"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 20th October 2024, 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 18th of December 2024 to read it.
This time, I read only the one book from my old list (Classics Spin #38) ("Cannery Row"). But there are always some new books that I can add to my challenge. The books are all in chronological order.
- Aristophanes "Lysistrata and Other Plays" (Lysistrata) - 411BC
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von "Urfaust. Faust Fragment. Faust I" (Faust) - 1772-1808
- Dickens, Charles "Nicholas Nickleby. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" - 1838/39
- Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias" - 1848
- Flaubert, Gustave "Madame Bovary" (Madame Bovary/ Madame Bovary) - 1857
- Turgenjew, Iwan Sergejewitsch "Fathers and Sons" (Отцы и дети/Otzy i deti) - 1862
- Conrad, Joseph "Victory: An Island Tale" - 1915
- Hamilton, Cicely "William - an Englishman" - 1920
- Hesse, Hermann "Wir nehmen die Welt nur zu ernst" [We just take the world too seriously] - 1928
- Faulkner, William "The Sound and the Fury" - 1929
- Hemingway, Ernest "A Farewell to Arms" - 1929
- Meigs, Cornelia "Invincible Louisa" - 1933
- Krleža, Miroslav "On the Edge of Reason" (Na rubu pameti) - 1938
- Némirovsky, Irène "Les biens de ce monde" (All Our Wordly Goods) - 1941
- Cela, Camilo José "The Family of Pascal Duarte" (La Familia Duarte) - 1942
- Zweig, Stefan "Schachnovelle" (The Royal Game/Chess) - 1942
- Wilde, Oscar "Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast" - 1946
- Huxley, Aldous "Ape and Essence" - 1948
- Hemingway, Ernest "Across the River and into the Trees" - 1950
- Simenon, Georges "Maigret's Memoirs" (Les mémoires de Maigret) - 1951
#3 was picked this time, so for me it's:
Dickens, Charles "Nicholas Nickleby. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" - 1838/39
This is a great idea for all of us who want to read more classics. Go ahead, get your own list. I can't wait to see what I get to read this time.
Here are all the books on my original Classics Club list.
And here is a list of all the books I read with the Classics Spin.
Interesting list. I have 3, 5, 11, and14. All unread (of course!)... and I've read 'Ape & Essence' early in 2023. 'Chess' is definitely on my interest list and I've been meaning to read more Hesse after *really* liking 'Steppenwolf'... Maybe *next* year [lol]
ReplyDeleteHahaha, Kitten. I get you. These are all on my TBR list, of course. At the moment, I've been reading so many others with book clubs and reading challenges, I really need to get back to this list, as well.
DeleteI've read a few from your list. Lysistrata's a lot of fun and Fathers and Sons is very good, too. But I'm curious about Pascal Duarte & I've never read that.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Reese. I am really looking forward to seeing what I get. The Pascal Duarte is on my list because the author received the Nobel Prize. I haven't read any of his works, so that would be a good one.
DeleteFathers and Sons is very good. As is Farewell to Arms. The Sound and the Fury was a tough one for me. I liked Across the River and Into the Trees because I'm a sucker for older man/younger woman books. I also read this book about that time in Hemingway's life https://hopewellslibraryoflife.wordpress.com/2018/08/13/review-autumn-in-venice-hemingway-his-last-muse-literary-cross-generational-romance/
ReplyDeleteI love Russian authors, Lisa. And I also love Hemingway, I*m sure whatever book I will get, it will be a good one. Thanks for leaving your link.
DeleteI've not read any of these, but there are a couple on my Classics Club list, just not my spin list.
ReplyDeleteI know all about that, Kelly. I have more on my classics list, so I never have a problem adding another book there.
DeleteCan't wait to see what book you spin.
ReplyDeleteNeither can I, Lark.
DeleteGreat list! I read Fathers and Sons years ago, but only remember that I liked it. I hope you enjoy whatever you get!
ReplyDeleteThat's the main thing, Christine. Some books stay with us longer but if they leave a nice feeling, that's good enough.
Deleteawesome list! I have read only 5. We have at least one author in common, but with a different title.
ReplyDeleteI wish you #10.
Here is my list:
https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/10/15/the-classics-club-the-classics-spin-39/
Thanks, Emma. This has been on my wish list for quite a while. And there are so many classics, I'm always surprised when I find more than one or two in common.
DeleteInteresting list. I have read 2, 4, 5 and 16. Just finished Faust and liked it very much. I am listening (since a while) on A Farewell to Arms. I am afraid Faulkner will not come up on my list, I have difficulties with his writing. But you never know, maybe one day. I love the title of Oscar Wilde's novel, or is it a short story. I have a collection of all his writing, so I should also put up some of his texts for the classic club. Hope you get something you like.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisbeth. I will see whether I get one of yours, would be interesting. I have read one book by Faulkner, Light in August, and quite liked that, we'll see about this one. Oscar Wilde's title is indeed a short story. But I liked the title and since I like Oscar Wilde, I bought it.
DeleteWould be nice to get something I like this time since I was not very happy with the last. But that can happen in between, sometimes.
I plan to post my list on Saturday. I happily read Madame Bovary with Emma and others last July in French. I also read Nicholas Nickleby with a group last summer.
ReplyDeleteI think the book I'd like to read the most from your list is the Oscar Wilde title.
It's quite a short one, Deb, and I am sure I'll read it soon if it doesn't get drawn. Enjoy your read.
DeleteGreat list Marianne. I love seeing the common names that turn up with each spin - Faulkner is very popular for CC spin 39 :-)
ReplyDeleteTrue, Brona, I've seen Faulkner a couple of times. Someone might get it and then we can see what they think. Thanks for coming by.
DeleteA very ambitious list here! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Davida. I was very lucky, I got Nicholas Nickleby. I see you got The Martian Chronicles. I really like that. Enjoy.
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