Classics Without All the Class discussion

This thread is for adding suggestions to the bookshelf for books that were originally published before 1910. We will be adding these books to our list for future polls. Each month the thread will close and a new thread will open in order to keep the threads shorter.

Before you make a suggestion, please MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE BOOKSHELVES. Your suggestion might already be there. :) Go to the home page of the group, and click the link to the left that says bookshelf. All the suggestions so far are on the shelf. Here are the guidelines for making suggestions for the group:

1. Nothing published after 2004. Please feel free to ask if you are unsure if a book falls under the category of "classic." This can be an especially difficult issue for contemporary classics.

2. No non-fiction

3. No poetry

We are adding young adult and children's books (Not picture books) and plays to the mix for now to see how it goes.

There may be times that exceptions are made for special reasons, and our Shelf-tator Angie has the final say as to what goes on to the bookshelves. If one of your book recommendations doesn't make it, that's okay, because you can still start a thread about it, or anything else in our forums.

Thanks!!

Hello everyone,
I know I haven't been participating much lately and I'm really eager to try out the new changes. Since we're adding children's books, may I suggest Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. It's a childhood favorite that I'm rereading right now and it's full of witty nonsense.
Happy reading to you all.

The Red Badge of Courage
Peter Pan
The Secret Garden
A Little Princess

I suggest "Dom Casmurro", by Machado de Assis. It's a great book, first published in 1899. Machado de Assis is a very innovative writer, whose work has been discussed in many ways. Besides, it includes south american literature in the group.

We are temporarily stopping posts for this because we have an overwhelming number of books currently recommended to us right now. If you absolutely need to request a book that you don't see in our bookshelves PLEASE feel free to send me a PM :) Thanks!