea. Happy Reading!!
Thanks...you too Judith.
DeleteGreat list! (But pardon me as I run away screaming from The Ox-Bow Incident. The movie version traumatized me.)
ReplyDeleteHa ha! That was funny! But it sounds like the movie wasn't. My condolences.
DeleteThen you are excused from reading that review, but I expect extra enthusiasm reading/commenting on the others.
DeleteCleo, it's just that... I was deep in a Dana Andrews crush... and I was so SURE he would be okay... sniffle.
DeleteThank you, Joseph. I'll do my best.
That's a fascinating list, which I'll keep an eye on. Some have been on my tbr pile for some time, but I haven't got around to them yet. I do remember loving Bleak House, but it's been awhile so I forget most details. And Picnic at Hanging Rock is a great haunting, Aussie tale.
ReplyDeleteI'm very excited about Bleak House...It is probably the second most mentioned as Dickens' best. I'm still maintaining ATo2C, but will keep an open mind.
DeleteGreat list! I love Bleak House. It is possibly my favorite Dickens (I can't really ever choose, however).
ReplyDeletePapillon has also been on my shelf for *whispers* 25 years. Maybe your review will kick me in the pants and make me pull it off the shelf and finally read it!
Yeah, I'm excited about Papillon as well. I guess I just did a superb job picking, because I'm excited about all of them. Thanks for the feedback!
DeleteOh, Papillon! I read it many years ago but I’ve never seen it mentioned since then. Bleak House is superb, as is the BBC movie adaption. I rarely watch movies so that’s high praise from me. 🙂
ReplyDeleteI'm usually disappointed in Dickens adapted to film, unless it's BBC. They usually keep it faithful to the book. Thanks for the recommendation.
DeleteBleak House is indeed a rocker. Flannery O'Conor will soften us up with jokes and then make the roof cave in over our heads - real trickster. Read Papillon in high school when the Dustin Hoffman / Steve McQueen movie of it came out. When I finished In Cold Blood, I fell on my knees thanking Creation I knew nobody remotely like Perry and Dick. Cooper set a book in Kazoo - who knew?
ReplyDeleteThanks Major
DeleteI loved Bleak House! I am hoping to read it again this year, probably for this challenge. But I need to read some others first -- this month I am reading _A Vindication of the Rights of Woman_ (for the classic by a woman) & maybe _One Hundred Years of Solitude_ (classic from the Americas).
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy 100 Years of Solitude. I did. Good choice
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