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Most loved "classic" novel you've read

One Hundread Years Of Solitude :D

Amazing, epic novel that blends fantasy aspects onto a realistic world. The names were easy to remember (every character died before his name was re-introduced) - important to the mirror of time whch by extension would have to be circular, if and only if, it was circular, if we regard the fact that time is linear and follows intuituve facts of causation.

Excitable, energetic and the prose was concise and empathy towards the characters were possible.

Unlike many, I felt that Ursula was the best character in the book. Holding everything together, and motivation and dispensing wisdom to others until her rather strange death. She lived so long she went from baby, to adult back to baby - circular.

Amazing read :)

But I may post here as Dostoyevsky (Crime and Punishment) is wooing me on every page. Something tells me Im going to buy every book he has ever produced in his fantastic literary career :p
 
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

I found this classic the most accessible, with a great setting and intriguing plotline. It also has really great morals :D
 
Hardy

Anything by Thomas Hardy I guess, I've always liked to read and study Hardy while I was at the university and I like teaching his novels now.:)
 
My favorite classics are:

The Chronicles of Narnia
Pride and Prejudice
The Scarlet Pimpernel - for a while I was reading this a couple of times a year. Looks like its about time for me to pick it up again...
 
readingISgood said:
Catcher in the Rye.
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Really? I thought it was just mediocre. Not exactly the book I'd take with me on an island if I could only have one.

As for the topic at hand, my first choice would be To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Crime And Punishment by Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky takes second place.

Others include:

Blindness by Jose Saramago and Beloved by Toni Morrison.

EDIT - How could I forget The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold?
 
I think my favorite is probably Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, though Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is way up there, too.
 
i believe mi favorite classic would be Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen i just love the characters!!! she really seemed to comprehend human nature and get into other people's heads.. as well as this i also liked Emma by the same author and... well actually i think i liked all of her books!!! As well as this another favourite would be Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
 
Enya; I did a semester's work on the works of Thomas Hardy as an independent program while in pharmacy school. Loved his use of setting for setting the scene in all his novels; gave it that Darkforeboding feel! Read 3 novels and then some short stories and even poetry in which he still managed to portray some doom and gloom.
 
I see the count of monte cristo is a popular one. It's one of my favorites along with the Three Musketeers.

Also, pride and prejudice by jane austen. How can you not love such a classic?
 
A Season in Hell by Rimbaud

This book is so profound and is a piece of literature taht i could relate to , wholheartdly ; thrice to say , i was having a hard time :eek:

themes such as existentalist rebirth and eternity ...
 
the brothers karamasov by feodor dostoevsky.

doestoevsky is the only author that i feel like my mind is examding as i learn more and more about the characters. the debate of God's existance and the roles of men on earth are amazing and even though it is a large book i remember every part vividly.
 
For the sheer timeless beauty of it, The Good Earth is unbeatable.
I've never read a book that dealt with universal themes in such a simple yet profound way.
Absolutely amazing.
Anyone with a 6th grade reading level can read and understand every word.
Yet, reflecting on it and understanding it takes wisdom and experience.
Number 1 on my list of all time greats.
 
I'm a giant Les Miserables fan, though I still have yet to find a copy that's more than 500 pages.... :( There's so much they cut out of the more abridged versions.

Aside from that, I liked To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby.... all of those books they made me read in high school. ;)
 
Hmm if i could, i'd divide classics into classicclassics and modern classics. Then Les Miserables(a close second;crime and punishment) and the modern classic would be Catch-22 hands down.
 
The Three Musketeers
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Two excellent books in my opinion, even if Musketeers was really hard to read.
 
Gone with the wind is my most loved classic novel and my favourite book, its also my favourite film. I enjoyed Wuthering Heights too.
 
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