Confession time! Tell us your literary sins to win an entire set of 20 Puffin Classics

[EmilyMumsnet]

Literary shame is a powerful thing - if you've ever nodded sagely while your friends discussed Bleak House or chuckled knowingly about the The Wizard of Oz - the film is the same thing isn’t it? – you'll know what we're talking about. But now we're giving you the chance to 'fess up! Tell us which Puffin Classic you have never actually read, and you'll be in the running to win the entire set.

The Puffin Classics are back, and with a bold new look – twenty brand new covers for the classic tales, from Huck to Dorothy to Alice to Peter. One lucky poster will receive all twenty, while 5 randomly-selected runners-up will win a copy of their never-read tale.

Here's the full set list:
The Call of the Wild, Tom Sawyer, The Wizard of Oz, King Arthur, The Jungle Book, Black Beauty, Huckleberry Finn, Anne of Green Gables, The Secret Garden, The Odyssey, A Little Princess, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, Heidi, Peter Pan, Little Women, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

This competition is now closed. And the winners are:

Belo - full set of Puffin Classics
happysouls - The Call Of The Wild
Punkatheart -Heidi
Miisty - Tom Sawyer
Pigeonpea - Huckleberry Finn
kohl - Wind In The Willows

Thanks for all your contributions, we'll be in touch with the winners shortly

I haven't read Call of the Wild or Journey to the Centre of the Earth. I haven't read some of the others since childhood, but I read The Secret Garden and The Little Princess quite regularly and recently read Heidi to my children, in preparation for my daughter going in a Heidi dress for World Book Day.

I read all the time but have hardly read any of those, in fact the only ones i've read are The Jungle Book, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, Treasure Island, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

I remember loving The Secret Garden in particular.

I haven't read The Wizard of Oz, King Arthur, The Jungle Book, Black Beauty, Anne of Green Gables, A Little Princess, Journey to the Centre of the Earth Heidi, Peter Pan, or Little Women.

I never read The Wind in the Willows and always wanted to. It seemed when I was at school everyone had read it except me yet I did pretty good in school so wasn't a slacker but never even picked the book up, feels like a bit of wasted youth

I love the music from Black Beauty TV show, but have never read the bookx

I've never read Journey to the Centre of the Earth, didn't seem like my kind of book.

The Call of the Wild? I don't know if I've heard of that one! There are a couple I've not read, but even so I was a complete bookworm as a child and never stopped reading, and even now I have shelves and shelves full of books! I don't think its anything to be ashamed of not to have read a 'classic'. Tastes differ, the books that come your way differ!

I have never read the call of the wild

I've never read The Wizard of Oz.

I have definitely never read Little Women or Tom Sawyer

The Odyssey

Shame to say I largely bluff my way with these but I was never been able to get into Call of the Wild. Might try again if I am lucky enough to win.....!

I've never read The Call of the Wild or The Odyssey out of that list!

Journey to the Centre of the Earth. I couldn't really get into it

The call of the wild

The Wizard of Oz - embarrassed to say that until recently I didn't know that the film was based on a novel.

I've only read Black Beauty. Have just got Alice's Advenures In Wonderland for my daughter. Would love to read all of these now :-)

I have read a lot of them, but not King Arthur

Anne of Green Gables - I keep hearing about it but have never read it

I have never read Little Women but would love too!

The Wind in the Willows & Black Beauty...How bad is that!?!

The call of the wild was a bit tedious, though I do vividly remember the man getting stuck under ice. I don't think it's an especially great read for children - in fact, that is probably true of a few of these which were the basis for great movies (e.g. journey to the centre of the earth, the wizard of Oz) but possibly not enduring literary classics themselves?

However, Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, A Little Princess, Heidi, Black Beauty, all better books than films and well worth reading.

I love reading and have since learning late as a child (I really struggled up to being 8 and then it just clicked) but there are a few on the list, I haven't read (yet) - Huckleberry Finn and The Odyssey

I haven't read through the whole thread, so apologies if I'm repeating something already said, but what are the other two books from the list? There's only eighteen on the original post. Just counted them twice, in case I'd miscounted .

Anyway, I've read nine, and have nine unread ones. I've read Tom Sawyer, Black Beauty (remember that one as a bedtime story with my dad reading it to me as well :)), The Secret Garden (one of my favourite stories), A Little Princess, The Wind in the Willows (I loved this, had a much read, battered old paperback), Heidi (another much read favourite), Peter Pan (read it, but thought it a little bit odd), Little Women (due a re-read of this soon), and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (I'm sure I'm in the minority, but I really loathed it and still do).

Unread - The Call of the Wild, The Wizard of Oz (keep meaning to read this to the DC, and watch the film with them), King Arthur, The Jungle Book (I may have read some of it, but not sure), Huckleberry Finn (don't know why I haven't read this, because I liked Tom Sawyer), Anne of Green Gables (again don't know why I haven't read it yet), The Odyssey, Journey to the Centre of the Earth (this one appeals, quite fancy reading this), and Treasure Island.

Huckleberry Finn. I don't know why, it's one of the few that has escaped me!