There is another lovely challenge in the book blogging world which I first heard through
Jillian from A Room of One's Own. It's being hosted by
Sarah at Sarah Reads Too Much, I love how she's created categories to help encourage variety.
If you've already joined
my Classics Challenge, please think about also joining hers too. We're happy for everyone to read the same books for both.
A list isn't required but I've created one:
19th Century Classic: The Warden by Anthony Trollope
With Trollope's bicentenary coming up in 2015 I hope to get a head-start on reading his novels. I did watch some of the
Barchester Chronicles series staring Alan Rickman and Susan Hampshire a few years back, but remember very little.
The Warden is the first book in a series of six.
20th Century Classic: Howards End by E.M. Forster
Looking forward to reading this famous work by Forster
Reread a classic of your choice: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
I plan to listen to Agnes Grey through Naxos production of it, I've 'read' very few audio books: Gaskell's
Cranford and Heyer's
Sylvester.
A Classic Play: A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev
I choose this one partly because I enjoyed Turgenev's
Rudin and want to read more of his works in future, including his more famous novel
Fathers and Sons. The other reason is because Frederick Ashton choreographed a ballet based on the play, and although I haven't seen it, I'm curious to know more about the story.
Classic Mystery: Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Next to Wilkie Collins, whose
Woman in White I plan to read, Braddon was considered the other great Victorian 'sensational' novelist. 'Sensational' in this sense meaning mystery.
Classic Romance: Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
I love Elizabeth Gaskell's writing and have yet to read this one. Unlike her other novels which are set during her time period this one is during the Napoleonic Wars.
Translated Classic: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (from French)
This has been on my TBR list since I saw the adaptation of Dumas' famous novel staring Gerard Depardieu a few years back.
Classic Award Winner: The Man of Property by John Galsworthy
Galsworthy was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in 1932.
The Man of Property is the first book of his series
The Forsyte Saga.
An 'Fantasy-Land' Classic: The Complete Poems by Emily Jane Bronte
A great many of them are tales of Gondal, an invented island in the North Pacific.
5 comments:
Amazing list. I'm looking forward to your thoughts on them! Thanks for joining in!
I'd love to join in with this one too, but in 2012 I'm doing a Dickens challenge as well as your one - I'll be classiced out if I add this one!
I love that you're reading Emily Bronte's complete poems! I want to do that one day, too. Also, I'm excited you're rereading Agnes Grey. I loved that one. :-)
@Sarah: Thank you for hosting the challenge. :)
@Tracy: I know what you mean. I thought of joining the Dickens challenge because it seems so fitting with it being his bicentenary. I shall content myself with reading Little Dorrit... for now. ;)
@Jillian: Emily's style seems to passionate it's perfect for poetry, can't wait to start reading them. Me too, in fact I did start listening to a little of it already. I finally finished Tenant, it's amazing!
Katherine - Yes, it's the Bicentanary - and I've never read a Dickens' novel before, so thought it would be the perfect year to acquaint myself with a few of his books.
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