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bookwormbeagle · 17/10/2014 11:56

I've just finished reading the book North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (sp), and really enjoyed it.

I've got the following lined up on my kindle, for after I finish The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

Dracula
Great Expectations
Far From The Madding Crowd
Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Silas Marner

What Classic would you recommend as a must-read?

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Southeastdweller · 19/10/2014 08:19

Lolita.

Yika · 19/10/2014 08:26

It's already been said, but Middlemarch by George Eliot is brilliant.

I loved War and Peace as well as Anna Karenina.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is another good un.

highlandcoo · 19/10/2014 10:18

Llama I've read loads of Victorian fiction but never come across Margaret Oliphant. Just googled her and looks excellent! Thanks for the recommendation Smile

bookwormbeagle · 20/10/2014 13:47

I'm really enjoying The Woman in White - took a few chapters to get into, but now I'm gripped!

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elkiedee · 20/10/2014 14:00

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.

riverboat1 · 20/10/2014 21:35

I read North and South for the first time earlier this year, and loved it too Smile

Must-reads: all of Austen (there aren't many). Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall represent the best of the Brontes IMO.

20th century classics: I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith) and Rebecca (Du Maurier).

Frankenstein v. good too.

Oh, and I read Wives and Daughters by Gaskell and really enjoyed that too.

TheOriginalSteamingNit · 20/10/2014 21:37

If you liked North and South, Mary Barton would be one obvious suggestion.. ?

bookwormbeagle · 22/10/2014 13:29

Some great suggestions here! My list of books TBR is growing at an alarming rate Wink
Have never read Rebecca so think I'll go for that next.

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ihaveabookaddiction · 22/10/2014 18:38

a bit different but I loved Elizabeth Gaskell's autobiography of Charlotte Bronte. But fascinating and very readable.

skolastica · 26/10/2014 07:21

Of Human Bondage - Somerset Maugham

  • an all time favourite for me

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