"Words and Peace" is a blog I've been following for a couple of years and I have always found some interesting new (or old) 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 15th June 2025, 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 24th August 2025 to read it.
This time, I read only the one book from my old list (Classics Spin #40) ("Madame Bovary"). I do want to concentrate on a couple of books in the near future, so I have listed only ten books and repeated them. 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 "Martin Chuzzlewit. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" (Leben und Abenteuer des Martin Chuszlewit) - 1843-44
- Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
- 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
- Aristophanes "Lysistrata and Other Plays" (Lysistrata) - 411BC
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von "Urfaust. Faust Fragment. Faust I" (Faust) - 1772-1808
- Dickens, Charles "Martin Chuzzlewit. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" (Leben und Abenteuer des Martin Chuszlewit) - 1843-44
- Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
- 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
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.
This time, the number that has been picked is #11. That means for me:
Aristophanes "Lysistrata and Other Plays" (Lysistrata) - 411BC
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.
Hope you spin a good one!
ReplyDeleteI hope so, too. Thanks, Lark.
DeleteWe both have a couple of Dickens novels on our list, so maybe we'll get one of those! Good luck and enjoy what comes your way!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kelly. I do enjoy most classics. Of course, there's always one that we don't take to. Good luck with your spin, will have a look what you have on your list.
DeleteI read 'Fathers and Sons' in college... Interestingly enough, the USA spelling for the author's last name is Turgenev!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, Lisa. That's always the trouble with transliteration. With that one you have to pronounce the word very differently from the original one. But I'm used to that with English words. Would you suggest that I change the wording in my post?
DeleteI have Faust on my list too (as I am currently reading The Master and Margarita and it has been suggested they go hand in hand).
ReplyDeleteI never heard about that, Brona. But I can somehow imagine. We will see what we will get. Good luck with yours.
DeleteWise to use the same books twice. I will not participate this time since I am already enrolled in two challenges for the summer. Just not enough time.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I don't take any others, Lisbeth. This is one that I love because I like to read classics and that way, I read at least four every year.
DeleteThe Herman Hesse book sounds interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteTo me, as well, Deb. Looking forward to that one.
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