"Words and Peace"
is a blog I've been following for a couple of years and I have always
found some interesting new (or olde) books there, especially French ones.
On her page, I found the posts by "The Classics Club"
asking us to create a post, this time before next Sunday 11th December 2022, and
list our choice of any twenty books that remain "to be read" on our
Classics Club list. They'll then post a number from 1
through 20 and we have time until Sunday 29th of January 2023 to read it.
In the meantime, I read four more books from my old list (Classics Spin #31) which I usually replace by some new ones. They are all in
chronological order.
1. Aristophanes "Lysistrata and Other Plays" (Lysistrata) - 411BC
2. Voltaire "Candide, ou l'Optimisme" (Candide, or Optimism) - 1759
3. Dickens, Charles "A Christmas Carol" - 1843
4. Brontë, Charlotte "The Professor" - 1857
5. Turgenjew, Iwan Sergejewitsch "Fathers and Sons" (Отцы и дети/Otzy i deti) - 1862
6. Suttner, Bertha von "Die Waffen nieder!" (Lay Down Your Arms! or Down with Weapons!) - 1889
7. Mann, Heinrich "Der Untertan" (Man of Straw, The Patrioteer, or The Loyal Subject) - 1914
8. Hamilton, Cicely "William - an Englishman" - 1920
9. Hesse, Hermann "Wir nehmen die Welt nur zu ernst" [We just take the world too seriously] - 1928
10. Faulkner, William "The Sound and the Fury" - 1929
11. Hemingway, Ernest "A Farewell to Arms" - 1929
12. Meigs, Cornelia "Invincible Louisa" - 1933
13. Orwell, George "Down and Out in Paris and London: A Gritty Memoir on Life & Poverty in Two Cities" - 1933
14. Canetti, Elias "Die Blendung" (Auto-da-Fé) - 1935
15. Orwell, George "The Road to Wigan Pier" - 1937
16. Némirovsky, Irène "Les Biens de ce monde" (All Our Wordly Goods) - 1941
17. Mahfouz, Naguib "Midaq Alley" (Zuqaq El Midaq/زقاق المدق) - 1947
18. Lagerkvist, Pär "Barabbas" (Barabbas) - 1950
19. Kazantzakis, Nikos "The Last Temptation of Christ" (Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός/O telefteos pirasmos) - 1951
20. Yates, Richard "Revolutionary Road" - 1961
This time, it's #6, so my novel is:
Suttner, Bertha von "Die Waffen nieder!" (Lay Down Your Arms! or Down with Weapons!) - 1889
If you want to take up the challenge, here is the post: The Classics Spin #32
And here is a list of all the books I read with the Classics Spin.
A great list! Some of my all-time favourite books are on this list, including Yates's Revolutionary Road and Bronte's The Professor, so I highly recommend!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diana, that sounds great. I will have to read them soon, then, if they don't get chosen.
DeleteI hope you draw The Last Temptation of Christ or Revolutionary Road.
ReplyDeleteSpins are a fun way to choose your next book.
Thanks, Deb. You're the second person to recommend Revolutionary Road, that's very encouraging. The Last Temptation ... is the only book that is still left over from my initial 50 classic books that I listed when I joined. So, I will read that soon, no matter what.
DeleteVery interesting list, Marianne! I have only read A Christmas Carol, Candide, and A Farewell to Arms. There's a few unfamiliar titles/authors too. Whichever gets picked, have fun! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fanda. I don't think all of the authors are internationally known, so I'm not surprised. And A Christmas Carol would be a re-read for me. I absolutely love Dickens.
DeleteOnly read 3 and 13 on your list but should be reading 'Wigan Pier' next year. I actually lived just 7 miles from the 'pier' for about 15 years and (briefly) went to college in Wigan a few years before going to University. Wigan is actually the nearest train station to where my family live so I'll be driven past Wigan pier next time I go home in the New Year!
ReplyDeleteWell, Kitten, if you lived close by, you will have to read it one day, I guess. I'll report once I've read it.
DeleteOf the ones on your list I've read, my favourite is Fathers and Sons, but there's some that are new to me and look interesting. Hope you get something fun!
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks, Reese. I absolutely love Russian authors, so I'm really looking forward to it. As to the others, check out this space ... LOL
DeleteWhich one are you hoping for? Or do you even care which one you get?
ReplyDeleteI don't really, Lark. I have bought them in the last couple of years because I wanted to read them, so, I will probably be happy with any that gets chosen. That way, I won't have to decide. ;)
DeleteGiven the time of year you will be reading this sp[in, I hope you get A Christmas Carol :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Spinning!
I'm reading that anyway, so I'm not unhappy that I got another number.
DeleteThanks for doing this, Brona.