My Classic's Challenge List...

I did it! Here is my list (my entries are underlined)-




1. A 19th Century Classic - any book published between 1800 and 1899.


Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

2. A 20th Century Classic - any book published between 1900 and 1967. The only exception is books written at least 50 years ago, but published later, such as posthumous publications.


The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald


3. A classic by a woman author.


Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte


4. A classic in translation. Any book originally written published in a language other than your native language. Feel free to read the book in your language or the original language. (You can also read books in translation for any of the other categories).


The Story of Hong Gildong - Kyun Ho (translated from Korean)


5. A classic published before 1800. Plays and epic poems are acceptable in this category also.


Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - unknown


6. A romance classic. I'm pretty flexible here about the definition of romance. It can have a happy ending or a sad ending, as long as there is a strong romantic element to the plot.


Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

7. A Gothic or horror classic.


Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux


8. A classic with a number in the title. Examples include A Tale of Two Cities, Three Men in a Boat, The Nine Tailors, Henry V, Fahrenheit 451, etc.


The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


9. A classic about an animal or which includes the name of an animal in the title. It an actual animal or a metaphor, or just the name. Examples include To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, The Metamorphosis, White Fang, etc.


Call of the Wild - Jack London



10. A classic set in a place you'd like to visit. It can be real or imaginary: The Wizard of Oz, Down and Out in Paris and London, Death on the Nile, etc.


A Movable Feast - Ernest Hemingway


11. An award-winning classic. It could be the Newbery award, the Prix Goncourt, the Pulitzer Prize, the James Tait Award, etc. Any award, just mention in your blog post what award your choice received.


The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton (Pulitzer Prize for 1921)



12. A Russian Classic. 2017 will be the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, so read a classic by any Russian author.


Doctor Zhivago - Boris Pasternak


These are my choices. Let me know what you picked.


Happy reading!

Back to the Classics Challenge 2017...

This is exciting! A list, a list of books, a list of books that demand to be read!

How many of you read classics in school, saw the random Pride and Prejudice movie, or made for TV miniseries and thought, whew! At least now I don't have to tackle that one. It doesn't count! No, sir. You must pick up the paper and open the pages and dive into the words and read it. Come on, you know it's not the same : all the details, all the nuances, all the sub plots that never made any sense when you were 13 years old.

BooksandChocolate is doing her Back to Classics Challenge again this year. I will have to feverishly work on my list before Sunday arrives! I plan to read classics I have never read before. No fair cheating with books I've already read. Although you can choose to read what you want, I, for one, am going in fresh. Yes, I will have to put down that beloved copy of Three Musketeers I love so much along with Pride and Prejudice and Gulliver's Travels.

You can do this. We can do this. Head over to the Challenge and get to making your list. I'll post mine when it's finished! Let me know what you plan on reading. This is gonna be fun!

Welcome!

Welcome! Pull up a chair, get yourself some coffee, or tea, and grab that book. You know, the one you always wanted to read but didn't seem to have the time for. It's time! It's your year to read!

Warning: Be careful what you put in your head. It's liable to stick there.