Classics you know you should have read but probably haven't

Descrizione
I know I feel guilt at the number of works I feel I ought to have read, but haven't quite managed to get round to yet... Well, let's try to prioritise!
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Don Chisciotte della Mancia
di Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
30,506 utenti
449 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 2
106 Members
Only2rs, bookwoman84, ABVR, hipdeep, conceptDawg, staffordcastle, SqueakyChu, anglemark, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, Rtrace, cpg, Scorbet, mybookshelf, foggidawn, Ragnell, ghilbrae, lahochstetler, SimoneA, smcwl, almigwin, varielle, .Monkey., antqueen, thorold, AnnaClaire, pmdean, Aninja, dhm, EmScape, ScarySquirrel, bell7, Smiler69, chgstrom, otterlake, stellarexplorer, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sundancer, peterdj, crazy4reading, deldevries, cathyta, ncgraham, ukh, Percevan, perennialreader, citybird, souloftherose, 2wonderY, Cindy1954, Simone2, Beorn_se_Bacaire, Bici47, Dunord, nlgeorge, rretzler, BlueSkies305, Tess_W, JqnOC, electrice, tjsween, Himalmitra, fuzzi, gypsysmom, al.vick, SkuldOMG, FancyHorse, Elizabeth088, james.proffitt, Jacqklueh, FlorianKarpfinger, dwightie, jnmlkr901, morgandgarcia, Arrashid7, banana4thelord, christianromney, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Ares14, seanogui, dianeham, blancosa, Saxon451, RodgerA, spiderlily, MargaretD1, TwinDaddy, RachelKirk, Sisif, mcountr, electricgoddess1993, dkarenart, TaraJohnson, IreneDeTogni, KrystalSheppard, gunarss, tjtjtjtj, scstubbs, bookthief07, DianaInSydney,Edward ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,CVido ,courtneyp93 ,lsah ,pkloza ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Read enough to know I don't want to finish
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
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Gita al faro
di Virginia Woolf
17,575 utenti
270 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 14
74 Members
timspalding, Only2rs, gennyt, hipdeep, wordswordswords, tiddleyboom, eromsted, pamelad, Ragnell, jamesabg, lahochstetler, SilentInAWay, fbroussard, smcwl, almigwin, lwbooklover, antqueen, EmScape, bell7, Cecrow, otterlake, stellarexplorer, andejons, sundancer, peterdj, cathyta, japaul22, brenzi, auntSteelbreaker, perennialreader, bacbaby, citybird, nik61, Cindy1954, CVido, Bici47, HMHbooks, Dunord, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, bwtsang, IslesOfMine, jaysbooks, wrysosrs, pewterbreath, EElsen, linlef, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, Arrashid7, Laura1124, SamTaylor, ramsesiii, linnzsue, TheUndergroundMan000, nedhyu, MadaraR, joannawolotira, blancosa, lsah, Zaeynab, RodgerA, linfootr, spiderlily, RachelKirk, Sisif, steller0707, CharlesTheB, dkarenart, Lazlo_Kovaks, TaraJohnson, gerggerggerg, MyFathersDragon, ,cpg ,prosfilaes ,aulsmith ,karamazow ,Tess_W ,Chirules ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Just can't read Woolf.
Arrashid7: She's an awesome writer. I'm reading her this summer.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, enjoyed.
MyFathersDragon: When I was an adult, I read part of it. Then we packed and moved books. I didn’t continue reading it later, because I had fantasy books in series I was reading become available that I started reading instead.
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Moby Dick
di Herman Melville
35,562 utenti
541 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 7
95 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Skipping. Too much blubber.
rainpebble : puts my brain in a muddle no matter how many attempts I make to read it.
amanda4242: I read it and discovered that I could quite happily have gone through life without having read it.
sturlington : Read in college.
JalenV: Read twice for different classes (one definitely in college), chose it the second time because I remembered enough from dfiscussing it the first time I figured it would help the second. (Still wonder if that preacher who appeared early in the book gave the same sermon every Sunday.)
