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Topic: Classics Challenge 2012--let's start posting our lists here!
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I know a couple people have already posted some choices, so I suppose we can make the "working" list official. (It's easier for me if they're all in one thread--I sometimes copy the suggestions of others.) So I'm reprinting everything here--including the category of Reader's Choice (design your own category). Rose
2012 Classics Challenge 1) a book that changed the world 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs 3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) 5) bildungsroman 6) literary award recipient 7) dystopias 8) book you consider long 9) book you consider short 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 11) short story collection 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. So let's get busy on our lists!! Rose Last Edited on: 11/8/11 4:50 AM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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GREAT JOB ROSE!!! 2012 Classics Challenge
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7) 8) book you consider long: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Not particularly long but it's fairly so and I do want to read it. In addition, my copy has small print.)
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13) For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. Last Edited on: 12/28/12 7:39 PM ET - Total times edited: 69 |
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2012 Classics Challenge: Lite version
1. Radical book that changed the world Uncle Tom's Cabin by H.B. Stowe
2. wit lit letters written by an author Letters from Earth (1962) by Mark Twain (posthumous) biography/autobiography/memoirs Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A biography by Justin Kaplan (1983) (Pulitzer winner)
3. noir (American or otherwise) short book
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)
4. buldungsroman literary award recipient book considered long
Gone with the Wind (1936) by Margaret Mitchel
5. classic sci-fi or fantasy dystopias short story collection
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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Kristen, Usually the lite version is whatever works for you. |
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13 categories. To complete the challenge, choose 12 OR, to do lite, 6 out of 12. 1) a book that changed the world. Hesiod. Theogony. Completed 10/22/012 2) biography/autobiography. Karel Čapek. Talks with T.G. Masaryk 3) wit lit – Aristophanes. Lysistrata Completed 1/3/2012 4) noir (American or otherwise). Patricia Highsmith. The Cry of the Owl Completed 3/19/2012 5) bildungsroman. L. P. Hartley. The Go-Between Completed 5 /2/2012 6) literary award recipient Not sure. Will be one of the following: Naguib Mahfouz? Sigrid Undset? Halldór Laxness? 7) dystopias Karel Čapek. War with the Newts 8) book you would consider long. Homer. The Odyssey Completed 9/30/2012 9) book you would consider short. Vivant Denon. No Tomorrow Completed 1/4/2012 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy. Sylvia Townsend Warner. Lolly Willowes Completed 8/13/2012 11) short story collection. Daphne Du Maurier Don't Look Now Completed 5/28/2012 12) letters written by an author. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Les Liaisons Dangereuses. I would also like the option to fill in categories with books listed in compilations such as Modern Library's 100 Best Books, or with authors of one's choice. Richard Hughes. A High Wind in Jamaica Completed 3/16/2012 Last Edited on: 10/22/12 5:28 PM ET - Total times edited: 15 |
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I enjoy reading the lists, for the new ideas. Mary |
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1) a book that changed the world - Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs - does Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain fit here? 3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) - something by Chandler; never read him 5) bildungsroman (had to look it up - don't know yet - Tom Jones?) 6) literary award recipient - Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (even though he declined the Pulitzer) 7) dystopias - Lord of the Flies by William Golding 8) book you consider long - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens 9) book you consider short - My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy - Island of Dr. Moreau by HG Wells 11) short story collection - Red Pony by John Steinbeck 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice Last Edited on: 6/24/12 5:09 PM ET - Total times edited: 7 |
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1) a book that changed the world-Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs - Wodehouse by Robert McCrum 3) wit lit - At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien 4) noir (American or otherwise)- Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain - April 1, 2012 5) bildungsroman-Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery 6) literary award recipient-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 7) dystopias-1984 by George Orwell 8) book you consider long-The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (701 pages) 9) book you consider short - A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne (159 pages) - May 24, 2012 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein 11) short story collection-The Most of P. G. Wodehouse - February 15, 2012 Grimm's Fairy Tales or Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales 12) letters written by an author-Letters of JRR Tolkien 13) reader's choice-The African Queen by C. S. Forester - January 30, 2012 Last Edited on: 5/24/12 9:25 PM ET - Total times edited: 11 |
