Chris in VA Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Dd has gotten interested in the classics all on her own. She's read, in the last 5 months or so: Frankenstein Wuthering Heights (oh wait, that was for school--nonetheless, she's read it) Call of the Wild and White Fang A Separate Peace Jane Eyre Animal Farm (She has read a ton of "children's classics"--Little Princess, Secret Garden, Little Women, etc. and also Mockingbird and others like that.) Now she has checked out The Scarlet Letter (which I love and can help her with) and Emma. Recommendations for the next 5 or 6 books? She didn't really like A Separate Peace, and liked White Fang better than CotW. She will have to read Of Mice and Men and Lord of the Flies for school (so I don't want to buy those). I want to get really nicely covered and illustrated (if illustrated at all) editions of about 5 classics for Christmas for her (hardbacked). She has not read Pride and Prejudice, so that's prob one I'll get. Others? I'm thinking not terribly dense (like, no Moby or Far from the Madding Crowd-type yet!) but still classics that are meaty (as classics are). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 We love A Christmas Carol, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle. She might like The Wind in the Willows. Sherlock Holmes is also wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael12 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Age 15? A Separate Peace (1959) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) stand out from the rest of the ones you mentioned. Seems like you are looking for older (say, 1810-1910?) titles? Tess of the d'Urbervilles Great Expectations Anne of Green Gables Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm maybe Melville short stories like Bartleby the Scrivener Hans Brinker A Girl of the Limberlost The Railway Children Pollyanna Maybe some Stevenson and Scott and Twain, depending on interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Austen seems the most obvious. Kids who are into classics often delight in having read Les Mis. She might enjoy starting into some more modern classics... I tore through all of Garcia Marquez as a teen and was besotted with it all. For fun completely silly reading, I'll bet she would enjoy The Eyre Affair and the sequels since they're about classic literature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3sapphires Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I agree with a lot of the above, and wanted to add Watership Down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Have you seen the pleather cover Word Cloud Classics? http://juniperbooks.com/store/make-your-own-word-cloud-classics-set/ Or the Barnes and Noble Leather Classics? Some of these books are too bulky, in my opinion, but contain titles not available in other sets. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/b/bn-leatherbound-classics/_/N-rqw Collectors Library are much smaller than other sets. They have some unique titles later than public domain. http://www.collectors-library.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Sterling Classics has 35 titles now. http://www.exodusbooks.com/details.aspx?id=39385 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Everyman's Library http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/classics/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Loeb Classics for those odd ancient titles that are difficult to get elsewhere. http://www.loebclassics.com/authors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 We love A Christmas Carol, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle. She might like The Wind in the Willows. Sherlock Holmes is also wonderful. Yes, I think I'd like to get her A Christmas Carol. WitW is too young. She's read Sherlock H. Good ideas, though! Age 15? A Separate Peace (1959) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) stand out from the rest of the ones you mentioned. Seems like you are looking for older (say, 1810-1910?) titles? Tess of the d'Urbervilles Great Expectations Anne of Green Gables Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm maybe Melville short stories like Bartleby the Scrivener Hans Brinker A Girl of the Limberlost The Railway Children Pollyanna Maybe some Stevenson and Scott and Twain, depending on interests. She's read some of these (highlighted) and we read several aloud (highlighted)--couldn't get thru Rebecca of SB F, mostly because we had just read Coraline aloud and Rebecca was way too sappy in comparison! lol But I will look for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 1984 The Old Man and the Sea The Good Earth Jules Verne H. G. Wells Princess of Mars series Tarzan series Red Badge of Courage Connecticut Yankee Picture of Dorian Grey Silas Marner 3 Musketeers Kim Last of the Mohicans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 All Quiet on the Western Front. Edgar Allen Poe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Oo, I love The Good Earth.The Old Man and the Sea was interesting, too. I remember not really understanding how it was a victory for the "old man"-- I think I was too young to read it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Last spring, just before I lost all access to TV, I saw about 1/2 an hour of John Carter of Mars. Barnes and Nobles has a pretty leather book of several books from the Princess of Mars series. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/john-carter-of-mars-edgar-rice-burroughs/1115274771?ean=9781435158078 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Old Man and the Sea plus a few more Hemingway books. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/mobile/w/barnes-noble-leatherbound-classics-ernest-hemingway-ernest-hemingway/1106658801?ean=9781435129849 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Donald Sutherland does a nice audio book of Old Man and the Sea. https://mobile.audible.com/pd/Classics/The-Old-Man-and-the-Sea-Audiobook/B002V8KXHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 The Age of Innocence A Death in the Family Til We Have Faces Emily of New Moon (not quite as lighthearted as Anne of Green Gables) A Girl of the Limberlost Sense and Sensibility My Antonia For Whom the Bell Tolls The Great Gatsby The Picture of Dorian Gray The Turn of the Screw Pygmalion Gulliver's Travels Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 It's a lighter classic, but I'd suggest The Scarlet Pimpernel. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks so much! I am excited about Christmas shopping for her now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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