Ranking My Favorite classics 📚Classic Lit Recommendations

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• CA

  @cafeaulivre · 2 years ago · pinned

  What is your favorite classic of all times? What would you add to this list and what would you toss out? Let me know down below and we'll talk classics some more!

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• BE

  @bestbs0621 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I think this is a amazing list. I was so happy to see The Great Gatsby at number 1, because it is also my favorite book I have ever read. Fitzgerald does such an amazing job transporting us to a different period of American society, and using his characters to criticize the American dream. Even as someone who is still in high-school, I love the book so much because I feel that I can relate in some way to each of the characters in the book, and understand their motives and ambitions. It is truly a timeless masterpiece.

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• SH

  @shisharma · 2 years ago

  The count of monte Cristo will always be a five star for me , totally agree with you in this . <br>Frankenstein again something was very intriguing,such a well written book .<br>The list is acceptable for me as everyone has their own point of view and i personally feel no classic book is first or second or last it&apos;s just personal experience where one connects with the characters,their lives , to get most out of classics one have to be in correct mindset . By approaching classic books with curiosity &nbsp;and a desire to uncover thier layers of meaning , checking the background of authors by doing so one can often enhance appreciation and enjoyment. I remember when i first read the catcher in the rye I didn&apos;t like it at all but after re-reading i found it relatable he was coping with the death of his brother so much going on his life .

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• AL

  @alanalan-tc8no · 2 years ago

  my ten favorite classics, in no particular order:<br><br>THE DIVINE COMEDY Dante Alighieri<br><br>THE COUNT OF MONTECRISTO - Alexandre Dumas<br><br>DON QUIXOTE - Miguel de Cervantes<br><br>THE BETROTHED - Alessandro Manzoni<br><br>IF THIS IS A MAN - Primo Levi<br><br>THE ITALIAN - Ann Radcliffe<br><br>PINOCCHIO &nbsp;- Carlo Collodi<br><br>THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME &nbsp;- Victor Hugo<br><br>NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND - Fyodor Dostoevsky<br><br>HISTORY: A NOVEL &nbsp;- Elsa Morante<br><br>Yes 5 are Italian but since I started digging into Italian literature I have found many of my favorite books. I believe it is a work of literature that went unnoticed because the world was too dazzled by the wonder of the painting, sculpture, architecture and music of the Italian peninsula. Well Italy &nbsp;has magnificent literature too and I can&apos;t wait to continue discovering it and I hope that more and more people talk about it.

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• AM

  @amysmith1044 · 2 years ago

  My favourite classic is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier❤❤ the gothic themes, the haunting presence of an enigmatic woman, romance, drama, thrills, this one has it all

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• JE

  @jesusdelcanto9715 · 2 years ago

  I haven&apos;t read some of them. In my list, I would include the Book of 1001 Nights, Robinson Crusoe and Anna Karenina.

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• MA

  @markbaker737 · 2 years ago

  Always loved Moby Dick. Hard on the 1st read, but when you reread it all comes together.

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• CD

  @cdanderly1 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Seeing Giovanni&apos;s Room on the list was a bit of a happy surprise. I read it for the first time this past autumn, and it definitely deserves to be on this list

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• TH

  @thistle3 · 2 years ago

  Ok, now I&apos;m trying to think of my top 10. This is hard.<br><br>10: Little Women (kept)<br>9: Dracula (kept)<br>8: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (we gotta put some Brontë on the list and Anne is my personal favorite)<br>7: The Great Gatsby (moved down)<br>6: The Sorrows of Young Werther (it was so influential)<br>5: The Little Prince (yes, another children’s book, but I think children’s media can be just as good)<br>4: Pride and Prejudice (Austen is a must)<br>3: Frankenstein (moved up)<br>2: The Trial (because I like it)<br>1: Hamlet (self explanatory)<br><br>This is definitely more my own taste than universal, now that I thibk of it.

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• ER

  @ERM47erm · 1 year ago

  Great performance in you video (compelling, actually!), even if I don&apos;t totally agree with all your choices, as I&apos;ve recently &quot;discovered&quot; Dickens and am feeling as though I may not need to read anybody else before I kick off! HIS prose, alone, makes for splendid reading -- unparalleled in anything I&apos;ve ever read. I also think that Updike&apos;s Rabbit tetralogy shoulda gotten at least an honorable mention. Otherwise, big congrats on your video. (I may interrupt my Dickens voyage with Frankenstein and Dracula.)

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• KA

  @kathleensmith · 2 years ago

  You have an excellent list. &nbsp;I have read several of them and actually all the others are on my TBR list - hopefully will complete them this year. &nbsp;Think my favorite book at least at this point is East of Eden &nbsp;-John Steinbeck. &nbsp;I love your excitement for the classics. &nbsp;Thank you for your video.

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• JO

  @JoyForney · 2 years ago

  @RoadReads You say the same thing about The Great Gatsby! I am inspired to go and read it a few more times to make sure I love it as much as both of you do!!

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