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I will probably do a lite version, copying all to keep my options open! 1) a book that changed the world: A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (Revived the celebration of Christmas) 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs: Cross Creek, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 3) wit lit: Mapp and Lucia, E.F. Benson Completed 2/27/12 4) noir (American or otherwise): The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett Completed 2/16/12 5) bildungsroman: 6) literary award recipient 7) dystopias: 8) book you consider long: The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins 9) book you consider short The 39 Steps, John Buchan, Completed 2/3/12 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 11) short story collection 12) letters written by an author* Modern Library Selection - A Room With a View, E. M. Forster 13) reader's choice Last Edited on: 5/30/12 5:54 PM ET - Total times edited: 12 |
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Here's my list. 1) book that changed the world--substituting a Modern Library Top 100 Novel: V.S. Naipaul--A House for Mr. Biswas 2) biography--Brad Gooch: Flannery/A Life of Flannery O'Connor 3. wit lit--Here Lies Dorothy Parker/Collected Stories 4. noir--Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems 5. bildungsroman--James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 6. literary award recipient--Sinclair Lewis: Babbitt 7. dystopia--substituing Modern Library Top 100 Novel: Willa Cather--Death Comes for the Archbishop 8. book I consider long--Herman Melville: Moby Dick 9. book I consider short--Anne Bronte: Agnes Grey 10. classic sci-fi or fantasy--omit 11. short story collection--Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tanglewood Tales 12. letters written by an author--ed. Margaret Smith: Selected Letters of Charlotte Bronte 13. reader's choice--Wilkie Collins: Armadale Am looking forward to 2012! Rose |
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2012 Classics Challenge (lite version) 1) a book that changed the world 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs 3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) 5) bildungsroman 6) literary award recipient 7) dystopias 8) book you consider long Moby-Dick - Melville completed 11/4/12 9) book you consider short The Black Tulip - Dumas completed 6/29/12 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 11) short story collection. The Basic Kafka - Kafka completed 3/28/12 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice Giants in the Earth - Rolvaag completed Jan. 2012 For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. Last Edited on: 12/19/12 11:59 PM ET - Total times edited: 6 |
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1) a book that changed the world--Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 2) biography/autobiography/memoir--The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton 3) wit lit--Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson Completed 9/11/12) 4) noir--We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 5) bildungsroman--Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Completed 2/6/12) 6) literary award recipient--To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Completed 5/26/12) 7) dystopias--The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West (Completed 3/9/12) 8) book I consider long--No Name by Wilkie Collins (Completed 7/26/12) 9) book I consider short--Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Completed 1/12/12) 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy--OMIT 11) short story collection--Sketch Book by Washington Irving 12) letters written by an author--My Dear Mr. M. by L.M. Montgomery (Completed 5/1/12) 13) reader's choice--The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (Completed 8/15/12) Last Edited on: 9/14/12 8:16 PM ET - Total times edited: 6 |
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2012 Classics Challenge Lite Version 1) a book that changed the world 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs Life on the Mississippi by Twain 3) wit lit A Handful of Dust by Waugh 4) noir (American or otherwise) 5) bildungsroman David Copperfield by Dickens 6) literary award recipient 7) dystopias 8) book you consider long East of Eden by Steinbeck 9) book you consider short 10) Modern Library 100 The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice The Red and the Black by Stendahl For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice.
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2012 Classics Challenge 1) a book that changed the world - On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin 3) wit lit - The American Claimant by Mark Twain 4) noir (American or otherwise) - 5) bildungsroman - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 6) literary award recipient - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1921 Pulitzer Prize) 7) dystopias - The Iron Heel by Jack London 8) book you consider long - David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 9) book you consider short - Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (finished 1/4/11) 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy - City by Clifford D. Simak 11) short story collection - Catch as Catch Can by Joseph Heller 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice - Rabbit, Run by John Updike For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. Last Edited on: 1/4/12 10:32 AM ET - Total times edited: 4 |
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1) Book that made a significant difference: The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair 2) Biography/autobiography/memoir: Thorstein Veblen, by Douglas F. Dowd 3) Wit lit Droll Stories, by Honoré de Balzac 5) Bildungsroman: The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow 6) Literary award recipient: 7) Dystopia: Animal Farm, by George Orwell 8) Book I consider long: The Betrothed, by Alessandro Manzoni 9) Book I consider short: The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard, 68 pages; The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett, 118 pages/novella) 10) Classic sci-fi or fantasy: Flatland, by Edwin A Abbott 11) Short story collection: Heart Songs, by E. Annie Proulx 12) Letters written by an author 13) Reader's choice: A Room of One's Own, by Virginia Woolf Last Edited on: 12/19/12 7:04 PM ET - Total times edited: 26 |
