Must Read Classics

‘One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.’

Carl Sagan – Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

It would be a rather extraordinary challenge to read all the classics, so, when choosing your next book consider the following for a balanced selection:

Make sure you have a balance between male and female authors (M/F).

Try and pick books set in different cultures.

Make sure you have read a couple of translated texts.

Try and spread your selection across history and into the future.

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

USA; 1900s; Female Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

Italy and England; Early 1900s ;Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

USA; Mid 1900s; Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Night by Elie Wiesel

World War Two Nazi German Concentration Camp; Male Author – Won the Nobel Peace Prize – Translation

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Time Travel; Written For Young Readers; Female Author

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January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

England; 1800s; Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Fabled Land; 1941; Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

New Hampshire – USA;1950s and 1960s ;Male Author

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

USA; Early 1900s; Female Author – Most moving work by the author.

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January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Antigone by Sophocles

Ancient Greece; Greek Drama; Male Author

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