If you had to recommend just one 'classic'

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berri · 13/10/2012 03:22

What would it be?

Going on holiday soon and I want to try something different - it'll be my last chance to get stuck into a book before the arrival of DC2 and I'm aware I haven't read any of the classics....what would you recommend if you had to choose one? Or maybe two, wishful thinking that I'll have time ;)

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evilgiraffe · 13/10/2012 06:46

William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It's BRILLIANT. Also short so you can read another couple of books too.

Pride and Prejudice, Wutheing Heights, and Jane Eyre also good, but perhaps a little more difficult to maintain concentration on if you're not used to that sort of language and are likely to be distracted on holiday.

Others that I love are Lorna Doone, the Call of the Wild, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. In fact any Jack London is good, my favourite of his is the Sea Wolf - Wolf Larsen is one of the greatest characters ever written.

Stonefield · 13/10/2012 03:45

Wilkie collins' woman in white

chemenger · 13/10/2012 03:32

Jane Austen is a good place to start, Pride and Prejudice or Emma to begin with. Dickens I find boring, too much description. Jane Eyre, which lots of people like I found relentlessly miserable and struggled to finish. Woman in Black is great, if you aren't reading it alone in an isolated house on an island. Would be best read on a crowded beach!

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