lexi Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Just thought of another one but I don't know what the page count is. "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier This was going to be my suggestion. I also love The Count of Monte Cristo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (master of ironic understatement & razor-sharp satire presenting profound observations on the impact of war) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (perfectly-crafted novella; must have been the ultimate surprise ending when first published) Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (a trek into the depths of darkness of the human heart & soul) A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (beautiful sketches of Paris cafe/writing life; best-selling again in France after the terror attacks as it celebrates the best of Paris cafe society; includes a wonderful & hilarious tale of a road trip he took w/ F. Scott Fitzgerald when they didn't know each other very well) The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes (written about 80 years ago but still acidly sharp & on-target about race, people, & society) The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (wonderful observations of people & just a nice book through & through) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (the epitome of the Jazz Age) Dracula (over 400 pages) by Bram Stoker (the classic horror story) The Count of Monte Cristo (definitely over 400 pages) by Alexandre Dumas (the ultimate revenge tale) Sunjata by Bamba Suso & Banna Kanute (could make for interesting discussion of oral vs. written storytelling because this version contains two written versions of the oral history told by griots re: the beginnings of the Malian empire) A couple of modern classics: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (pitch-perfect story) No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (from the landscape to the interior lives of men -- spare & brutal; hard & beautifully-crafted) Edited April 15, 2016 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I loved The Pearl in high school, recently read it with ds and still love it another one ds and I recently read (first time for me) that I really enjoyed was Something Wicked This Way Comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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