Aprill: I love Melville's writing.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read. Interesting.
MyFathersDragon: I liked the book in 5th grade, but when I tried rereading in 11th grade, I didn’t find it interesting enough to read it, perhaps because I had previously read it.
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Decameron
di Giovanni Boccaccio
9,992 utenti
120 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 45
52 Members
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Spiegazioni
amanda4242: A slow starter and can drag a bit in places, but a great read.
MyFathersDragon: I read this as an adult because it was a classic. I read some excerpts in high school.
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Arancia meccanica
di Anthony Burgess
25,877 utenti
389 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 126
31 Members
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Spiegazioni
tiddleyboom : Read it. Loved it. Great movie too.
electrice : read in 2012
ahef1963: Both admired and loved this book.
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Finnegans Wake
di James Joyce
5,333 utenti
58 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 93
37 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I read as much as I'm going to
ahef1963: Read in grad school. Took some doing, but got through it.
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La lettera scarlatta
di Nathaniel Hawthorne
36,540 utenti
373 recensioni
½ 3.4
Classifica globale 41
63 Members
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Spiegazioni
.Monkey. : Read it. Hated it.
sturlington : Read in college
JalenV: I have, and have read, my copy. I was already familiar with the plot thanks to The Classics Reclassified by Richard Armour.
aekd: Not likely to read.
ahef1963: Loved it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read. Nearly everything else he wrote is better.
MyFathersDragon: It was one of the classics to choose from to read in a high school class. I read lots of the choices, so I had options to choose from when it was time to write a book report.
19
Fame
di Knut Hamsun
4,509 utenti
125 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 154
18 Members
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Paradiso Perduto
di John Milton
13,896 utenti
112 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 54
54 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : I tried, but after Satan leaves Heaven things get very boring.
sturlington : Read partly in college. Not worth it.
FancyHorse: I read it in high school but have forgotten most of it.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read excerpts in an English class. I knew it was a classic, so I thought I should keep reading.
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La coppa d'oro
di Henry James
2,754 utenti
27 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 158
21 Members
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Spiegazioni
sturlington : Saw the movie.
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Ma gli androidi sognano pecore elettriche?
di Philip K. Dick
19,267 utenti
473 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 187
18 Members
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Spiegazioni
ahef1963 : I've tried hard to read this, but I can't get into it.
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Espiazione
di Ian McEwan
26,480 utenti
627 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 150
23 Members
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Spiegazioni
dara85: Skipped part of it. It was so boring.
sturlington : Not a classic.
Aprill: Read it.
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Emma
di Jane Austen
37,941 utenti
505 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 104
37 Members
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Spiegazioni
JalenV: I've read it a couple of times. It's not as dull as Mansfield Park, but I can't say I like it much. I hope Emma and the Werewolves will be more fun.
ahef1963: Probably my least favourite Austen work, but still better than most other books of the period.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Guerra e pace
di Leo Tolstoy
28,832 utenti
457 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 1
139 Members
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Spiegazioni
Randall.Parr: I would really like to read this book. Okay. thanks.
Arrashid7: I read btw. high school and college. Got me hooked on more Russian lit.
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La Divina Commedia
di Dante Alighieri
21,742 utenti
188 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 6
94 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Got halfway through hell and gave up.
sturlington : Read Inferno in college. Not sure of the point of reading the rest.
Arrashid7: I plan to read it this summer.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read, loved.
MyFathersDragon: I didn’t finish. I read some in Italian, but I am not very good with Italian. I read more in English translation, but I wanted to go back to the Italian, and never finished.
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1984
di George Orwell
81,917 utenti
1,270 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 10
98 Members
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Spiegazioni
amanda4242: An important book, but I'll probably never read it again.
sturlington: Everyone should read at least once.
electrice : read
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: It is a classic so I thought I should read it.
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Eneide
di Virgil
22,900 utenti
198 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 36
60 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Got through Carthage and gave up in disgust.
sturlington : Read in college.
aekd: Unlikely to read, but who knows?
MyFathersDragon: Mythology - I always read that. Then we read it in a 12th grade class, too.
