I read eleven books this year. I still have a few weeks left but I don't see me completing another book for the remaining category that quickly.
X 1. 19th Century Classic. Any classic book originally published between 1800 and 1899.
Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte. 1847. 532 pages. [Source: Bought]
X 2. 20th Century Classic. Any classic book originally published between 1900 and 1970. All books in this category must have been published at least 50 years ago. The only exceptions are books that were published posthumously but were written at least 50 years ago.
The Virginian. Owen Wister. 1902. Penguin Classics. 370 pages. [Source: Bought]
X 3. Classic by a Woman Author.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Winifred Watson. 1938. 234 pages. [Source: Library]
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Winifred Watson. 1938. 234 pages. [Source: Library]
X 4. Classic in Translation. Any classic originally written in a novel other than your native
language. You may read the book in your native language, or its
original language (or a third language for all you polyglots). Modern
translations are acceptable, as long as the book was originally
published at least 50 years ago. Books in translation are acceptable in
all other categories as well.
Nutcracker of Nuremberg. Alexandre Dumas. Illustrated by Else Hasselris.
Translated by Grace Gingras. 1844/1930/2013. Pook Press. 172 pages.
[Source: Bought]
X 6. A Genre Classic. Any classic novel that falls into a genre category -- fantasy, science fiction, Western, romance, crime, horror, etc.
Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. 1953. 190 pages. [Source: Library] [Classic; Dystopia; Speculative Fiction]
X 7. Classic with a Person's Name in the Title. First name, last name or both. Examples include Ethan Frome; Emma; Madam Bovary; Anna Karenina; Daniel Deronda; David Copperfield, etc.
X 8. Classic with a Place in the Title. Any
classic with the proper name of a place (real or fictional) - a
country, region, city, town, village, street, building, etc. Examples
include Notre Dame de Paris; Mansfield Park; East of Eden; The Canterbury Tales; Death on the Nile; etc.
X 9. Classic with Nature in the Title. A classic with any element of nature in the title (not including animals). Examples include The Magic Mountain; The Grapes of Wrath; The Jungle; A High Wind in Jamaica; Gone With the Wind; Under the Volcano; etc.
Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare. 1601. 272 pages. [Source: Bought] [Play; Shakespeare; Classic] Assuming that NIGHT is nature enough?!
X 10. Classic About a Family. This
classic should have multiple members of the same family as principal
characters, either from the same generation or multiple different
generations. Examples include Sense and Sensibility; Wives and Daughters; The Brothers Karamazov; Fathers and Sons; The Good Earth; Howards End; and The Makioka Sisters.
X 11. Abandoned Classic. Choose
a classic that you started and just never got around to finishing,
whether you didn't like it at or just didn't get around to it. Now is
the time to give it another try.
Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackery. 1847. 867 pages. [Source: Bought] [Classic]
X 12. Classic Adaptation. Any
classic that's been adapted as a movie or TV series. If you like, you
can watch the adaptation and include your thoughts in your book review.
It's not required but it's always fun to compare.
Howard's End. E.M. Forster. 1910. 246 pages. [Source: Bought] [classic; adult fiction]
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