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Post by cindyupnorth on Nov 11, 2023 14:56:56 GMT
I've posted this in the past, but heck the board has been dead lately.. I give my dd (she's 30 and a librarian) a classic book every yr for cmas. I'm looking for this yrs.
In the past I've done, The hobbit, cmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes, Handmaids Tale, Great expectations, Tom Sawyer, Persuasion.
Any ideas for this yr?
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Post by librarylady on Nov 11, 2023 15:25:00 GMT
Depends upon the age of the individual, whether the person likes to read etc.
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Post by SallyPA on Nov 11, 2023 15:25:46 GMT
Love this gift idea!
To Kill a Mockingbird
Little Women
Great Gatsby
Wizard of Oz
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Post by leannec on Nov 11, 2023 15:42:24 GMT
I see you have already given her one Jane Austen book but my fav is "Emma" ... my dd#1 is named Emma because of that book!
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Post by wellway on Nov 11, 2023 15:49:41 GMT
Such a wide remit. How about The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins? Considered a very early example of the modern detective story. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MoonstoneBooks by Émile Zola like his masterpiece Germinal. Anna Karenina, Ulysses, A tale of Two Cities etc. |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Nov 11, 2023 15:56:51 GMT
I like to keep it wide. She loves to read all genre's. Great suggestions so far!!!
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 11, 2023 15:58:36 GMT
I would love Anne of Green Gables at any age or another book by LM Montgomery.
Another one I have read quite few times is Treasure Island. To me, it is like Anne of Green Gables and you have to get through the first 50 pages and then the story just sucks you in. Also a fan of Pride and Prejudice.
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Nov 11, 2023 16:02:49 GMT
How old does it have to be for “classic status?”
I reread James Michener’s “Hawaii” a few years ago, and I liked it so much better than when I read it in college. I also liked “Centennial” and should probably give it a go again.
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Post by wellway on Nov 11, 2023 16:15:57 GMT
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Post by padresfan619 on Nov 11, 2023 16:18:44 GMT
The Wind in the Willows
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Nov 11, 2023 16:35:43 GMT
I would look for something from The Harvard Classics collection. DH bought an entire set in the first 10 years we were married. Even with all the downsizing and purging, those are still on our bookshelves. THC is a 50-volume series of classic works of world literature, important speeches, and historical documents compiled and edited by then Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot in 1909. Project Gutenberg has a list of all the volumes included. |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Nov 11, 2023 16:41:52 GMT
Yes! I've given her a view using that collection! |
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 11, 2023 18:23:39 GMT
My all-time favorite classic is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.
I also love all of Willa Cather's novels. I would think My Antonia would be a great choice for a young adult.
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Post by alsomsknit on Nov 11, 2023 18:36:00 GMT
The Count of Monte Christo or The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Post by roundtwo on Nov 11, 2023 18:40:27 GMT
My favourite author is Robertson Davies but I am not sure many here will have heard of him. My high school English classes studied at least one of his novels each year. |
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Post by lainey on Nov 11, 2023 19:17:31 GMT
Rebecca Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights The Turn of the Screw The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Post by casii on Nov 11, 2023 19:42:06 GMT
The Bluest Eye
The Color Purple
Grapes of Wrath
Frankenstein
Uncle Toms Cabin
Sonnet from the Portuguese
The Mill on the Floss
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Complete works of Poe
Cool gift idea!
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Post by piebaker on Nov 11, 2023 19:44:21 GMT
Riverside or Norton Shakespeare.
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Post by smasonnc on Nov 11, 2023 19:45:52 GMT
Jane Eyre
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Post by ntsf on Nov 11, 2023 20:34:29 GMT
the mayor of casterbridge by hardy
middlemarch by george eliot.
they are really set in the same time frame. both excellent and so much packed in there.
also Dickens.. tale of two cities
moby dick
two years before the mast
new translation war and peace
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 11, 2023 21:03:41 GMT
Some of My Favorites:
Oliver Twist
The Grapes of Wrath
Middlemarch
Little Women
The Little Princess
Alice in Wonderland
The Old Man and the Sea
Jane Eyre
1984
Brave New World
Tess of the d’Ubervilles
I see Ulysses in the lists above—does anyone really like to read that? It’s honestly the only book that I never read in college. I couldn’t get past the last of punctuation and gave it up. In all fairness, I was working as an editor at the time and copy editing is my superpower. I bought the Cliff’s Notes, wrote the paper, and have no regrets!
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Nov 11, 2023 21:11:19 GMT
I would give Pride and Prejudice
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Post by Nanner on Nov 11, 2023 23:07:52 GMT
Some of my favourites:
The Grapes of Wrath
Little Women
Jane Eyre
The Count of Monte Cristo
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Post by peano on Nov 11, 2023 23:10:24 GMT
Another vote for Little Women. Don't know if A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is considered a classic, but it was the one book I've read as an adult that I was sorry I didn't read as a teenager.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Nov 11, 2023 23:34:41 GMT
Books are >> To each, their own.....in regards to preference >> genre, reading type (book, ebook, audio).
My favorite classics are:
Anne of Green Gables
Heidi
Little Women
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Post by pjaye on Nov 12, 2023 2:17:43 GMT
I agree with Wuthering Heights if she doesn't have it.
I had so many misconceptions about that book before I first read it a few years ago, especially that Heathcliff was every woman's ideal romantic partner - in reality (well, the book's reality!) he's a sadist, violent brute.
Also agree on Rebecca or My Cousin Rachel they are worth reading and the stories still hold up well.
Also Middlemarch by George Eliot (the pen name for a female author Mary Anne Evans)
You could revise the theme to classic novels, written by women!
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Post by Merge on Nov 12, 2023 2:37:43 GMT
Another vote for Little Women. Don't know if A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is considered a classic, but it was the one book I've read as an adult that I was sorry I didn't read as a teenager. I came in to add A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I read it the first time around age 12 and there were things I didn't understand. Re-read several times throughout my teenage and young adult years and was able to fully understand it as I got older. Still one of the books that stays with me. |
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Post by Lurkingpea on Nov 12, 2023 4:11:40 GMT
Little Women
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 12, 2023 8:08:11 GMT
We were working on unpacking our bookshelves tonight after finally painting and installing new backs and i saw my copy of Little Women. Here’s another idea—there are currently 23 WW Norton annotated novels. They’re big books, but fun to read. DH gave me LW last year for Christmas. I’m excited to finally buy books and not have to think about getting rid of them!
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Post by teddyw on Nov 12, 2023 11:40:14 GMT
This is such a good gift idea for readers.
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