Read classic novels

I have begun to compile a list of only a few of the classics I want to read. This is the random list I have as of 10/15/08:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Adventures of by Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom by Mark Twain
Sawyer
All Quiet on the by Erich Maria Remarque
Western Front

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1984 by George Orwell
The Old man & the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
For whom he bell tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Stranger by Albert Camus
A Tale of two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Animal Farm by George Orwell
All the king’s men by Robert Penn Warren
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Ulysses by James Joyce
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (pere)
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (pere)
Camille by Alexandre Dumas (fils)
The Hunchback of by Victor Hugo
Notre Dame
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
Journey to the center by Jules Verne
of the Earth
20,000 Leagues under by Jules Verne
the Sea
From the earth to by Jules Verne
the moon
Around the world by Jules Verne
in 80 days
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The picture of by Oscar Wilde
Dorian gray
Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
From here to eternity by James Jones

Well I’ve done one so far – The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. It was hard going at first but worth it. I don’t know what is really considered to be classic but I’m thinking things like Moby Dick, To Kill a Mockingbird etc etc, well these are the types of books I want to read anywayz =)

Currently reading the above mentioned Title, for the second time in the past 3 years. awesome, more of a bible and a kick your independent you into shape, kind of book. every word teaches you a lesson about something and makes you think, is that what i want to be/do? i like to use it like the rulers in old day school rooms that slapped naughty children on the hand, it hurts but causes sadistic pleasure at the same moment…finding out who and what you are can do that to a person

and now I can’t concentrate or find time or feel motivated. But there are so many great classics, and I could start with any one of them and be happy. Last decent book I read was The Good Earth .. Pearl S. Buck .. I remember my mom reading and raving about it, and know I understand why. Classics stick with you and some of the words leave such an impact.

Started reading this tonight…loving it! Austen is witty and creative with her wording, which puts off a lot of people. I like it…makes me dig deep and shit. Yah.

Finished The Awakening...yay!

The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

Read it in high school…that was awhile ago.