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Il rosso e il nero
di Stendhal
9,495 utenti
136 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 121
29 Members
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Spiegazioni
electrice : read in junior high school
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Quel che resta del giorno
di Kazuo Ishiguro
16,355 utenti
475 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 97
34 Members
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : Not a classic
sturlington: Read it. Probably will be a classic someday.
Simone2 : Must read!!
ahef1963: Beautiful book. A beautiful movie as well.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Assalonne, Assalonne!
di William Faulkner
7,654 utenti
107 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 174
23 Members
gennyt, wordswordswords, kerry1897, eromsted, ijustgetbored, lahochstetler, almigwin, lwbooklover, varielle, Smiler69, icre8dstny, cathyta, auntSteelbreaker, Cindy1954, nlgeorge, rretzler, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, linnzsue, nedhyu, Sisif,gilroy , ,henkl ,SilentInAWay ,prosfilaes ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,sturlington ,JohnMB
Spiegazioni
gilroy : Faulkner is a dated writer. He was fine when he was first published, but unless you're a literary scholar, not worth the struggle.
aulsmith : Read As I Lay Dying and will never touch Faulkner again.
sturlington : Read it in college. Check off my one Faulkner.
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Addio a tutto questo
di Robert Graves
3,690 utenti
66 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 209
13 Members
gennyt, SilentInAWay, smcwl, varielle, amanda4242, redsox0407, jerry-book, cathyta, cc9, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, linnzsue, lsah,peterdj ,sturlington
Spiegazioni
sturlington : Read in college
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Cuore di tenebra
di Joseph Conrad
23,572 utenti
387 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 94
42 Members
Edward, wordswordswords, kerry1897, mybookshelf, jamesabg, booksinbed, almigwin, varielle, europhile, sjmccreary, amanda4242, sturlington, cathyta, BekkaJo, fundevogel, ukh, jyssco, nik61, electrice, gypsysmom, ahef1963, elia1168, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, IsabelJacobson, Arrashid7, Laura1124, SamTaylor, linnzsue, dljones442, JohnMB, mmseiple, lsah, Saxon451, JessGalchutt, RachelKirk, Sisif, steller0707, MyFathersDragon, MaureenONeill,jain ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,Simone2 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
MyFathersDragon: We read the Secret Sharer in English class, but on the other side of it (upside down from each other) was this one, so I read it because it was available. The book also described it as a Joseph Conrad classic. I was determined to read lots of books considered classics when I was in high school.
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L'agente segreto
di Joseph Conrad
6,560 utenti
101 recensioni
½ 3.6
Classifica globale 208
15 Members
hipdeep, wordswordswords, kerry1897, eromsted, almigwin, jerry-book, cathyta, NinieB, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, nedhyu, JohnMB, lsah, MyFathersDragon,peterdj ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
sturlington : Couldn't get into this.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Luce d'agosto
di William Faulkner
9,226 utenti
105 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 313
10 Members
kerry1897, SilentInAWay, almigwin, redsox0407, cathyta, ncgraham, perennialreader, vwinsloe, ryaSilvia, Laura1124,gilroy ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,ahef1963
Spiegazioni
gilroy : Faulkner is a dated writer. He was fine when he was first published, but unless you're a literary scholar, not worth the struggle.
ahef1963 : I detest Faulkner.
