The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #46

  

"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 15^th November 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 3^rd January 2027 to read it.

This time, I read the book from my old list (Classics Spin #45) (All Our Wordly Goods) plus "William - an Englishman" by Cicely Hamilton. So, I have two new books to add to my list. As before, I have listed only ten books and repeated them. The books are all in chronological order.

1. Petronius Arbiter, Titus (Petron) "Satyricon. The Book of Satyrlike Adventures" (Satyricon liber) - late 1^st century
2. Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
3. Conrad, Joseph "Victory: An Island Tale" - 1915
4. Hesse, Hermann "Wir nehmen die Welt nur zu ernst" [We just take the world too seriously] - 1928
5. Hemingway, Ernest "A Farewell to Arms" - 1929
6. Meigs, Cornelia "Invincible Louisa" - 1933
7. Krleža, Miroslav "On the Edge of Reason" (Na rubu pameti) - 1938
8. Zweig, Stefan "The Royal Game/Chess" (Schachnovelle) - 1942
9. Huxley, Aldous "Ape and Essence" - 1948
10. Plaidy, Jean "The Sixth Wife: The Story of Katharine Parr" - 1953
11. Petronius Arbiter, Titus (Petron) "Satyricon. The Book of Satyrlike Adventures" (Satyricon liber) - late 1^st century
12. Dumas, Alexandre fils "Camille: The Lady of the Camellias" (La Dame aux Camélias) - 1848
13. Conrad, Joseph "Victory: An Island Tale" - 1915
14. Hesse, Hermann "Wir nehmen die Welt nur zu ernst" [We just take the world too seriously] - 1928
15. Hemingway, Ernest "A Farewell to Arms" - 1929
16. Meigs, Cornelia "Invincible Louisa" - 1933
17. Krleža, Miroslav "On the Edge of Reason" (Na rubu pameti) - 1938
18. Zweig, Stefan "The Royal Game/Chess" (Schachnovelle) - 1942
19. Huxley, Aldous "Ape and Essence" - 1948
20. 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.