I was inspired by Jessie @Dwell in Possibility to take part in this year’s Back to the Classics Challenge.
It’s a challenge hosted by Karen @Books and Chocolate featuring 12 classic books that must have been written at least 50 years ago… You don’t have to read them all, but the more the merrier 🙂
- A 19th-century classic. Henry James The Princess Casamassima
- A 20th-century classic. Joseph Conrad The Shadow-Line
- A classic by a woman author. Virginia Woolf Night and Day
- A classic in translation. Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary
- A children’s classic. Louisa May Alcott Little Women
- A classic crime story, fiction or non-fiction. Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express
- A classic travel or journey narrative, fiction or non-fiction. Jack Kerouac On the Road
- A classic with a single-word title. Charlotte Brontë Villette
- A classic with a color in the title. John Steinbeck The Red Pony
- A classic by an author that’s new to you. Macchiavelli Niccolò, The Prince
- A classic that scares you. Herodotus, The Histories
- Re-read a favorite classic. Henry Fielding, Tom Jones
Some of those will be easier than others, as I own only 6 of these books so far – but I guess there are no excuses as most of these will be easily found in a library… Have you read any of those? Are you planning to take part? I hope this challenge will help me make some headway through my Classics Club list…
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Good luck 🙂 I hope you enjoy all or most of them! I only ever read ‘Little Women’ of the ones you listed. Plan to reread it this year as I loved it so much and its been a looong time 🙂
I watched the movie adaptation of ‘On the Road’ and thought it was super boring! Hopefully the book is better^^
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I’ve never read “Little Women” before and my only knowledge of it is acquired through a famous episode of “Friends”! (In which Rachel spoils it for Joey…) looking forward to it!
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Yay! I’m glad you’re joining in on the Back to the Classics fun. Looks like a great list! Murder on the Orient Express is a lot of fun, and I really loved Villette (although it can be a bit frustrating at times). I really need to reread Little Women soon, and Night and Day is on my list as well.
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I need to find my copy of Night and Day first, which might be a bit tricky since it’s one of fifty cardboard boxes since my Mum moved house… 🙂 but at least now I have extra motivation!
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This challenge sounds interesting! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these classics!
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