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Docreed2003

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2. Depends on what theme and genre you're interested in

Reply to IrishEyes (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2022, 05:51 PM

Oct 2022

"Dracula" remains one of the best gothic horror novels ever.

"Count of Monte Cristo" is superb as is "Les Miserables" but both are rather long and it helps to have a bit of knowledge of French history when reading them.

You've listed some great ones...I think "East of Eden" is probably my favorite "classic" novel. It's themes are especially relevant today in a world where people are so willing to misconstrue the meaning of biblical verses in order to cause harm to their fellow humans.

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What is your favorite classic novel? [View all] IrishEyes Oct 2022 OP

Sci-fi Geek here yankee87 Oct 2022 #1

Thank you. I like Sci-Fi stuff. I will check it out. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #4

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #29

Depends on what theme and genre you're interested in Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #2

Thank you for the suggestion IrishEyes Oct 2022 #5

While Catch -22 may be the greatest novel ever written, cachukis Oct 2022 #3

I haven't read anything by Dostoevsky. IrishEyes Oct 2022 #7

"The Idiot," is a good start. cachukis Oct 2022 #8

Both are excellent! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15

"Brothers Karamazov" is an incredible choice! Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #10

Which translation of "Brothers Karamazov" do you prefer? Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #11

I read the Garnett version while living in a hammock on cachukis Oct 2022 #12

Garrett's is fantastic as well Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #13

"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens Glorfindel Oct 2022 #6

Can't go wrong with Somerset Maugham. OilemFirchen Oct 2022 #9

Depending on the timeframe you consider "classics," I have recently gone back to hlthe2b Oct 2022 #14

Cannery Row, Steinbeck SheltieLover Oct 2022 #16

Loved that book. applegrove Oct 2022 #19

Me too! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #20

Such characters. I've forgotten much of it. I should read it again. applegrove Oct 2022 #21

Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy LuckyLib Oct 2022 #17

Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Polly Hennessey Oct 2022 #18

Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is my all time favorite. brer cat Oct 2022 #22

Lots of good suggestions already, I'll try to avoid repeating anything already mentioned: RockRaven Oct 2022 #23

pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #24

Was leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #27

book better than the movies. pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #28

pride + prejudice, jane eyre, perdition. i also really enjoyed dracula. OH!! THE DECAMERON!!! pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #25

One Day in the Life leighbythesea2 Oct 2022 #26

Uncle Tom's Cabin. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2022 #30

"Catcher in the Rye" bif Nov 2022 #31