tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post1592752826274149072..comments2024-03-28T01:07:19.646-05:00Comments on Laura's Reviews: Laura’s Favorite Classics (Part 1 from Austen to Dreiser)Laura's Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-7535923250913342402009-09-06T03:05:46.237-05:002009-09-06T03:05:46.237-05:00Maybe ten years ago I decided to read all of the D...Maybe ten years ago I decided to read all of the Dickens novel in a row by Publication day-0ne of the very best experiences of my Reading Life-I hope you do it also!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-45944071300966975132009-08-21T18:25:21.976-05:002009-08-21T18:25:21.976-05:00I've got an award for you also!I've got an <a href="http://booksandbards.blogspot.com/2009/08/back-from-beach-and-feelin-love.html" rel="nofollow">award</a> for you also!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537440735435962257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-64667603444292595002009-08-21T18:09:05.984-05:002009-08-21T18:09:05.984-05:00I have a few in common with you that are my favori...I have a few in common with you that are my favorites. Little Women (which I've read many, many times), Pride and Prejudice, A Christmas Carol, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca. I'm going to have to borrow your idea some time and post my fav classics on my blog. Hope you won't mind...I'll link back to you, of course!<br /><br />Also, I have given you an award. Please stop by and pick it up here:<br /><br />http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com/2009/08/lemonade-award.htmlMichelle Stockard Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572227726980569386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-53269644808759174262009-08-21T11:41:40.462-05:002009-08-21T11:41:40.462-05:00Hm, it is hard to define the term classic. To me, ...Hm, it is hard to define the term classic. To me, I think they are the ones that remain relevant through the decades and are so rich they offer something new each time you read them.<br /><br />Little Women is one of my personal classics. I re-read it every few years or so, and it never gets old or stale for me. Austen is the same way. I also love the Bronte sisters, although I haven't read Anne. Perhaps I should remedy that.<br /><br />Dickens, however... I tried to like Dickens. I really did. I hated Great Expectations. Maybe I should give it another shot, though, and see if I like it any better now.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537440735435962257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-29865504118488968442009-08-21T07:56:26.732-05:002009-08-21T07:56:26.732-05:00Great discussion! A 'clssic' is one hard ...Great discussion! A 'clssic' is one hard to define. I think the problem is that there are so many great books/classics that it is impossible to read them all. Because I earned my degree in English Ed people think I've read every classic out there. While I have read eveything that Shakespeare ever wrote I had not read A Christmas Carol until this month! <br />I like your list of classics. I've read most of these, but certainly not all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-45085850703957221122009-08-21T07:39:49.202-05:002009-08-21T07:39:49.202-05:00For some reason when we read through short story c...For some reason when we read through short story collections (in high school and college) there were women included, but when it came down to it, the novels we read were by males. My high school teacher for American Lit loved a lot of the same authors I did and talked about them, but we still read A Catcher in the Rye, etc. My College English class (before there was AP English in my high school, you just took college prep classes) teacher was a woman, but only talked about male authors (especially Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Steinbeck).Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-15667562081344221592009-08-21T06:11:43.688-05:002009-08-21T06:11:43.688-05:00I'd say that anything that still has a point a...I'd say that anything that still has a point and a meaning today is a classic. Will Dan Brown's books be considered classics one day? I doubt it, but anything like Fahrenheit 451, Catch-22, Atonement, Saturday, that sort of thing will be one day. <br /><br />We had a good mix of men/women's books in high school, so it's not a constant. Some I loved, some I didn't (I still can't get through Wuthering Heights a second time). Still, at least we got a good representation. Of course, they were AP classes, so maybe that made a difference.<br /><br />I share your goal of reading all of Dickens before I die. I've still got 5 or 6 of the major novels to go, then I need to work on all of the shorter stories.TheBlackSheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384038059799833795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-39900061205676446202009-08-20T20:47:17.241-05:002009-08-20T20:47:17.241-05:00Laura:
I have awarded your site the Zombie Chicke...Laura:<br /><br />I have awarded your site the Zombie Chicken award! Please visit my blog <a href="http://outlandishobservations.blogspot.com/2009/08/another-blog-award.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> to see the post I wrote about it.<br /><br />I always enjoy visiting your blog. Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Karen Henry<br /><a href="http://outlandishobservations.com" rel="nofollow">Outlandish Observations</a>Karen Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-72882386244992760572009-08-20T20:16:59.437-05:002009-08-20T20:16:59.437-05:00Hey Laura! Just got your comment on the classics ...Hey Laura! Just got your comment on the classics challenge blog. If everything works out, I'll definitely be hosting the challenge again next year--probably starting in April. You're welcome to join us this year, if you'd like. No worries about not finishing them all. :)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-42636781852596651012009-08-20T20:09:36.813-05:002009-08-20T20:09:36.813-05:00I love reading classics, but there are a few on yo...I love reading classics, but there are a few on your list that I haven't yet read. I think of the classics as books that survive a long time and that touch on universal human experience somehow. Or they may capture the essence of the time period they were written in. They always seem to have depth - themes that really get you thinking and that different people respond to in different ways. I look forward to the next part in this post series.Jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632346755839480960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-74099602542296805552009-08-20T15:45:04.715-05:002009-08-20T15:45:04.715-05:00I have to admit I haven't read too many of the...I have to admit I haven't read too many of the classics. Charles Dickens I've only read A Christmas Carol. His other books are too depressing. I've all of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters, Jane Eyre's my favorite! Love Little Women and want to get to Maya Angelou, but the others I've never even heard of!! Well, Capote because of the movie just recently...I am horribly lacking in refinement.Heather G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18051840056392247706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-5152747083480291122009-08-20T15:10:03.493-05:002009-08-20T15:10:03.493-05:00Yes i agree, those are classicsYes i agree, those are classicsBostanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16230140618982275049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-56033758985975697192009-08-20T13:51:31.791-05:002009-08-20T13:51:31.791-05:00Suko - I wonder that too. It's always funny l...Suko - I wonder that too. It's always funny looking back at what was popular literature in a different era versus what we remember today. F.Scott Fitzgerald was pretty much forgotten by the 1930's, but is classic today. At the same time Fannie Hurst was an extremely popular novelist and you can't find her books anywhere today.Laura's Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904763940307902364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521348297206014365.post-8721639301475521352009-08-20T12:54:52.917-05:002009-08-20T12:54:52.917-05:00Laura, this is terrific list of classics. I thin...Laura, this is terrific list of classics. I think the definition of classic literature--books which have withstood the passing of time and are still relevant--defines your list. I've read many of them, in school and outside of school. <br /><br />I wonder which of today's books will become classics?Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.com