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Everybody loves the Classics

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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:38 pm

It's true, more or less. Most people enjoy classic literature, such as the works of Jules Verne, H.G.Well, Mark Twain, and so on.

So I ask you, my friends: What classic stories and/or authors do you enjoy? Furthermore, what is your favorite genre of literature?

I highly enjoy the works of H.G. Wells. The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine are my absolute favorites of his work. As you might already have picked up, I love Science Fiction.

I have an extreme desire to read some H.P Lovecraft, but I can never seem to find a book store or library that carries anything of his. Horror and suspense are also among my favorite genres.

Edit: Thanks to xCalyptrax, I feel compelled to make a list of some of my favorite books. These are merely off the top of my head.

Alice in Wonderland
Farenheight 451
1984
The War of the Worlds
The Time Machine
The Monkey's Paw(more of a short story)
Anything by Edgar Allen Poe
The Giver
The Hobbit
Gulliver's Travels
Beowulf
The Last Unicorn
The Importance of being Earnest

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:39 pm

I like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, anything by Edgar Allen Poe, Alice In Wonderland, anything by Shakespeare, White Fang, Canterbury Tales, Fahrenheit 451, Metamorphosis, 1984, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, etc. I'm a huge Lit. freak. lol
I tend to like fantasy books more, but any book that gets me interested in something, whether it be the characters or the government I'm living under, is good.

I've heard great things about Lovecraft, but I've never read anything from him.

xCalyptrax

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Galaxius Clusterfunk

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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:29 pm

Thank you for naming off a bevy of books that I completely forgot to mention, as well as sparking my memory of other books that I love. Perhaps I should simply make a list.

I could never get into anything by Shakespear

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:03 am

Welcome.
Like I said, lit. freak.
That'd work.

Was it because of the way he wrote?

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Galaxius Clusterfunk

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Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:45 pm

Yes. His style irked me too much to be able to enjoy his stories and plays.

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:57 pm

Haha, that's understandable.

xCalyptrax

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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:03 pm

Wuthering Heights
Oliver Twist
Coming of Age in Mississippi (a classic?)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Of Mice and Men
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Odyssey
Antigone
The Jungle
Anne of Green Gables (series)
Night
O Pioneers!
Flowers in the Attic (series)
The Three Musketeers
Memoirs of a Geisha (classic?)
Little Women
The Cruicible
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Great Gatsby
The Bell Jar
Catcher in the Rye
The Picture of Dorian Gray
and anything by Poe and Sylvia Plath.

Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:30 pm

Alice in Wonderland
The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Importance of Being Ernest
Faust & Dr. Faustus (two different books/plays but same themes)
Pretty much everything Shakespeare
Anything by Poe
Lord of the Flies
The Awakening
i love literature. it's my life heart heart

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