Of the ones I've read...I don't think I actively liked any. And, here, there haven't exactly been amazing reviews rolling in on other people's challenge classics, they've been pretty bad. (yours included)...Why are these books classics?
I loved The Pillow Book. So not all is negative.
Ugh. I finished The Swiss Family Robinson today and I am sick and tired of these horrible books. That had to be one of the worst reading experiences for me ever. I think I may dis-obey myself and go back to Erikson. Now.
Clearly you have been picking the wrong books for you. Classics are not a homogenous group, so it is difficult to recommend one that will blow you away without knowing what you like to read. That does not mean you should dismiss all books with the label. It is not a genre. In fact, part of the definition is that it should be something that stands out and is different from the literature that surrounds it. Age is not the only criterion.
Pick up Aristophanes (unless you hate plays). Or Oscar Wilde (lovely plays, but also lovely prose fiction). Or Virginia Woolf. You seem to have been sticking to books that are not famous for their depth or artistry. Perhaps you would like something with more meat. If you can read Erikson, you can read War and Peace.
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out.
22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM
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This month is just making me hate classics.
23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM
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Aw. That's a shame.
23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM
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Re: Aw. That's a shame.
23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM
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Hrm... a high fantasy classic...
23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM
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Yes.
23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM
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Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but
23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM
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There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM*
23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM
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Perhaps Gormenghast?
23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM
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H. Rider Haggard.
23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM
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You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike.
23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM
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The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old".
23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM
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Re: This month is just making me hate classics.
23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM
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A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated
23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM
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Well said.
23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM
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Re: Well said.
24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM
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That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois.
24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM
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Very true
23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM
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Speaking of Dumas...
24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM
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ooooh
24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM
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The Molière movie is called... wait for it...
24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM
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oooh
24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM
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Re: oooh
24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM
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Re: oooh
25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM
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I really should watch that movie.
25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM
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Re: I really should watch that movie.
25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM
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Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM*
26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM
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Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares.
27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM
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Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out.
23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM
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The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel.
23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM
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Yeah, agreed.
23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM
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But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it.
23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM
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Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much.
23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM
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The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein
23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM
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Really?
23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM
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...
23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM
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Thank you. *NM*
23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM
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For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM*
23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM
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Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out.
23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM
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I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright.
02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM
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