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**bertowud** · 20-04-2010, 01:23 PM

I'm not 100% convinced that Tolstoy ever finished reading War and Peace.

They are cheap or even free. I have a Kindle and have downloaded several of the classics for free.

Aria · 20-04-2010, 01:32 PM

(18-04-2010 03:30 PM)Jhokur Wrote: I picked up the Kindle app for my iPhone and started reading "the classics" - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Pride & Prejudice are first up. My problem is I don't finish books like I used to... not because I lose interest but because so much stuff comes up :|

I recently re-read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and it doesn't matter how many times you read it, it is still wonderful. Keep persevering, it is worth it.

**Silktie** · 20-04-2010, 04:30 PM

I also make an effort to read some of the classics. Have read The Iliad, To Kill a Mockingbird, 10 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Catcher in the Rye, a couple of Shakespeare etc.

To Kill a Mockingbird is my favourite classic to date. With some of them I find it hard to see what the big deal is, I must admit...

CONDOR · 20-04-2010, 05:40 PM

10/10 for getting through the Iliad I found that a bit heavy going. I thought the film of "To Kill a Mockingbird was very good with Gregory Peck, great music.
20000 Leagues Under the Sea I read when at school many years ago and was brilliant for it's prophetic content, submarines and men with breathing apparatus walking about under water.

But let's face it the reason most of us read the Classics is that it sounds better than saying we have just read the latest mass produced Mills & Boon, not that I would know what they are about, nothing Burges & McClane about me, but I am sure that you see what I am getting at. I must say I do quite like the observational humour that you find in Nick Hornsby's books

Lukyan Lyubof · (This post was last modified: 20-04-2010 07:15 PM by Lukyan Lyubof.)

I don't think there's any way I would get through the Iliad, I had to memorise a chapter of the Aenied for GCSE Latin and it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Loved To Kill a Mockingbird, especcially the end (not because it was the end but because I liked the costume she wore)
Books by Andy McNab or Chris Ryan I can't help but read and I love the Sharpe series.
Am currently reading Bothers Karamazov which is hard going but interesting and my favourite book of all time is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (his first book ever!)
Slightly philosophical but honestly nothing too complicated, mainly interesting than pure philosophy.
Also read the Cherub and Henderson Boys series (a bit young but anyway) simply because they are so quick to read and entertaining

**Silktie** · 22-04-2010, 05:10 PM

Forgot to mention another favourite classic, namely The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. I'll freely admit it's the only Hemingway book I really like.

**JHyde** · 22-04-2010, 06:17 PM

Nice choice, Silktie. I like that one too, although A Farewell To Arms is actually my Hemingway fave.

Strangely enough, although there is stuff about his writing that drives me crazy, I often find myself thinking about his advice and style a lot when I write myself. It kind of drives me mad.

Still loving the Mueenuddin. I'm savouring it and not rushing through it the way I usually do with books I love.

Lukyan Lyubof · 22-04-2010, 06:56 PM

My friend's just given me a book to read called 1000 years of annoying the french. I've read the start and it is very funny.

(Sorry to anyone who's French)

Beatriz · 22-04-2010, 07:36 PM

Hope there's not one regarding spaniards... Don't tell me I don't want to know! Tongue

Lukyan Lyubof · 22-04-2010, 07:58 PM

lol I don't think there is. It's just a light hearted take on the rivalry between France and Britain.
The author is English and lives in Paris so I don't think he's that biased! lol Smile