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Jan 21
2005

Seeking a Classic B

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I've finished the first stop on my alphabetical tour of classic novels with Jane Austen's fantastic "Pride and Predudice" and am looking for a B.  Bronte springs to mind but which one and which book?  In the meantime I am skimming through Dan Brown's "Deception Point" since it was a Christmas gift but it doesn't qualify as a classic just yet!

 

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  1. Somehting by David Brin perhaps - some of his works are classic Sci Fi. The uplift books are pretty good. The Postman is also a good book (which was unfortunately butchered by Kevin Costner).

    Cheers,

    Ethan

    Posted By Ethan Watrall : Posted At 1/21/05 1:55 PM
  2. I'd recommend Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's addictive.

    Posted By Simon Gregory : Posted At 1/21/05 2:23 PM
  3. Having read dan browns deception point i would definately suggest it, if you can get past the fact that it isnt quite a classic yet. Mr. Brown has 4 books so far, and Ive read all of them, so any would make an excellent choice. Personally, Angels and Demons by him was my favourite.

    Posted By Ryan Guill : Posted At 1/21/05 2:31 PM
  4. I would also like to hear your review of pride and predjudice, a short summary or something. Id love to hear what you thought of it.

    Posted By Ryan Guill : Posted At 1/21/05 4:27 PM
  5. I enjoyed Da Vinci Code, but I can't say I'm a huge fan of any of Dan Brown's other books. I've also read Deception Point, Digital Fortress, and Angels and Demons. The latter three seem to have the same general plot and the bad guy is always the single most trusted guy mentioned in the first 3 chapters. I also dislike that these three books each occur during the span on one single day and the events are drawn out in excruciatingly long and impractical ways.

    Da Vinci Code was more interesting because it was actually a mystery to be unraveled. I'm probably also tainted with this one because it's the first one I read.

    I doubt I will read another Dan Brown book after reading the other three after the satisfying Da Vinci Code.

    Posted By Cameron Childress : Posted At 1/22/05 2:09 AM
  6. When you get to the 'C's try out Stephen Crane's "Red Badge of Courage"

    I'm reading at the moment and it is pretty good.

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812504798/104-1526427-9259938?v=glance

    Posted By Bill Rawlinson : Posted At 1/22/05 2:34 PM
  7. Bill, Thanks for the suggestion. I'd never heard about this book and since I grew up in England much of the classic literature I can conjure up comes from British writers. I took a look on amazon and got ordered a used copy for $0.01 excluding shipping! I think I'm going to read Wuthering Heights after I get through Dan Brown this week...

    Posted By Adam Howitt : Posted At 1/22/05 11:38 PM
  8. ugh, Dan Brown is certainly not a classic novel. It maybe someday, but not yet. Western Classics: Tolstoy, Salinger, Crane, Hemingway, Dickens, Lewis Carrol, Kipling, Wharton, etc

    some links http://www.literature.org/authors/ http://classiclit.about.com/ http://www.classicreader.com/allauthor.htm http://www.online-literature.com/

    Posted By daD : Posted At 1/27/05 1:35 PM
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