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Finzioni
di Jorge Luis Borges
7,596 utenti
114 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 407
6 Members
kerry1897, jain, almigwin, amanda4242, cathyta, ryaSilvia,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,peterdj ,NinieB
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Labyrinths
di Jorge Luis Borges
6,834 utenti
83 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 178
17 Members
tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, paradoxosalpha, almigwin, antqueen, Cecrow, cathyta, fundevogel, jyssco, Cindy1954, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, ryaSilvia, Jonas.Pieters, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707,lorax , ,SilentInAWay ,peterdj
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Il vecchio e il mare
di Ernest Hemingway
30,702 utenti
505 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 57
56 Members
wordswordswords, eromsted, kageeh, Rtrace, mybookshelf, SimoneA, BookWallah, almigwin, varielle, aulsmith, pmdean, jefbra, icre8dstny, amanda4242, deldevries, sturlington, cathyta, brenzi, clamacchia, BekkaJo, ukh, Cindy1954, CVido, JalenV, gypsysmom, Aprill, Shutzie27, ahef1963, elia1168, AmourFou, NinieB, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, SamTaylor, linnzsue, nedhyu, Mellerup, mmseiple, blancosa, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, JMK2020, TwinDaddy, Sisif, steller0707, Stephan_Rogers, Musicaldreamer, TaraJohnson, FireflyLover, gunarss, MaureenONeill, Flothat, jarcipreste,tiddleyboom ,SilentInAWay ,sjmccreary ,peterdj ,auntSteelbreaker ,Simone2 ,lsah
Spiegazioni
tiddleyboom : Can't take Hemingway. Just not my thing.
aulsmith: No more Hemingway, ever.
amanda4242: Hated it.
JalenV: Had to read for school decades ago. It did not stay with me.
Aprill: I like Hemingway's books and would like to read this one again.
ahef1963: Dull.
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Alla ricerca del tempo perduto
di Marcel Proust
3,893 utenti
46 recensioni
½ 4.5
Classifica globale 194
15 Members
kerry1897, cpg, smcwl, almigwin, europhile, jerry-book, cathyta, briarhills, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, james.proffitt, ryaSilvia, nedhyu, JMK2020, Sisif,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj
Spiegazioni
nlgeorge: The journey is worth it
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Il signore degli anelli
di J. R. R. Tolkien
50,361 utenti
450 recensioni
½ 4.5
Classifica globale 107
35 Members
Aquila, Rtrace, varielle, pmdean, jefbra, m_island, icre8dstny, sjmccreary, amanda4242, deldevries, sturlington, cathyta, jyssco, perennialreader, JerryMmm, canantopaloglu, Simone2, Beorn_se_Bacaire, JalenV, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Peace2, james.proffitt, mspixieears, jnmlkr901, IsabelJacobson, Laura1124, nedhyu, dljones442, JohnMB, Saxon451, IllsleyFamilyLibrary, TeriAndersonNeedham, MaureenONeill, valeriepatton,Edward ,cpg ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,Percevan ,electrice ,ManWithAnAgenda
Spiegazioni
electrice : not a single book
JalenV: Asked for and got a paperback set as one of my high school graduation presents (1972). I admit it's The Fellowship of the Ring that I have reread most often.
ManWithAnAgenda : Read.
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Il nome della rosa
di Umberto Eco
19,512 utenti
310 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 111
36 Members
Aquila, tiddleyboom, kerry1897, eromsted, cpg, mybookshelf, SimoneA, almigwin, varielle, m_island, sjmccreary, amanda4242, WSB7, cathyta, fundevogel, jyssco, perennialreader, Kodibear, briarhills, Cindy1954, nlgeorge, BlueSkies305, TrulyAragorn, cej1027, JalenV, gypsysmom, LesleyAshton, james.proffitt, FlorianKarpfinger, metamedusa, linnzsue, nedhyu, dljones442, lsah, JMK2020, Sisif,Edward ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj ,sturlington ,Simone2 ,jaysbooks ,ahef1963 ,Peace2
Spiegazioni
sturlington : Not sure I would call this a classic
JalenV: I read it decades ago. That bit about not wanting to admit that Christ was poor rings true because I have a 19th century book on the lives of Saints Joseph, Joachim, and Anne. That book didn't want to talk about Joseph's poverty, but that he was descended from King David.
ahef1963 : Hated it twice. My dad loved it so much that I gave it a second try, but still hated it.
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Fuoco pallido
di Vladimir Nabokov
7,938 utenti
139 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 228
14 Members
Edward, gennyt, wordswordswords, kerry1897, almigwin, varielle, cathyta, fundevogel, ryaSilvia, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, CharlesTheB, GrimFiend1977,eromsted ,SilentInAWay ,aulsmith ,peterdj