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Position:Home>Books & Authors> What Classical Book Should I Read?Question: What Classical Book Should I Read!? for english 10 accelerated, we have to go to our school library to pick out a classical book for independent reading and for a project!.
i don't like classical literature so i don't have any authors in mind!. what author should i read from!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Yes ~ Cather in the Rye is a fantastic book!. I read it in high school and did not enjoy it as we picked apart the book!. I read it on my own, loved it and have gone back and read it several times since; awesome!! The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is also an excellent book that I read in high school and re-read recently; enjoyed it even more the 2nd time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Jane Austen is the best classical writer, in my mind!. Her books are Pride & Prejudice (my fave), Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey!. Mark Twain books could work for you, like Huck Finn!. Tom Sawyer, Moby Dick, King Solomon's Mines, Paradise Lost are all classics!. Utopia by Thomas Moore was amazing, on a different kind of society!. True classic!. If you want old-as-the-hills classic, try Homer's The Iliad!.Www@QuestionHome@Com JANE EYRE by Charlotte Bronte: I wrote a book report on this in grade 9 even though I was in the "lower level" English class!. Because I got an A I was "promoted" to advanced English!.!.!.you can easily impress your teacher with this book like I did!. Very good read!. Www@QuestionHome@Com If you want something easy to read I'd go for anything by Jane Austen or Alexander Dumas!. For something more challenging try Germinal by Zola or The Idiot by Dostoevsky!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Wuthering Heights or Pride and Prejudice!. they are the most amazing classics!. but they're also the only classics ive read!Www@QuestionHome@Com "Catcher in the Rye" - J!.D!. Salinger One of my personal favorites!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Marl Twain's Tom Sawyer, Catcher in the Rye by J!.D!. Salinger, and Moby Dick by Milton!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Jane Eyre The Bible (lol!) Www@QuestionHome@Com Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck or Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardyWww@QuestionHome@Com The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWww@QuestionHome@Com |