classic novels that are engaging?
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I'd like to get some ideas for classics that made you want to keep reading. Basically, I want something that will make me feel like it was worth my time to read, but won't feel like a chore. I liked Anna Karenina, but not War and Peace (too much lengthy descriptions of battle scenes). I enjoyed Jane Austin, Edith Wharton, and Mark Twain. I don't enjoy stream-of-consciousness (i.e., James Joyce). Suggestions for newer literary novels would be appreciated too.
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Anonymous
| The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. A great mystery. It takes a little bit to get into the story but once you do, it is really good. |
Anonymous
| Vanity Fair. |
Anonymous
I was just going to say that! OP, what about the Brontes? Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, etc.? |
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Rebecca, by Daphne DuMaurier. Classic gothic.
I also loved My Antonia, by Willa Cather, if you want to go more American frontier. |
Anonymous
| Oh, and another vote for Jane Eyre. I re-read that one every year or two. |
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| East of Eden: Steinbeck LOVE! |
Anonymous
| OP here. I've read Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, and My Antonia and liked them. Thanks for the suggestions! |
Anonymous
If you liked Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, try The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. |
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| My favorite contemporary literary novel is The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. |
Anonymous
| Might not fit your definition of classic, but when I read Native Son by Richard Wright, I couldn't put it down. |
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1984
Farenheit 451 Them by Joyce Carol Oates The Catcher in the Rye frankenstein Catch 22 Lord of the Flies A Farewell to Arms |
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OP here. Love Richard Wright. |
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Great Expectations by Dickens
Mill on the Floss by George Elliot anything by Balzac anything by Jack London |
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| Tale of Two Cities. You'll WEEP at the end. |