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2012 Classics Challenge 1) a book that changed the world - 'Uncle Tom's Cabin" Harriet Beecher Stowe 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs - "Goodbye to All That" Robert Graves 3) wit lit - "Catch 22" Joseph Heller 4) noir (American or otherwise) - "The Maltese Falcon" Dashiell Hammett 5) bildungsroman - "The Catcher in the Rye" J.D Salinger 6) literary award recipient - "The Grapes of Wrath" John Steinbeck 7) dystopias - "Farenheight 451" Ray Bradbury 8) book you consider long - "Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand 9) book you consider short - "Siddhartha" Herman Hesse 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy - "The Last Unicorn" Peter Beagle 11) short story collection (Substituted 100 list) - "Tropic of Cancer" Henry Miller 12) reader's choice - "Wurthering Heights" Emily Bronte Last Edited on: 12/9/11 1:10 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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1) a book that changed the world Common Sense by Thomas Paine
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3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 5) bildungsroman David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 6) literary award recipient All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren (won a Pulitzer) 7) dystopias - We by Yevgeny Zamyatin or Anthem by Ayn Rand 8) book you consider long The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
9) book you consider short 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 11) short story collection American Tall Tales
12) Substituted (personal choice)
13) reader's choice Last Edited on: 11/28/12 9:58 PM ET - Total times edited: 10 |
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2012 Classics Challenge: COMPLETED 5/6/12 1) a book that changed the world Meditations Marcus Aurelius***DONE 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs The Enormous Room by E. E. Cummings ***DONE 3) wit lit: The American Claimant by Mark Twain***DONE 4) noir (American or otherwise) Little Cesar by Wm. Riley Burnett ****DONE 5) bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Goethe ****DONE 6) literary award recipient In this Our Life by Ellen Glasgow (1942 Pulitzer Prize)***DONE 7) dystopias Bend Sinister by Vladimir Nabokov****DONE 8) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels Selection Loving by Henry Green***DONE 9) book you consider short Look Back on Happiness by Knut Hamsun ****DONE 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne***DONE 11) short story collection The Wide Net and Other Stories by Eudora Welty***DONE 12) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels Selection The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene ****DONE 13) reader's choice Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestly****DONE Last Edited on: 9/22/12 6:54 PM ET - Total times edited: 44 |
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A working list, subject to change, but planning where I can!
1) a book that changed the world..... Mere Christianity or The Pilgrim's Progress 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs..... Child of the Silent Night 3) wit lit..... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass 4) noir (American or otherwise)..... Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde 5) bildungsroman..... Jane Eyre 6) literary award recipient..... All the Pretty Horses (1992 National Book Award) 7) dystopias..... 1984 8) book you consider long..... Gone With the Wind or Islandia 9) book you consider short..... Silas Marner 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy..... The Silmarillon 11) short story collection..... The Canterbury Tales 12) sub for letters..... Great Expectations 13) reader's choice..... King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice.
Books I have and want to read but don't see a place for... and please feel free to help me re-arrange. LOL Wuthering Heights The Red Badge of Courage Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island The Mutiny on Board HMS Bounty Little Women Sherlock Holmes, several collections, including The Hound of the Baskervilles Last Edited on: 1/5/12 1:03 AM ET - Total times edited: 11 |
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2012 Classics Challenge [Don't have a list put together yet but wanted to commit so posted without titles; hopefully, it will motivate me to fill it out - soon!] 1) a book that changed the world 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs 3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) 5) bildungsroman 6) literary award recipient 7) dystopias 8) book you consider long 9) book you consider short Completed 1/28/12 Walking by Henry David Thoreau 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 11) short story collection 12) letters written by an author 13) reader's choice For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Modern Library's 100 Best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. Last Edited on: 1/29/12 11:18 AM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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1) a book that changed the world Silent Spring 2) biography/autobiography/memoirs 3) wit lit 4) noir (American or otherwise) 5) bildungsroman I Capture the Castle 6 literary award recipient To Kill a Mockingbird completed 5/18 7) dystopias 8) book you conisder long War and Peace 9) book you consider short Things Fall Apart completed 1/19 10) classic sci-fi or fantasy 11) short story collection 12) letters written by an author 12) reader's choice For categories that don't interest you, you may substitute books listed on Mondern Library's 100 best Novels and/or works by classic authors of your choice. Last Edited on: 5/19/12 7:32 AM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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