"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 17th May 2026, 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 7th July 2026 to read it.
This time, I only read the one book from my old list (Classics Spin #43) (Fathers and Sons). 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.
- Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
- 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
- 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 "All Our Wordly Goods" (Les biens de ce monde) - 1941
- Cela, Camilo José "The Hive" (La colmina) - 1951
- Plaidy, Jean "The Sixth Wife: The Story of Katharine Parr" - 1953
- Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
- 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
- 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 "All Our Wordly Goods" (Les biens de ce monde) - 1941
- Cela, Camilo José "The Hive" (La colmina) - 1951
- Plaidy, Jean "The Sixth Wife: The Story of Katharine Parr" - 1953
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.
That's a great idea to focus on ten titles. I was making my list and have Farewell to Arms on it as well. I will let me list stay at twenty different titles for now but I think next spin time I will select only 5 titles.
ReplyDeleteSeveral Dumas titles I've not heard of! Posting my spin list now....
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